Fleet Development Review

The Fleet Development Review has been released by Firefly after an intense week of analysis and debate by top DDS officials. Windscorpion gave his approval to the review yesterday. Firefly said the review would remould the fleet development ready for the changing future strategic situation. The first ship building plan was also released along with the review, this details what exactly will be funded and built (or started) during the financial year (though this plan does not cover a full year but covers up until April 2110 when there will be the new plan for 2110/1).

Some details of the review had already been leaked or guessed such as the cancellation of Berlin but there were some surprises.

• New build Quasar 15B to not go ahead but funding for new battlecruiser initial feasibility development granted
• Final 2 Missileer 21A cancelled (R111 and R112)
• 4 Type 23A support carriers to be ordered
• Panther 35A build to end on 14, 6 Panther 35B with fuselage plugs to be ordered
• Berlin 46B cancelled, development instead to be used for Future Frigate FFX planned for late 2110s
• 5 extra Rome 46As to be built
• 4 extra Fighting Falcon 47As ordered making an eventual fleet of 18
• 2 extra Oceania 63A amphibious support ships ordered (Starbotian funded)

As for the Ship Building Plan 2109/10 (Truncated):

• 1/0 Missileer 21A
• 1/0 Panther 35A
• 2/0 Solaris III 37C
• 1/0 Sea Of Tranquillity 43D
• 4/0 Fighting Falcon 47A
• 1/0 Pangaea 62A
• 1/0 Oceania 63A
• 1/0 Provider 71A
• 3/0 Extender 73A
• 3/0 River 75B

First figure is completed units, second is units left to be built.