Dinos launch crash upgrade of older ships

The Dinos have launched an urgent upgrade programme to bring many of the older ships pressed back into front-line service up to a higher standard. 73 ships in total will be upgraded over the next month, all but 9 of them XTs with the rest NGs. The upgrades will be to a number of key areas : weapons, shields, sensors and damage control. The actual upgrade to be applied will depend on the existing status of the ship being upgraded but in general the following changes will be made:

• Laser cannons upgraded to a higher frequency (Bolitic shields are less resistant to these frequencies)
• Weapons bays reorganised to allow for more space-space missiles and less general purpose weapons
• Shield generators upgraded and new system of localised shield reinforcement bought in. This is a secondary shield which is applied dynamically on areas where the primary shield is weakest.
• New data multiplex with improved bandwidth
• Improved sensor processing computers
• Enhanced datalinking with external sensor data sources (such as other ships)
• Improved fire extinguishing systems and emergency communications