There have been reports in UNP media that the DDS are seriously considering making the Porquatians allies, such a move would almost certainly cause the Aritans to leave the DDS. The DDS are denying these reports of course but insiders confirm that the DDS are weighing up the advantages of adding the powerful Porquatian fleet to their available forces against losing the current bulk of the New DDS Army. With the Aritan brigades the DDS Army is rather weak.
However the space war is at the moment the most important. The DDS are gambling that by the time they might need a proper army their human and Remedian (and maybe Porquatian) units will be ready. There is also a body of opinion that the Aritans may not leave after all. "What are they going to do? Rely on their fleet of relics to defend against the next ABBO fleet to come their way?" an unnamed source said.
One complication is Aritan possession (and indeed industrial capacity to build) TPMs and other advanced DDS technologies. If the Porquatians cannot be given access to these technologies without becoming a Tier 1 ally then the question remains what if a state no longer is an ally. One report in the media states that several Prowler units have been recalled to New Jakarta (which is the nearest part of the DDS to New Arit) for "training" but their real reason is to be ready to remove sensitive technologies from Arit such the state leave the DDS. It could all get very messy.
