Starbot to expand their fleet

Starbot has announced a 6.4 billion zark fleet expansion and improvement programme. Starbotian leader S101 said the fleet improvement would help the Starbotians better play their "role as one of the core members of the DDS alliance". The most notable part of their order is for 6 of the forthcoming Corkscrew sloops. It is thought this will further help the DDS save money by offsetting their own Corkscrew procurements until well into batch 2. The Starbotians have ruled out buying their own amphibious warfare ships saying their land forces will be deployed using the AWS.

• A second Independence 35B destroyer has been ordered on top of the one already due for 2112.
• 2 more Freedom 41B frigates have been ordered
• 6 Corkscrew sloops have been ordered
• The Ferret-G fleet will be increased to 450
• All ships will receive IWC, TPM-2 updates and other improvements