Pentekonter-M fleet now up to 14

The 2 Department Pentekonter 44Ms X114 Paris and X115 Hector have been fitted with DMS minesweeping systems. They will remain in Department service though will be available as reserve minesweepers. The other 12 ships have been organised into 3 3-ship flotillas with other ships either in reserve or in maintenence.

Two flotillas are based at Proxima 7 with the other now located at Liberation. In practice 1 flotilla tends to be located in Remedian space dealing with the remains of Utrek minefields during the war.

• All 54 remaining Ferret-Es are to be rebuilt and upgraded to Ferret-G standard. The work will commence in the Summer.
• An unidentified criminal gang stole gold from the Woloron 12 Central Bank and made off in a space ship. They were stopped by a HCS warship which recovered the gold but the criminals were destroyed.
• The DDS have bought 2 more W1A worm drives from the Dinos for 275 million zarks. These will be fitted to the Independence 35B class destroyers. Sea Urchin said that DDS built worm drives will start being produced by the late Summer.