Atomic Fist ends for 2111

Atomic Fist 2111, the now annual ground attack exercise, has ended following two more operations involving the Porquatians working with the DDS, a key theme for this year's exercise. AF2111 has also been the swansong of the Pulsar 12A fleet which made what is likely to be its last operational deployment before retirement at the end of next month.

Most ships are now returning to Solaris for maintenance and reassignment. As might be expected the movements of the 3 remaining Pulsars are being avidly followed by many enthusiasts and interested observers. It is not expected they will move much beyond the DDS central core with only some training missions planned for the remaining few weeks of their service lives.

• A DDSAF C-440 has crashed on a transport flight on Proxima 5. All 5 crew were killed when the cargoplane flew into a mountain in heavy fog. It is thought navigational systems failed. The DDS have ordered checks of all other C-440s in the fleet.