Panther 2113 Update A

Hot on the heels of the announcement of the yearly update for the Rome 46A comes the update for the Panther 35A, the core fighting ship of the DDS fleet. The update will take place over the next couple of months and be scheduled around routine maintenance cycles. The update will take around a week for each ship. Notable is that the update includes no new weapons as the Zip/Z7 cannon is not quite ready for full-scale deployment though may be fitted in an "Update B" later in the year. The update includes :

• Permanent MRM racks under the missile pods (a couple of ships like SS Topcat have already trialled this)
• EA-X coatings with support for EA-X 2.0 energy recycling (which will likely be completed later)
• iSAS-PAN3 attack system with enhanced multi-mode targeting and improved datalinking
• Full FIDO-VR support with 16 holographic projectors in key positions of the ship to allow remote crewing
• New mainframe and tactical front end processor
• Various minor updates and enhancements