Clones cancel planned exercises

The Clone Army has cancelled a planned major exercise on Daggaddon that would have seen amphibious landings and special forces raids. The reason being given is that the desired army units are not available but it is thought the real reason is due to cost savings and because of fears the Clone data network might collapse.

A new data ring linking Cloneworld, Daggaddon, Sandworld and Lomar is currently being installed but will not be operational until early next year. It may be the Clones will avoid major operations in the area until then.

• The Dinos meanwhile are preparing for an exercise of their own. They are to stage an amphibious landing on the Remedian planet of Loeuss next week (the planet once had a major Dino presence though this has been much reduced). Remedian Guard units and some Remedian units of the DDS Terrestrial Forces will take part. A DDS landing ship will also join the Dinos, likely to be one of the Oceania 63As.