Troops loyal to the Bolitic Emperor Melson have arrested and executed the leadership of two Bolitic houses which are accused of assisting the Terrasaurs. Melson has forbidden such activities saying that the Terrasaurs are enemies to all Saurians.
However, some Bolitic barons including Erinthorn - who once led a rebellion against Melson - said that the Bolitic should keep it's options open.
The Terrasaurs have used a mysterious new method of cloaking to devastating effect so far in the war. Terrasaur ships have been able to appear out of nowhere and launch attacks. Dino Chief Scientist Dougson says that telemetry analysis indicates that the Terrasaurs are burrowing into deeper levels of subspace.
"In a way Terrasaur ships are acting like submarines." he said at a Dino Army briefing, "If we consider space as the surface of the sea then the Terrasaurs are hiding undetected underwater." He went onto say that work on detecting Terrasaur ships in subspace and combating them was ongoing.
A Dinomark LM has been destroyed deep in DTA space, at the border of Dino Republic and Sirikwan space. It is thought the ship was destroyed by a Terrasaur ship using their worm-cloak technology which the Dinos are struggling to find a counter for.
The ship was on a diplomatic mission to Sirikwan and two senior officers were among the crew of eight, all presumed lost.
The first two ships of the new ship building plan have been completed.
56-102 Mermaid is the first production Mariner 56A patrol ship, it has a number of detail and equipment changes over the original Mariner built four years ago. 56-101 Mariner will be retrofitted to the same standard later this year.
44-125 Demetria is a new built Pentekonter 44M minesweeper. It will be used in a mixed role and it's first task will be to join the patrol fleet.
