11.5.05

DDS Fleet announce programmes for next financial year

The DDS Fleet Staff has announced it's equipment programmes for the new financial year 2105/6. All in all 2.2 billion zarks are being invested in new equipment and upgrades. Highlights include :
  • Initial development of the next generation frigate the Isometric III class including a refit of the Isometric Prototype for development work
  • Construction of 12 Terran Sea frigates
  • Construction of the prototype and 3 production models of the Pentekonter corvette class
  • Construction of 3 Provider transports, 2 Extender oilers, and 1 Marconi EW ships
  • Radio updates for Pulsar and Quasar fleets with new 512-bit encrypted radio packet service
  • 3 Intrepid class destroyers and 5 Starsystem frigates will be withdrawn, 1 Starsystem will be refitted for the training fleet. This will mean all remaining Starsystems will be with the training fleet, it is likely that the fleet will be renumbered in the training 6xxx sequence.
  • Upgrading of Isometric fleet with improved communication sub-systems