The 3400 class long range frigate will not be entering service until well into the year after next but the DDS have decided to change it's name again, first it was Battle then River... now the class has been named the Archean class. The ships will be named after geological time periods on Terra. Another change is that the order for the fleet has been increased to 15.
3501 Thucydides, the lead ship of the Pentekonter patrol ship class, is ahead of schedule and may enter trials next week. The Isometric Intermediate Update 1 programme, which was suspended during the Terran Sea EMS problem has resumed. Only 7 ships remain to be updated. 3117 Holocene, which was badly damaged during the battle against the Tarbotians, is expected to return to service in january.
