With the DDS fighting a vicious war against the Zones existing DDS patrol commitments are becoming more difficult to cover as ships are allocated to attack groups or damaged. The ex-destroyer and now training ship 9001T Relentless has taken over from an Isometric on a patrol circuit in the Sanger Alpha area allowing the Isometric to join the reinforcements protecting Solaris. The Aritans have also sent some of their ships to help.
The Dinos have offered to cover patrols in the Oscar area allowing the DDS task force there to be reassigned however as yet the DDS have not accepted as the region is of high strategic importance.
Meanwhile 2 Zone fighters tried to ambush a Pulsar cruiser near Malau. 1011 Central America, the flagship of the DDS fleet incidentally, destroyed both Zone ships. Its not known if the Zones were able to use their new missile or not though an unconfirmed report in a trade journal states that the DDS have switched to a higher shield frequency that offers better defence against the Zone weapon.
