Senior voices at the DDS have voiced concern that the DDS is sleepwalking to "destruction" citing the huge fleet the HCS are building up and recent cancellations of new DDS warships. General Vincent is reported to have said "If the Clones get it together and pool their resources again instead of competing against each other then we could be facing a huge fleet and a huge threat!"
The HCS have currently 106 Cosmos class cruisers Sea Urchin noted, saying that an updated Cosmos was a powerful ship. The Soulaki also are the equal of many DDS types. "I wonder if we have assumed an aura of invincibility because we defeated the Utrek. Forgetting what a damn close run thing it was. We assume the transphasic missile will always equalise the numbers. It is potentially suicide to base our suicide on such beliefs."
Firefly however told reporters that the DDS can make do with a smaller fleet as the UNP worlds are much closer together. UCAV technologies would also be a massive force multiplier. "We do not have infinite resources, the Clones themselves are struggling to maintain the HCS in all areas." He pointed out the budgetary battles raging over the new HCS Navy and the painful cuts being faced by other services.
Finally Doombringer, an ex-HCS officer, said the Clones were not interested in the DDS for now. "I believe the primary focus even of a unified command would be to maintain the security of the Clone Star Empire, not risk all on foreign adventures."
