26.11.08

MRM tested successfully again

The Medium Range Missile, the MRM, has been successfully tested again this time hitting a target 3 light years away. Development missile MRM R3-013 which has some software changes from 012 which was tested last month again evaded decoys and received a mid-flight course correction from an unnamed Rome class corvette which was lying cloaked in "enemy" space. It is thought the Rome used a secret new DDS communication method that does not compromise the cloak as a normal radio or hyperlaser link would. The DDS are very tight-lipped on this technology but industry experts have suggested it uses very deep sub-space particles beyond the usual spectrum of sensors.

The missile was launched by a Quasar class cruiser, the first time the type has launched an MRM which up until now have only been launched by Pulsars. Quasars received MRM capability when they were updated to ILU2 standard this year.