Caratore to head ABBO force?

The DDS are preparing a deployment for the Northern Rim World area of space which is where a DDS oiler was attacked earlier this week, the latest in a spate of ABBO attacks on UNP, Dino and other nation's shipping. Although the composition of the fleet has yet to be revealed the DDS have said that Captain Caratore will be taking command.

This is a surprise to DDS watchers as Caratore is a fairly well known member of the second rank of DDS super soldiers though was not considered a candidate for reaching the top. Giving him command of a deployment is a sign Windscorpion thinks highly of him. Caratore is the captain of the Isometric frigate SS Eocene and before that SS Jurassic which achieved some notoriety during the Utrek war when it successfully raided deep behind Utrek lines.