Falcons to receive uprated engines

When the DDS originally ordered the Fighting Falcon littoral warfare ship, a modified Dinomark XT, from the Dinos it was going to have a boosted engine called the Super Solarburst instead of the venerable Solarburst. However for time and cost reasons this plan was shelved. Now however the Dinos, assisted by a DDS Research team, have successfully managed to marry the improved core of the PT's Pulseburst into a next generation Solarburst engine and this will be used for future XTs and re-engined older ships.

Including the DDS' growing Falcon fleet. The new engine, the Solarburst K-100, is now in static testing and will soon begin flight testing. The Dinos plan to start fitting K series engines in new ships by the end of the year and this will be fitted to future Falcons being built for the DDS. Existing Falcons will receive the new engine when they receive a major refit over the next couple of years.

With a K-100 engine the top speed of a Falcon should be boosted to 750c which is the maximum speed capable with the ship's architecture as it currently stands. Cruise time will be boosted by 20% which means in real terms the ships will be able to cover a lot more territory.