The HCS are generally secretive about their new developments apart from when they have events and parades when they have a tendency to give most of those secrets away! Yesterday the HCS Space Navy held it's annual Fleet Day at Cloneworld with a display of military might. One highlight for the DDS visitor was the unveiling of the first Molentic Tuul M.
This is a major update and normalisation of the MTA, MT-GX and MTV fleets into a new standard. The three ex-VIP Molentic Tuul V ships are the first to be updated. Speed of the MTM was given as 650c though the armament does not seem to have changed much with three cannons and a missile launcher though thought to be of an improved standard. The EW/C3 fit has been fully updated too.
The Shark featured in the parade and the announcer let slip that 3 more would be constructed over the next 12 months to make an eventual fleet of 28. It is thought the follow-on Thresher class has been delayed to let some systems mature, Thresher is now expected in early 2111.
