SROPS 76X update

The DDS are currently working on the next generation of it's SROPS shuttle/combat pod, the SROPS 76X (it will likely be 76B in service). The next SROPS will have a superluminal capability thanks to a strap-on FTL engine and exo-skeleton the SROPS Hyperspace Array (SHA). The SHA is in effect a FTL UCV and draws on work currently being done by the DDS into drones that can travel faster than light (the so-called Ferret-X).

Although SROPS X may arrive next year SHA will take longer to appear (estimated at 2111) because of the complexity of FTL UCVs (something both the DDS and HCS are currently wrestling with) however it will have a number of very useful capability improvements including Canister TPM support which was recently tested on the SROPS prototype which is currently testing new technology for it's replacement.