The legacy Starbotian fleet will receive an upgrade over the next few weeks to better interoperate with the new generation of Starbotian ships built by the DDS (2 Panthers and an Extender to date though more are likely in future). Key ships like I-1A are already fitted with TPM-2 launchers but this will be extended to the entire fleet. All ships will also receive communication and datalink updates to work with DDS ships and weapons like MRM.
The Starbotians are also to create their first Ferret-E squadrons. As yet they have not purchased any of the UCV even though they helped develop the type and actually build it at a purpose built factory on Starbot. 250 Ferret-E/Gs are likely to be bought.
