As expected the DDS has placed an order for Isometric-Es to act as a stop gap until Corkscrew can be added to the fleet in the late 2110s. No less than 7 Isometric 41Bs will be bought, 2 will be bought by Starbot and remain in their service (and thus in the DDS pool), Starbot will also fund one of the other ships. It is likely the 5 other ships will be sold on to the Aritans and Sirikwanese.
The specification of the Isometric 41Bs has been published. The ships will be based on the mid-level Isometric-E but will of course have TPM-2 support. They will have Meson TL-03Hi-6 engines like the Isometric-ILU and have a similiar performance with a cruise speed set at 720c.
Deliveries will have to be arranged around customer deliveries but the first could arrive before the end of next year.
Update : The ships will be known as the Dragonfly 41B class.
