12.10.09

Fleet news (12/10/09)

Solaris 37C destroyer D164 Polaris II has joined the fleet and taken up a position as the flag of a new active readiness squadron. This is a new (and at the moment small) group of warships on continuous readiness to depart for a trouble zone within an hour's notice.

Isometric 41A frigate F106 Tertiary has completed it's ILU and rejoined the fleet, F107 Palaeocene has begun it's update. Windy's flagship F103 Carboniferous has also returned to DDS Engineering for a further update of some systems including better passive sensors, tactical computers and datalinks. The flagship will test out these improvements before they are rolled out as part of a mid-ILU refresh.

The two shuttle classes have been renumbered in the 8x number range and are now the Feeder 82A and Coril 86A/B classes. As for the Coril A581 Sea Urchin has just joined the fleet.