In one of her first directives as DDS Commander The Orchid has announced that the forthcoming Isometric-E frigates, the Dragonfly 41B, that were to be built for the DDS as a stop gap then sold onto allies will be kept for good. Two will be retained by the Starbotians however. The Orchid also said that more of the ships would be built but did not specify how many. She did indicate that it was likely the production line would be kept going until the Corkscrew FFX project was ready to replace it.
The frigates will also be named the Freedom 41B class. The Orchid said that the DDS would move away from geological or animal names and move to names to inspire pride and patriotism in the DDS.
