DDS Commander Elect The Orchid will take up her post tomorrow. Tonight she told her supporters that she would hit the ground running and produce real DDS change very quickly. "A team of senior DDS officers will begin a review of ship procurement tonight! I want them to report on our current ship building plans and how we can improve the fleet as soon as possible."
The Orchid will also begin an aggressive programme of deployments and exercises. The DDS has been quite quiet since the election campaign began but that would now change. "Our enemies and rivals need to see our power. They need to see a line of Panthers, a phalanx of Quasars. That way they will know what they are up against!"
Galactic leaders have welcomed The Orchid's victory. Consul Cruggson congratulated her and said he hoped to meet her soon. The Aritan government have sent their congratulations. Captain Clone welcomed a new regime in the DDS as long as the new regime "sought peace not endless bloody war".
