The Straw People deployment based around Charlotte in the Rim Worlds is to end at the weekend. The deployment, which began in early January, was intended to last at least 3 months but was instigated under the interim rule of Sea Urchin and The Orchid has decided the deployment does not tally with her plans.
With the Early Warning deployment plus Force Voth and the Remedian fleet the available fleet assets for further deployments is rather small. The Orchid wants a large amphibious exercise in a few weeks and after that a 2110 running of the Atomic Fist strategic attack exercise which this year will include Quasars and MRMs. Another problem with Straw People was that the planned interoperability exercises with the Aritans and Porquatians never materialised.
