Professor Wayne King-Meiouf of the University of ProximaWKM : Commander AP, thank you for taking time out from your busy schedule. You are coming to the end of your first month in charge as commander proper, how do you think it has gone?
AP : Well of course i was in acting charge so i didn't need to find out where the toilets were or where to hang my pumps but there have been challenges. As acting commander i had to maintain existing policies, now i have to formulate my own policies and take the DDS forward according to my strategic vision.
WKM : Which is?
AP : The DDS must integrate much tighter with the UNP, it must absorb the other militaries of the UNP (though these can and should remain separate) but we must all work together in the interest of the UNP.
WKM : What about external alliances? You have lost the Aritans and now the Articans too it seems, though have gained the Porquatians.
AP : Yes we are very glad to have the Porquatians on board. They will prove very useful allies. It is a shame some of our weaker allies have left but i wish them well but they should be warned that the DDS will not come to their aid anymore. They, by aligning with the DTA, are now potential enemies.
WKM : You see the DTA as enemies now?
AP : It would be foolish to stand by and let the Dinos build this ersatz DDS without being mindful that they may one day become an enemy. They are already a competitor and some of their strategic aims may conflict with our own. We are watching the DTA closely.
WKM : What about the Dino base on Loeuss? It is rumoured that the DDS want the Dinos to leave the planet though the Remedians are keen to keep it.
AP : Yes i want that base closed. We won't be played for schmucks, that base is in a strategic position for potential DTA operations in future against the DDS. I have told the Remedians that the DDS will replace the Dinos on that planet when the former leave.
WKM : The readers will be surprised to hear your strong and combative language against the DTA. We assume the Tarbotians are number 1 concern for the DDS, but is it actually the DTA?
AP : We have "concerns" in a number of areas. Naturally strategically the Tarbotians are the biggest threat but the DDS will not be slack under my watch pal and let other enemies get stronger while we are totally occupied elsewhere.
