The leadship (and so far only) Olympus 23A carrier R151 Olympus Mons is to begin its first deployment as it takes over the leadership of the Rim Worlds Squadron from R107 Archer at the weekend. A DDS source said this was not intended to be a usual job for the Olympus carriers but the DDS wanted to see how it did in the flagship role as it would be likely the ships would be called upon to deputise for Missileers in future.
The DDS are said to be very happy with the first Olympus ship which is based on the very successful River platform. Its not known how many Ferret UCVs the Olympus will be deploying.
