In the light of the pact between the Dinos and HCS and the transfer of worm drive technology the DDS are now thought to be considering selling their TPM-1 weapon technology to "selected customers". Up until now the DDS have not sold their most important weapon except to key allies and the one-off technology exchange with the Dinos during the war. At one stage they did consider sales to Molab but later decided to keep the technology closely guarded to avoid proliferation.
However two events may have changed the DDS' minds. The first was the defection of the Aritans from the DDS to the DTA. Although a DDS team dismantled Aritan TPM production facilities and all extant Aritan TPMs were returned to the DDS it is thought some technical details were secreted away by less scrupulous Aritans who have since tried to sell the technology on the black market. It is thought the Dinos managed to prevent such a sale to the Bolitic a few months ago though it is suspected that TPM technology is now in the hands of third parties. (It is thought the Bolitic were unable to get any TPM data through their info-warfare campaign during the war despite strenuous attempts!)
The second event is the transfer of TPM-1 technology to the Dinos as mentioned above. Although the Dinos have an agreement not to sell TPMs to non-DTA members the DDS privately acknowledge there isn't much they can do if the Dinos did decide to sell a "Dino TPM" to non-DTA customers. There is also the chance of illegal sales by Dino criminals too.
Therefore the DDS are starting to come to the view that TPM technology will proliferate anyway over the next few years so the DDS might as well make some money out of it! Molab is likely to be an early customer along with Putri 500. A final decision whether to allow TPM sales is expected to be made by the DDS Council in the new few weeks.
As a compromise to elements in the DDS who do not want to sell TPMs the DDS might tighten restrictions on the latest version of the technology. At the moment Tier 1 allies like the Raegris get the same version as the DDS but this might change with a "cascade lag" built in with allies only getting a version of TPM when the DDS themselves have moved onto the next.
