Operation August Flourish

The next in the series of monthly "mini-exercises" has begun and will involve the DDS training with Starbotian ships in a series of mock-combats and joint-exercises over the next few weeks in space around Starbot. The operation will culminate in a mock-attack on Saeou by Starbotian ships with the DDS defending. The DDS ships to be involved are:

D105 Cheetah (flag)
F151 North Sea
F112 Holocene
F142 Arabian Sea
A164 Energy Of Starbot

• Panther 35A D110 Topcat has been fitted with a worm drive.
• The Dinos have bought a licence to produce their own Extender-E oilers and will produce a localised version of the ship as they currently do with the Provider. The Extender-EDA will become the standard DTA oiler. The DDS will get a royalty fee for every ship the Dinos produce, the Dinos will only be able to build them for DTA members. Sirikwan and New Arit are already Extender-E users. The Dinos have said they will begin production for themselves, Sirikwan, New Arit, Voth and Yeng from next year though numbers have not been announced.