Dino and HCS special forces to work together

The Dino (SS-D and CSS) and HCS (Red Lizard) special forces are to work together in a series of joint exercises and work towards a set of shared protocols and systems for future joint operations. The Dinos want to improve cross border security and interoperability and also invited the DDS though they declined (however they did say they might be interested in future).

A joint exercise will be carried out early next year, probably both in DTA and HCS territory. Consul Zanus said that the astralpolitical environment was getting ever more complicated, "Future threats are likely to affect more than one of the Central Powers thus i think we need to work towards how we will cooperate in such a situation."

• S201 Missileer and S202 Lancer have completed their upgrade to Missileer 21B standard and have been returned to the fleet. The remaining 2 21As S203/4 have now begun their upgrade and will be completed early next year.