DDS begin building up to Terran Sea ILU

The Terran Sea ILU and Unification Programme will begin next year (January 2113 to be exact) and could well top the Quasar and Isometric ILUs as the biggest and most expensive upgrade programmes yet! All 14 Type 43s will take part in the programme which will result in the Terran Sea 43G class. The 8 Barents Sea 43B ships will be first followed by the 4 Arafura Sea 43Cs and finally the 2 Sea of Tranquility 43Ds. Each upgrade will take around 6-8 weeks, though 2 upgrades can be done in parallel it is estimated it will take around 2 years to complete the programme once testing is included.

The Terran Sea 43G upgrade will likely include the following :

• A new evolution of the Meson engine, the TL-04C4. This will boost performance slightly though most improvements will be in efficiency.
• Traditional sprint speed boosted to around 1040c, cruise 900c.
• W1A worm drive will be fitted, worm drive speed not yet calibrated.
• Z7 cannon fitted (though early upgrades may use Z6 instead if Z7s are not available.
• The hull of earlier ships will be modified as for the Type 43Ds to allow a 64 missile load.
• EA-X and shield enhancements (perhaps multi-layered shielding?)
• IWC 3.0 with enhanced data security and offensive cyber capabilities.
• Plus around 300 other improvements across the ship ranging from mission computers to lighting!

Sea Urchin said the Terran Sea 43G would become the new backbone of the patrol fleet and would provide a fleet of ships with combat capabilities on a par with the heavy combat ship fleet but with the operational flexibility and proven reliability of the medium combat ship fleet.