DDS geeks often spend hours poring over open source databases and datasets looking for the slightest hint of a new ship type or technology (they need to get laid obviously). They did detect the existence of the Type 16 bomber months before it was officially announced by finding a reference to it in a DDS Engineering parts database and now they have found a "Type 77".
In the DDS Engineering spare parts database (which is used by suppliers) each of the many thousands of parts has a field for "ship compatibility" and an engine part for the Falcon 47A is now listed as being for a "Type 77" too. It is likely this addition was put in the database for technical evaluation reasons and was not purged properly. The part is in the cooling system for the Solarburst GX engine which is used by the Dinomark XT and its scaled up assault transport version the MX. This indicates that the DDS are thinking of buying the type and performed a technical evaluation.
The DDS did not comment on the matter. The appearance of a Type 77 does not mean that the DDS will definitely buy the MX or even if they did that would be its type number as the number would be a temporary allocation for the purposes of DDS Engineering. Analysts say though that the MX would be a useful addition to the DDS fleet.
