Redjec said that from the late Summer all DDS facilities above local office size will have a Hood unit (consisting of 4-12 men) and permanently allocated to it, for security and "professional standard monitoring". Larger facilities like DDS Engineering HQ on Solaris will have a full Hood company.
All DDS combat ships will also have a Hood unit allocated to them by the end of the month, all ships already have a Hood observer though these will be supplemented by a couple more. All DDS ships will have a unit by the end of the Summer.
Redjec said the addition of these Hoods was not a cause for concern but should reassure DDS personnel that the DDS was going to tighten up security and become much more rigorous in maintaining professional standards.
- New Arit have bought a further 100 T-88++ tanks from the HCS Reserve for an undisclosed fee (though not thought to be much). About half of the tanks will join the Aritan army with the rest used for spares.
- DDS Research have confirmed that Open Architecture 3.0, the next big iteration in the core underlying technology that underpins much of how DDS spaceships operate, will make its debut before the end of the year. It is likely one of the Solaris 37Cs to be built later in the year will include it (though this has not be confirmed). A year long in-service trial of OA 3.0 will then be made. Corkscrew 51A is likely to be the first type to see OA 3.0 deployed en masse. OA 3.0 includes ultra low power usage protocols, self-repairing and optimisation and a brand new security model.
