Reactor failure at Solaris Orbital HQ

The main reactor array at Solaris Orbital HQ has suffered multiple failures in its regulator flow valves. The incident is not considered dangerous as the reactors are designed to shut down if this happened (and they have). A backup reactor has now kicked in though this only provides enough power for basic operations and life support. A DDS Engineering spokeswoman said that no foul play is thought to be behind the failures.

New valves will be fitted next week and then the reactors will be restarted and run back up to full power again. Unfortunately this will take around two weeks to accomplish and until then Solaris OHQ will remain un-operational.

The problem for the DDS is that Solaris OHQ is one of the major orbital hubs for the DDS. DDS Operations is currently reallocating ships to DDS GHQ and Liberation.

• A 850 million zark upgrade of the Voth Space Navy's fleet of 12 Kalahati Tuuls (though only 5 are currently in service) has begun. The DDS are carrying out the upgrade in Voth space though some parts are being fabricated by the Raegris. The upgrade includes a new TPM compatible missile launcher, passive sensors, a 5036-A combat suite and an export version of IWC (optimised to handle Bolitic info-attacks). The docking bays will also be modified so Dinomark XTs can dock with the ships. A refurbishment will also be carried out. The Voth say they expect to keep the KTs as the backbone of their fleet until the mid-2120s and this upgrade will keep them competitive for that.