Firefly to use Cicero

AP's flagship SS Cicero, a Rome 46A patrol ship retrofitted with advanced communication facilities and worm drive, was an early victim of the coup. The reactor radiation shield suffered a catastrophic failure killing the entire crew of Hoods. It now transpires this was due to an info-attack launched by Redjec before he died aboard SS Stoke City.

Cicero has been towed to Solaris OHQ where it is undergoing decontamination and removal of compromised organic materials (i.e. dead Hoods). New DDS Commander Firefly has decided to continue using Cicero as his flagship and it should be ready for his use by mid-August.

• Firefly has said the "New DDS" name will be dropped and the DDS will be known as... The DDS from now on. A deadline for marketing and display materials for September has been set for the removal of the "new"s. The star logo will be retained however.