Firefly has dissolved the old DDS Ruling Council and formed what is to known as the Politburo. It will act as the "Senate" of the DDS, discussing and voting on major decisions such as declarations of war and major procurements and reorganisations. The Politburo will consist of Firefly, Windscorpion, Knobhead, Sea Urchin, Caratore, The Shiner, Lord Argox and S101. The DDS representatives from the Raegris and Porquat 640 (currently Ken'Saka and Gorlan Fe respectively) will also be included.
Another change is the dissolving of DDS Security, the old power base of the AP regime. Responsibility for base security and counter-terrorism will be given to a new Internal Security & Special Forces (ISSF) Department which will also include the Prowler units which will be transferred from the army. Torus has been appointed the head of ISSF, a surprise as she was considered an AP loyalist (though did not support the regime during Knobhead's uprising). Firefly said he has interviewed Torus personally and believes Torus was loyal to the office of DDS Commander and not who was in the position and thus is suitable to head ISSF.
Knobhead's Operations Division has been reorganised. Caratore has taken command of the space fleet with Von Kane his deputy. The fleet will no longer be split into 3 area based commands though fuller details will be given later. The New DDS Army and DDS Air Force will be abolished and instead there will be a combined Land & Air Forces (name TBA) which will merge the two. This will be under the command of Zeppelin.
The Shiner has been given City Commander status (i.e. head of GHQ) to go with his existing finance portfolio. Base facilities have been placed inside Sea Urchin's Technology Division (which may be renamed).
Finally Windscorpion has been given the role of "special adviser", and will be part of the Politburo of course. He will remain officially outside the DDS as head of iP Services though in reality he will perform a key role in the direction and operation of the DDS.
Firefly addressed the DDS and said that the changes would help bring stability to the DDS and help mend the damage of the AP regime. More announcements on changes to the DDS will follow over the next few days and weeks.
- Zeppelin has officially disbanded the various Hood brigades that were part of the New DDS Army. The rest of the Army's structure has been left untouched pending a review of forces and how the army and air force will be integrated.
- The death toll in the bitter battle of GHQ has been revised to 13,489 though this may rise as the rubble (mostly from the tower block that was destroyed) is cleared.
