At the moment DDS GHQ isn't. Command functions, the Politburo and general staff of the DDS have relocated to DDS Communications HQ on Proxima 5 while Proxima 7's GHQ's communications sub-system is repaired. It is now likely however that command functions will not return to Proxima 7 even after the repairs are completed early next month. Firefly has confirmed that the DDS will move its HQ to Proxima 5, though the exact location is as yet undecided.
The DDS have been mulling a move from GHQ for a couple of years now. When the DDS first set up the plot on Proxima 7 as their main base it was in countryside a few miles from Hexian City, the Proximan (and UNP) capital. However over the last couple of decades both Hexian City and GHQ have grown dramatically and so there is little space left between where one ends and the other begins. The recent PRB attacks have highlighted the problems with security at GHQ which is a sprawling campus, and also the risk attacks can pose to the millions of people living in Hexian City nearby.
Proxima 5 is a much less populous world, 83% of its surface being water. DDS Communications HQ is typical of the scattering of DDS offices on the planet being located on one of the many islands on the planet and with only a small civilian population nearby. Moving GHQ here would assist with security the ISSF say.
Firefly said that when GHQ moves the existing base on Proxima 7 would be renamed DDS City and would remain the administrative heart of the DDS as well as the main transport and logistical hub. "DDS City will remain our biggest facility as command functions are only a small part of what it does." he said.
Torus said that moving command functions would mean moving around 80 staff to Proxima 5 to support those already there, and permanently relocate the Prowler units dedicated to guarding the DDS Politburo. The infantry brigade which defends GHQ is likely to also be moved. TPM-A armed F-10S have already been relocated.
More details including the location of the new GHQ will be revealed in coming weeks.
