iP Services to have planet based HQ

The head of iP Services, Windscorpion, has said that the loss of his ship and mobile HQ has forced him to reassess how his company operates and how it can fulfill its contracts in DDS prisoner interrogation and confinement. Windy is said to be keep to buy a water-capable Dinomark XT from the Dinos, however this would be too small to replace SS Stoke City for many of its roles.

Instead Windy is said to be interested in a planet based HQ / prison with the XT bringing prisoners to the new HQ, which would be much better protected, for processing. Windy's son SFX is currently reviewing possible sites on Proxima 7, Solaris and Terra.

• The DDS have ordered 6 CCA 380 Skyshuttle regional airliners for use in transferring personnel to and from the new GHQ and Proxima 5's spaceport. Delivery has been set for early next year which means the DDS could get some of these new aircraft before the HCSAF (who are buying it as the C-380!)
• The Dinos have said they will build their equivalent of the Clone Space Missile interstellar strategic missile. They are already working on a space launched missile called GAM (Galactic Attack Missile) which is due to enter service in 2115 and this new weapon (called GAM-X at present) will be an evolution of the GAM. Its not likely to enter into service much earlier than 2120 but will be based at a number of sites in the DTA.