"The 112 ships by 2121 figure is a belt and braces best case figure." Firefly said, "As with anything there has to be a pragmatic approach taken so we may have revise that down somewhat, though not by much. Even so building that many Corkscrews will be tough. Even if we have both projected production lines active we would only be able to build 5-6 a year from 2115 so that would give us over 30 by 2112, way short of the 64 needed."
Firefly said a third production line was out of the question, "We have to deal with the resources available so 2 lines, one at Solaris and one at the Raegris will be what we will have. The Raegris line will of course include export orders." Firefly said that Corkscrew production could be bought forward a year early. "The design is 99% there so we could start building the prototype early next year with an entry into service in early 2114. We will need to decide quickly on that but hopefully by the end of the week we will know more clearly where we are going."
- The HCS Exports Agency have announced another sale the day after their sale of submarines to Sirikwan. New Arit have ordered 50 new TRV-5HD Tapir IFVs and 100 ex-HCS older Tapirs along with spares in a 45 million zark deal.
