The DDS Politburo has debated and agreed the review into Patrol Command which called for a much greater fleet of dedicated patrol assets as well as static monitoring. However there were some changes made to the review especially the number of ships and when these should be built.
The review called for a fleet of 112 ships by 2121 (it is currently 59) which the Politburo thought would be impossible to achieve, especially as 14 of the current ships (the Type 43s) is due to join the main fleet. Instead the new target of 102 ships has been set for 2125. This is still going to be a tough schedule calling for 57 new ships by 2125 (or just over 5 ships a year from 2114 when these changes could affect the Ship Building Plan - though a couple of Freedom 41Bs are still to be built of course).
Nearly all of these ships will be Corkscrew 51As however the Politburo has also asked DDS Engineering to evaluate an upgraded Pentekonter-E which could also be built as part of a hi-lo mix. For the moment the Corkscrew order has been increased to 59 (54 for Patrol Command plus 5 already on order for the Remedians). One final change is that Corkscrew production will not be bought forward from 2114 however production for the DDS will begin from 2115 not 2116 as previously planned.
