Keith Remadra, former chief advisor to the UNP Security Council on Clone affairs News of the Clone Star Empire's strategic link-up with the Utrek Federation (a fancy way of saying the Utrek have bought 3 very strategic locations for listening posts in return for a ton of cash) is a bit of a surprise indeed. Not a total surprise as it was fairly common knowledge that the Clones were looking for a partner as they did in the early 2100s during the previous economic crisis when they were bailed out by the Dinos.
This one may be more serious, the Dinos were after (and achieved) a complete reboot of their army using HCS equipment whereas the Utrek appear to be wanting strategic locations for "intelligence" stations. Paragon, the first of the 3 locations to be revealed, is perfectly placed for powerful sensor suites and signal analysis of both DDS Centre and DDS South...
But the DDS should not panic yet, the Utrek may now find gathering intelligence easier but its not the end of the world. The Utrek are still involved in their war with the Mantae and although that is currently fairly low-level we should not forget that 6% of Utrek territory is currently held by the Mantae so that war has still a long way to go. It will be no surprise to the DDS that the Utrek are still interested in them strategically, but the DDS beat the Utrek twice in two wars in the last decade and the DDS is much stronger than it was since the last war. The Utrek, even if the Mantae war ended now, would take over a decade to recover.
The astral-political situation has got more complicated but in many ways in the short term its less of a concern for the DDS as the Clones will be stabilised with the cash injection. In the medium to long term well thats a different story...
