The DDS have admitted that the first of the new Warrior 16A bombers which entered service a couple of months ago has a number of problems and this is delaying the entry into service of the second ship which has been completed but has received modifications as has S121 Warrior.
SS Warrior is understood to have suffered a complete power grid collapse while on a training run last month, this is a potentially catastrophic incident which if it occurred in hyperspace could result in the ship being lost. Luckily Warrior was subluminal at the time so the only damage was to DDS pride. A second near collapse occurred a few weeks later. Both Warrior and the second ship Warspite have received emergency modifications to the power grid and energy management sub-systems.
A DDS Engineering source said that Warrior's problems are due to some new materials being used in the power grid for the first time so it is unlikely the problems could affect other ships. The DDS hope to solve the problems soon or will revert to more traditional materials if the problems persist. This could delay the ships fully entering service for a good 5-7 months however.
