Professor Wayne King-Meiouf of the University of ProximaThe Perimpaz 39As, the last Kalahati Tuuls in DDS service, will begin their withdrawals this year as the ships are replaced in the Remedian fleet by Corkscrew 51As. Amazingly these are likely to be the only series withdrawals of ships from the DDS fleet until the next decade at least.
Generation 3 ships set the trend for far longer service lives than with earlier DDS ships. The Quasar 15As were designed with 30 year service lives, compared to the Pulsar 12As which were designed for just 10 (though some were extended beyond that). The Generation 4 ships have even longer service lives planned, the Panther 35As for example are intended to last for 40 years. All these could be extended of course.
So if we look at the DDS fleet the ships currently on service are, by the large, the ships that will still be service when we reach 2130 and beyond.
| DDS Combat Fleet class | Planned withdrawal |
| Warrior 16A | 2144-2146 |
| Quasar 15A | 2131-2134 |
| Missileer 21B | 2141-2143 |
| Panther 35A | 2148-2150 |
| Indy 35B | 2151-2153 |
| Solaris 37C | 2139-2143 |
| Perimpaz 39A | 2114-2115 |
| Isometric 41A | 2132-2135 |
| Freedom 41B | 2140-2145 |
| Mediterranean Sea 43G | 2147-2149 |
| Pentekonter 44M | 2146-2147 |
| Rome 46A | 2147-2149 |
| Falcon 47A/W | 2150-2155 |
| Corkscrew 51A | 2153- |
As can be seen the earliest withdrawals next after the Perimpaz could be the Quasars and original Isometrics in the early 2130s! Even the ancient Starsystem 91Bs are intended to be life-extended until 2130.
This means the DDS fleet is about to enter a stable era with the upheavals of withdrawals and cannibalisation to keep obsolete ships in service. This should help release extra funds for technological development and enhancements. A stable era then and maybe a golden one?
