As it looks like Proxima 7 will have to re-run their election after the New Puritan Way failed to find an accommodation with one of the two largest parties this means that the period of uncertainty over DDS finances looks set to continue into the late Summer.
A by-product of this is a suspension on new long-term contracts over 200 million zarks by DDS Financial Services until the funding issue is resolved. Around 10 billion zarks worth of contracts are currently suspended including funding for the new Olympus Balista 23M carrier, Kinetic 35C Fleet Combat Ship, worming of much of the heavy transport fleet and upgrades to DDS Communications infrastructure. As most of these contracts are due to begin next year a delay of a few months will not have too bad an effect however the DDS Finance Officer Shiner said that delaying infrastructure projects will have a knock-on effect on costs and capability.
