The DDS' big annual humanitarian and disaster relief exercise will begin in a few days in conjunction with the UNP's disaster relief agency UNP-RRT. The exercise will take place on Liberation again though the theme has changed from a simulated asteroid strike to a major disease outbreak as it was thought an asteroid was too similar to last year's exercise which simulated an orbital bombardment and nuclear power stations going critical.
The exercise will simulate an enemy power unleashing a biological weapon on the planet with containment, communication, liaison and treatment phases of the exercise which is expected to last 2 weeks. The ships to be involved are:
L131 Tethys Ocean (flag)
A901 Florence Nightingale
L151 Oceania
L156 North America
S224 Fuji
H161 Solaris
M133 Firedrake
K109 Sulla (with photo reconnaissance module)
K157 Osprey
K162W Pelican
K167W Puffin
A111 Forwarder
A229 Orinoco
A159 Hexane
