Panther 2115 Update A

The Panther 35A fleet is to be upgraded as part of the normal maintenance cycle over the next couple of months. Part of the upgrade will be standardise the 12 strong fleet which has different ships have different trial pieces of technology. The upgrade will also be a "tune-up" with refined hyperspace and worm parameters resulting in an improved performance. The upgrade includes:

• EA-X energy absorbant layer added
• Z7 cannon
• Propulsion management and drive enhancements boosting worm speed to 4900ec and hyperspace cruise to 975c
• Improved data security sub-system
• Two extra teleport stations added and provision to quickly convert a storage bay into accommodation for Prowler special forces
• A number of other minor updates