Starbotian ship destroyed

A Starbotian ship, I-44 Flint (a Freedom 41B Medium Combat Ship) has been destroyed but not in combat against the Argon. They fled when the Starbot-DDS fleet entered the Aldebran system but almost at the same time a mysterious freighter entered Starbotian space.

The ship claimed to be a "Kalon freighter" but when SS Flint intercepted it the freighter exploded, destroying the Starbotian ship also. Telemetry data indicates Flint detected large nuclear warheads on the freighter before it exploded.

The Starbotians have put their space on full-lockdown. S101 has turned his fleet around to return to Starbot, the DDS ships in his fleet are remaining at Aldebra.

• The DDS has raised its alert status to ORANGE.