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DDS mark end of Isometric production

With the delivery of the 108th and 109th Isometric family ships to Vontapi production of the type has formally ended after 14 years. The final 2 ships were actually completed earlier this year though delivery was delayed due to the Argon War as the ships would have had to transit to their new home through a war zone untested.

A Vontapi team instead performed acceptance testing of the 2 ships in Raegris space before taking them home after the end of hostilities between the DDS and the Argon.

The DDS marked their departure by escorting the new ships for a time with an Isometric 41A, a Freedom 42B and a Mediterranean Sea 43G at various points across DDS space. The Isometric in some form will remain in service for another 35-40 years at least with the DDS. The rebuilt Starsystems will also incorporate a lot of Isometric technology so some say the story is not quite over yet.