Convinced that the DDS are behind the explosion of a depot on Starbot which destroyed their stock of TPM-2s Starbot has cancelled its order for Corkscrew 421S Medium Combat Ships. Starbot had 5 on order with the first deliveries set for next year. Military chief K-1 said Starbot would now look for alternatives.
Starbot has already paid 1.1 billion zarks for the ships but the DDS said there would be no refunds. Unfortunately for Starbot the bulk of their fleet are DDS built ships so the Starbotians will have to continue dealing with the DDS for spares and updates. The status of outstanding orders for other ships the Starbotians have is unknown.
