New Sparta has reacted angrily to the technology swap of TPM for CSM by the Dinos and Clones. NS Commander Knobhead said TPM technology was a vital strategic advantage that should be protected, though the technology is already out of NS hands after Starbot left the NS sphere. The Dinos having CSM mean NS have a new strategic threat to factor in - though NS and the Dinos are not currently enemies.
However Sea Urchin reminded reporters that at the start of the century the DDS (as it then was) and Dinos had a short war. "The astral-political situation is always changing." As a result of the deal Knobhead has said that any military co-operation with the Dinos and Clones will be suspended for the foreseeable future. Knobhead has also raised the NS alert status to AMBER. Though this is purely symbolic as there is no new actual threat.
