Although the 2140s are a long way off work has already begun on the replacement for the primary fighter of the New Sparta fleet, the Type 035 family. No firm plans are likely to be made until the 2130s but NS Research has been considering concepts and may even built a future fighter prototype in the next decade.
Dr Forbidden told senior NS officers at a recent briefing that the future fighter of the fleet could be much smaller with a small live crew (or even optionally manned) with greater use of remote crewing and artificial intelligence. It would also be "ultra flexible" with the ability to perform many roles with no or very little modification.
However there are different visions in NS. Director Sea Urchin is said to envisage a larger ship (perhaps Quasar sized) enabling greater operational flexibility, with a detachable "war fighting module".
