The second Windscorpion 18A monitor will not feature in the next ship building plan according to VP (Technology) Knobhead. He said that the keel of the ship will not be laid down next year as originally planned. Some long lead orders would also be delayed, some have already been made but could be used for spares for the existing ship.
Knobhead said the second ship, to be called SS Heavy Attack Squad (the original name of the DDS/NS), had not been cancelled but could not say when it would be built. President Windscorpion is said to prefer the money being spent on cruisers. The Kinetic 35C fleet may receive a top-up order to bring the eventual total of ships built to twenty.
