11.5.24

NS confirm gutting of amphibious fleet

NS have confirmed they are making big cuts to their Amphibious Warfare Fleet which is going to be largely disbanded. The three Triumph 66B strike carriers and seven Pangaea 62A assault ships will be withdrawn and sold to the Clones, a figure has yet to be published. The two Tethys Ocean 65A assault carriers will be withdrawn and put into storage. Their future role has yet to be determined but they may be converted into transports.

The Falcon 47A fleet will be reduced to eight, the withdrawn ships (Dinomark XTs) are likely to be cannibalised for spares. The eight underwater capable Falcon 47Ws will be transferred to the NS Marine force and will replace the Navelwort 86M special forces transports which will be converted back to Coril personnel transport ships.

The only fleet to be left untouched is the Oceania 63A assault transport fleet. They will be used to support Terrestrial Forces deployments and disaster relief.