Force West ends

The Force West deployment at New Jakarta has ended as expected with the allocated ships returning to HQ. Originally it was planned for the Force West ships to form the core of the initial deployment of forces at the new New Jakarta detachment but ships from Southern Spirit were used instead.

With Missileer returning from Force Voth as well the number of ships the DDS have on deployment is currently the lowest it has been for some time. This is intentional. The DDS have had to work hard this year, Sea Urchin hopes that the DDS can be recharged over the Christmas period ready for "harder work" in 2110.

Force West to end by end of year

As expected the DDS are disbanding the Force West deployment based at New Jakarta which was intended as a show of strength to try and deter Clone moves to bring Oscar into the Clone Star Empire. As that now seems to be a fait accompli the DDS will revert to a smaller and permanent presence at their newly improved New Jakarta orbital dock.

A brigade of the New DDS Army will be relocated to New Jakarta at a later date taking advantage of the excellent training facilities already on the planet. The planet may thus become a secondary home port for the DDS' growing fleet of amphibious landing ships.

DDS losing interest in Oscar?

News that Oscar would soon vote on whether it should join the Clone Star Empire prompted the DDS to bolster it's forces at nearby New Jakarta and form Force West. However the feeling now eminating from the DDS is that Oscar joining the CSE is pretty much a done deal. Thus the forces at New Jakarta are now longer considered to try and deter unification but handle any CSE incursion.

As relations with the Clones are reasonable at the moment and the prospect of war with them highly unlikely (neither side really wants the 4th Clone War any time soon) it could be Force West is disbanded sooner than expected. A permanent patrol deployment will be based at New Jakarta however.

DDS despatch battlegroup to New Jakarta

Following news that Oscar is to vote on whether to join the Clone Star Empire the DDS have responded by forming a battlegroup and sending it to the DDS base on New Jakarta, which is just over 1 lightyear from Oscar. The battlegroup, called Force West, is headed by a Missileer cruiser and contains 80 Ferret-E UCVs.

R104 Musketeer (flag)
C129 Charm Quark
D108 Ocelot
F138 Java Sea
F146 Bohol Sea
A149 Octane

Force West is expected to reach New Jakarta by the weekend. The 2 frigates already there will return to GHQ.