Straw People to end this weekend

The Straw People deployment based around Charlotte in the Rim Worlds is to end at the weekend. The deployment, which began in early January, was intended to last at least 3 months but was instigated under the interim rule of Sea Urchin and The Orchid has decided the deployment does not tally with her plans.

With the Early Warning deployment plus Force Voth and the Remedian fleet the available fleet assets for further deployments is rather small. The Orchid wants a large amphibious exercise in a few weeks and after that a 2110 running of the Atomic Fist strategic attack exercise which this year will include Quasars and MRMs. Another problem with Straw People was that the planned interoperability exercises with the Aritans and Porquatians never materialised.

Operation Straw People

Interim Commander Sea Urchin has announced a new deployment of ships to Charlotte in the Rim Worlds to begin next week. The deployment will be to "facilitate training and interoperability with allies" but really the force is likely to be there to deter the Clones from eyeing any further in-roads into the Rim Worlds. The Aritans will take part in the deployment (which is likely to last a number of months) and the Porquatians too (though not at the same time of course!)

C109 Antarctic (flag)
D102 Jaguar
F132 Black Sea
F141 Sulu Sea
P138 Kite
T107 Oscar Wilde
A146 Argus