Unit in focus : SS-D

If the Dino SS have an acceptable face that even is respected by the army then it is the elite SS-D, the anti-terrorist force of the Empire. SS-D, which stands for SS-Defence, was created early in Ronald's reign as the Omega Force, a specialist anti-terrorist force. Over time it was incorporated into the SS and renamed SS-D. However the pre-SS roots of the force remain and many in the SS do not consider them part of their apparatus of brutal oppression. Thats why SS-D are popular in Army bars unlike normal SS men who probably would just get a good kicking.

The SS-D is currently 500 strong and consists of highly trained soldiers invited to join after their skills have caught the eye. The regiment is split into 50 man units, one of which is always stationed within 5 minutes of the Emperor to backup the ESBG.

Motto : Your ass is ours

UV95 : Vile Thrills

UV95 Vile Thrills is the first DDS book of 2006 and includes a few pointers to how the storyline will develop this year. In My Love the Zones hijack a spaceliner and the DDS are called in to hand the Zones their ass. This year we will follow a bunch of new recruits as they attempt to become soldiers in the Dino Army (a sort of DDS universe / reality TV marriage), in Fresh Meat we are introduced to the new recruits.

In I Like Dreaming we see Megara as he travels to Austini 55 for his latest mission and he discovers strange transmissions between HCS GHQ and Benito. Quarz's 101 is the centrepiece of the book, did he come to a sticky and painful end at the Xmas party or what did really happen? Finally in The Bitch the Dinos discover Rectoid temporal experiments and the DDS set out to see whats going on.



UV95 is available from all prisons (in return for snout) and brothels across Proxima 5. The next book UV96 Sex & Ultraviolence is due at the end of february!

CM360 revealed as orbital defense system

Director Of Communications Vodaphone today held a media briefing at GHQ where he revealed the identity of the CM360 project that had been leaked on DDS financial data. He said that it was a new orbital defense system around Proxima 7 to defend GHQ, the main fleet fuelling and depot facilities in orbit and the massive ship building complex P1E.

Seven space stations will be built with varients of the Z cannon and TP missile launchers. These static defense points will allow the DDS to use ships currently assigned to defend Proxima 7 elsewhere. Currently the DDS have to keep at least 3 cruisers and 3 frigates in orbit operational at all times. Vodaphone also said that a smaller scale system for Solaris was also being considered. Construction of CM360 would begin in the summer.

Rectoids caught near to DDS space engaged in time experiments?

A Dino patrol has caught a Rectoid ship engaged in unidentified temporal experiments near to DDS space a lightyear from Oscar. The Dino ship detected large amounts of tachyon emissions and after scanning discovered a Rectoid ship which made a brief engagement before escaping. A DDS task force is to be despatched to the area to investigate under the command of Windscorpion.

Pulsars to be re-engined?

Proxima J-Star has admitted that is has been contracted by the DDS to work on employing hybrid technology in a new version of the Pulsar's engine. The admission follows media speculation. Proxima J-Star are a major DDS partner who have done much of the development work on the Neptune/Meson and future Pluto/Gluon families of engines for the DDS. Up until now they have not been known to have done much work on employing Gluon technology in existing engine design (so-called hybrid technology) however.

It is thought the Pulsar class will receive an upgrade beyond the planned MULE3 by the end of the decade. Jane's DDS Monitor has reported a project called Pulsar 1000 which includes a new engine to push cruise speed beyond 1000c though the DDS have declined to comment so far.

Unit in focus : Red Lizard

Red Lizard is the HCS' elite forces and, as such, has been at the forefront of HCS operations for decades. Red Lizard is a well-trained and mobile unit, which specialises in covert operations and sabotage. Before a HCS assault often Red Lizard will move in to degrade the enemy's ability to repulse the attack.

Red Lizard dates from the earliest days of the HCS, in fact it gets it's name from the Red Lizard Brigade of the old Imperial pre-HCS Clone Army. The Red Lizard Brigade was a picked band of the best soldiers in the kingdom. Red Lizard continues the tradition.

The strength of Red Lizard is secret but the DDS estimate around 1000 men in 10 Active Service Units (ASUs). Most ASUs are on Cloneworld but a couple are stationed on other planets, one is known to be on Randalf 74 and another on Austini 55 (current status unknown). Red Lizard are well equipped with helicopters and tend to use these for transport. All Red Lizard soldiers are trained paratroopers and also have to have mountaineering training too, though this tends to be used more for climbing buildings these days.