Windy ends his vacation

Windy has ended his long vacation after a hectic few months and resumed command of the DDS from Firefly. He has returned his flag to SS Carboniferous and the Isometric frigate is due to depart early next week for Starbot where he will hold talks with the Starbotians as well as see for himself the potential threat from the 7 Sa Sao.



Last month the 7SS made a reappearance near Aldebra though did not try and make any contact with the colony which it previously warned was violating it's territory and would have to move. Since then long-range sensor stations have reported unidentified ships a couple of times in the area, and last week one as deep as Saeou in DDS territory.

SS Stoke City will be accompanying Windy's flagship. It is reported Windy spends all of his leisure time on the ship nowadays.

DDS think no Bolitic threat to Voth

The DDS do not think the Bolitic are planning to attack the Voth. Spies in the Bolitic Confederacy are understood to have confirmed there are no plans to attack but the Emperor Aliowaki wanted the DDS and Vothites "given a reminder" and so instructed Baron Savroki to make sure his fleet was seen by a Raegris merchant ship.

The DDS will continue to keep the rotated ships in Force Voth in the area for another week. F161 Sea Of Tranquility will stay at Apassara for the time being. The two Fighting Falcon ships attached to Force Voth will soon join it.

The Melitacons

The DDS encounter a very strange alien ship...

Bolitic fleet seen near Voth border

A Raegris merchant ship has reporting seeing a fleet of Bolitic warships near Apassara on the northern border of the Voth Free Republic. The Bolitic ships were in unclaimed space but only a couple of days from Apassara. Raegris spies in the Vosun Star Empire have also reported a division of the Vosun Army recently left Vosun for unspecified "maneuvers".

Force Voth has been put on full alert. The detachment was in the middle of a ship rotation but the rotated ships in the deployment have had their return to the DDS put on hold (incidentally if this is a Bolitic attack its very bad timing as Force Voth is currently at double strength!)

F161 Sea Of Tranquility has been sent to Apassara and is expected there later today.

Rathun's World to become Liberation

The interim revolutionary government that seized power from the evil hebephile King Rathun has decided to change the name of the planet from Rathun's World to Liberation. The name change was decided unanimously after a public vote (no doubt helped by the fact there were no other options).

The DDS and UNP have both agreed to the name change and it should be ratified within the next few weeks. Fighting has erupted between socialists and loyalists to the King but such incidents are isolated. The loyalists are small in number and their cause is pretty much lost. DDS peacekeeping troops are now keeping order.

Dinos seek more allies

In a further sign that the old isolationist policy of the Dinos is over a Dino diplomatic team has headed off on a 2 month mission to meet the governments of Za'Enyu, Telvin 802 and Artensis 60. All three stars lie in the region of space between the Voth Republic and the ABBOs. Until recently this region of space was virtually unknown even though it wasn't that far from the Dinos.

The Dinos are hopeful of forming alliances with the 3 governments. They would like to build a monitoring station on Artensis 60 to keep an eye on the ABBOs and a refuelling point on either Za'Enyu or Telvin 802. Of course they would also like to sell weapons to all three governments!

The DDS have already visited Artensis 60 and have plans for the other 2 systems, they are hopeful that their alliance with Putri 500 which is also in this area (and the most powerful system) will open doors (and wallets) into the others.