UV190 : End Of A Legend

• Battle For Survival - Windy reaches the Acheron ruins (Dark Shadow P4)
• Fragments Of A Soul - Oh Sally what have you done? (Dark Shadow P5)
• An Opportunity - Terin is ordered to kill Benito (Touch Base P1)
• Oblivion - Has the plot been foiled? (Touch Base P2)
• The Debris Of A Regime - Benito is dead, what next? (Touch Base P3)
• Pit Stop - Ronald's expedition needs to find a friendly port (The Berkivs P1)
• Boxcutter - The Dinos fall foul of the extremist Berkivs (The Berkivs P2)

Senior HCS-E officer (and Benito loyalist) killed by car bomb

Field Marshal Holreken, the commanding officer of the 2nd Legion which was Benito's vanguard and himself a Benito loyalist, has been killed by a car bomb on his way to work on Austini 55. The bomb destroyed his car killing him and his driver. Marcus has put the planet on lock down though that did not prevent soldiers from the 2nd Legion attacking Clone government offices.

Marcus has appealed for calm and said that an investigation will begin immediately. With Benito gone it is feared that there could be a jockeying for position behind the new regime of which this terrorist attack could be just the start.

• The DDS have raised their alert status to AMBER as a precaution.

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Boxcutter
The Dinos fall foul of the extremist Berkivs (The Berkivs P2)

DDS update export portfolio, now includes Yel'Tema

The DDS have updated their spaceship export portfolio again. The biggest change is the addition of the Raegris Yel'Tema design to replace the withdrawn Velocity-E as the "big ship". The Yel'Tema comes in 2 configurations, a high-end YT-150 with TPM and Z7 and a low-end YT-110 though that still comes with a Z5 cannon.

Other changes include the rebranding of the export Olympus carrier to the Olympus Mons name and the Coril shuttle now comes with 2 configurations, a standard ST fit and a VIP XL standard. The DDS have still yet to provide any details of the export version of the Corkscrew, it is thought this will wait until after the first example of the ship enters service later this year.

• The HCS Space Navy has successfully adapted its new Sprite NG unmanned combat vehicle to the Tiamon TM carrier. The carrier usually carries conventional aircraft for launching in high atmosphere but will now be also able to carry a complement of Sprites for combat operations and also for self-defence.

Fleet News (15/05/13)

• H130 Invicta is the latest and final Indy 35B Fleet Combat Ship. Attention now switches to the Infinity experimental ship and the forthcoming Kinetic 35C.
• A209U Group has joined the Friendship 75A communications fleet.
• A586 The Orchid and A587 Tsunami have joined the Coril 86B shuttle fleet.
• H169 Sanger Alpha is the latest Solaris 37C to receive a worm drive.

Alpha completes first phase of testing

The prototype Alpha 121A Nano Fighting Ship has completed its first phase of field tests and development flights. The DDS are very happy with this new concept of small, optionally manned, spaceship though some problems were found with the design.

SS Alpha is now undergoing some modifications and refitting ahead of the second phase of development tests next year. One major change will be a modest fuselage extension (about 1.5m) which will help allow for improved crew comfort facilities. The ship will also have its M6502 engine uprated to allow for a speed increase in hyperspace mode.

• Firefly has agreed initial funding for the Air Division of Terrestrial Forces to develop its own training fleet and pilot development system. Currently all Air Division pilots have to be trained by separate UNP air forces but this has seen pilot quality vary somewhat and there are problems integrating the different pilots into the DDS. It is likely the DDS will look to procure Clone built T-76 and T-1 trainers though first of all infrastructure will need to be built, probably at DDS City.
• Starbotian leader S101 has said the Starbot fleet will be increased in size. Currently the Starbotians have 6 destroyer type ships (4 being DDS Type 35s) and 3 frigates (soon to be 4) of the Isometric type. S101 wants another 2 destroyers (1 being a Starbot design) and 6-8 frigates perhaps of the Corkscrew 51A design. Starbot will enter talks with the DDS later in the year.
• The Raegris are to offer their Yel'Tema RC-2B cruiser for export. The powerful ship, which is probably best known in its HCS Cosmos version (though the Clones have evolved the design in some different ways) will be offered as part of the DDS export portfolio soon.