Clones agree to "de-target" CSM

The Clones have "de-targeted" its CSM force, and they will no longer be ready to fire at DDS targets like GHQ and DDS City at a few minutes notice. The action is a gesture of goodwill following the Firefly-Oojok conference (the missiles can easily be retargeted within a few minutes anyway).

The DDS have also reduced their alert status back to lowest level following the conference, it now stands at CYAN. However some observers say this has more to do with the Dino situation stabilising than anything to do with the Clones.

River class to be upgraded

The DDS have ordered 2 more River 75B utility transports but also have announced an upgrade for the small fleet (the 2 new ships will be built to the new standard). The Rivers will be fitted with the same HS-602CMi engine as their warship cousins the Olympus and will have a speed boost to 550c. They will also have an enhanced self-defence tactical system and a TPM-VLS battery.

The new ships have been added to the 2114/5 Ship Building Plan and the upgrades are expected to take place later this year.

Fleet News (14/02/14)

• Just one new ship has joined the fleet this month, that is the second Corkscrew 51A MCS and the first for the Remedian fleet. M202R Remedia Prime III is expected to be the new Remedian flagship when the existing ship, the Perimpaz 39A imaginatively named H203 Remedia Prime II is withdrawn later in the year.
• SS Sulu Sea has completed its upgrade to Mediterranean Sea 43G standard and has been renumbered M180.

Stinkyson is the new SS Commander!

Ronald's second son Stinkyson has been appointed the new SS Commander, the second time he has held this position. Stinkyson was selected by the Troika and will take up his new duties at the weekend, currently he works as an adviser to Consul El Diablo.

The news of his appointment has not gone down well with the SS who loathe him intensely. Stinkyson is regarded as a disgrace who is not fit to be Ronald's (whom the SS revere as a god) son. However Stinkyson did do reasonably well the last time he headed the SS, his rather "loose" morals is considered a boon in the role.

Pircasa will remain the Deputy SS Commander though Stinkyson will most likely appoint an aide, probably someone quite tough as one of the aide's jobs will be to foil the countless assassination attempts on Stinkyson's life that are likely to occur.

Story #1997

Sordidity Is Our Business
MBH has an indecent proposal (Point Blank P3)

Firefly-Oojok summit ends with... nothing much really

DDS Commander Firefly and Clone Emperor Oojok met on Remedia Prime today to discuss recent tensions between the DDS and CSE. Although its been reported that the meeting did "clear the air" a bit and the two leaders seem to have got on well very little concrete was accomplished by the summit though the two leaders did give a joint statement wishing Senator Cruggson get well soon.

Professor King-Meiouf (a regular commentator here) tweeted that people expecting concrete progress or initiatives from the summit were missing the point of it. "The meeting was to show the galaxy the DDS and Clones arn't about to go to war." he added. "In that the summit appears to have been a great success."

• The Clone Air Force has received its first K45C Falcon fighters though the type will not become operational until the Summer.