MBH forced to give Ronald greater role

Emperor MBH has been forced to bring Ronald back into the heart of Dino politics after his approval rating took a big hit after the week long power grid outage that affected Dino-Land. Ronald had been in semi-retirement, as Chief Priest of the Senate. A prestigeous but largely ceremonial position.

MBH has revived the long dormant rank of Censor and made Ronald the Censor of the Empire for life. As Censor Ronald will be in charge of the moral integrity of the empire as well as heading public administration. He is also defacto Deputy Emperor. One rather important benefit of Ronald's new role is that he also has power of veto (like MBH) if the Senate is tied in a vote.

Third Clone Navy carrier enters service

The third (and final) Cloneworld class aircraft carrier has entered service with the Clone Navy. R03 Hospital Carnage Squad will begin it's first patrol next year and allow the CN flagship R01 Cloneworld to finally have it's refit.

Hospital Carnage Squad will embark 8 K45K fighters and 4 K85NTK light attack aircraft plus 4 Z26WNS helicopters. Compared to the two earlier carriers it has an upgraded fire control system for it's SA-N-6A SAM system and a larger missile battery.

The Clones are working on a much larger carrier which could enter service sometime in the next decade though as yet nothing has been laid down.

CAF looking for funding for more Pterodactyl

The Clone Air Force has asked for more funding to order more K03 Pterodactyl advanced trainers. The K03, which also has a light attack version the K58 Raptor, has an advanced hybrid propulsion system which combines an electric ducted fan with a traditional turbofan. The hybrid engine has proved highly reliable and efficient and the CAF are keen to incorporate this technology into other types.

The CAF ordered 110 K03s but would like to increase this to 150. A budget request has gone in with the CDF.

Dinos beef up security after grid attack

With the Dino-Land power grid now fully back up the Dinos have revealed details of how the catastrophe was caused. A terrorist, said to be a senior Dino Army officer working at the power grid HQ, launched a "data bomb" directly into the systems. The grid, like all strategic Dino systems, is protected against external cyber attack threats but not from one launched internally.

Senator Jimmy said that new security measures were being added to prevent such an attack happening again. The SS were also beefing up internal security and screening.

Emperor MBH is said to be fuming after the attack as it has badly hit his approval rating.

Civilian Partnership 2119

Civilian Partnership, one of the big four exercises, concentrates on disaster recovery and co-operation with UNP agencies. This year the exercise will cover a mock "epidemic" in a near-war zone. NS ships will transport medicine and medical personnel to an outpost on Uranus in the Terran System. Other NS ships will play the role of "enemy" warships trying to intercept and interfere.

The ships involved are:

35-309 Krafty (flagship)
51-105 Conqueror
43-102 Beta Centauri
75-104 Collective
75-110 Association
75-206 Elbe
73-115 Pentane

"Enemy" fleet:

36-103 Magnificent (flagship)
93-101 Alpha Centauri
86-201 Navelwort

Fleet News (01/09/19)

57-111 Peanut is the latest Protector 57A to join the fleet.

In a boost to the local patrol fleet it is joined by the final two Okra 86Ls 86-305 Oleander and 86-306 Oak Tree.