The DDS have confirmed that the cargo plane that crashed on Solaris near a chemical factory was an attempted terrorist attack. "Unknown terrorists are thought to have tried to crash the plane into the factory causing massive destruction and toxic waste over a wide area." ISSF Commander Torus told reporters. The DDS have raised their alert status to AMBER though its not known if any other attacks are planned.
Firefly has ordered a doubling of air patrols over Solaris and other sensitive DDS sites. All DDS sites have also increased their security and 4 Prowler units have been put on standby.
31.7.13
30.7.13
Charlotte becomes full member of UNP
Rim World colony Charlotte has become a full member of the UNP following pressure from the DDS who wanted the planet to be able to access the UNP infrastructure fund to supplement planned DDS facilities including orbital and surface bases.
The DDS intend Charlotte to be their hub for monitoring, deterring and (maybe one day) combating Tarbotian activities in the Rim Worlds. Building of a new orbital dock and centre of operations will begin next year.
The DDS intend Charlotte to be their hub for monitoring, deterring and (maybe one day) combating Tarbotian activities in the Rim Worlds. Building of a new orbital dock and centre of operations will begin next year.
- Next month is likely to be the final month of service for the iconic J88 (T-88) tank in Clone Army service. The J88 Eliminator was the first Clone tank that actually worked and in its final guise the J88++ Eliminator III it turned the tide in the Clone Wars. Amazingly nearly 220,000 were built but only about 150 remain in service and they will be withdrawn at the start of September. Hundreds will remain in museums across the Clone Star Empire (and beyond) and it is estimated over 4,000 will continue to serve in other armies across the galaxy, a number the Clones are keen to increase with more sales.
29.7.13
Clone network "browns out"
The Clone Star Empire data network has been struggling for a few years now after a decade of under investment and despite emergency programmes to upgrade and improve the network problems are starting to mount. During a military exercise on Daggaddon last week the data links between Daggaddon and Cloneworld were maxed out causing other services to "brown out" or lose connection. This unfortunately sparked a number of alarms as automated sensors went off-line. It is even rumoured a CSM silo was put on launch standby.
The Clones were forced to place 6 ships between the two planets to relay traffic, an expensive and temporary solution. Other incidents like this have been recorded on a number of occasions over the last year. The Clone network can just cope with normal traffic but in times of peak traffic it collapses. Suffice to say Oojok has called this unacceptable, if the Clones were attacked or entered a real cvombat situation their network would melt down.
Around 7 billion zarks worth of upgrades are currently ongoing (ironically the link to Daggaddon is due to be replaced by a new link with 500% more capacity next month). Until these links are completed by 2115 the Clone network will continue to struggle, and a new wave of upgrades (around 5.5 billion zarks worth) needs to be funded and begin by the end of the year.
The Clones were forced to place 6 ships between the two planets to relay traffic, an expensive and temporary solution. Other incidents like this have been recorded on a number of occasions over the last year. The Clone network can just cope with normal traffic but in times of peak traffic it collapses. Suffice to say Oojok has called this unacceptable, if the Clones were attacked or entered a real cvombat situation their network would melt down.
Around 7 billion zarks worth of upgrades are currently ongoing (ironically the link to Daggaddon is due to be replaced by a new link with 500% more capacity next month). Until these links are completed by 2115 the Clone network will continue to struggle, and a new wave of upgrades (around 5.5 billion zarks worth) needs to be funded and begin by the end of the year.
28.7.13
DDS produce first upgrade of their worm drive
The DDS have produced the first upgrade proper of the Electron W1A worm drive, up until now updates have been from the Dinos (mostly for safety reasons) but the Electron W1A2 (in service the designation is likely to remain W1A) is the first upgrade on the DDS' own development track. The upgrade itself is fairly modest with reliability and power efficiency the main improvements, ships fitted with W1A2 will have the same speed as W1A.
However as Dr Forbidden says this is a great achievement by the DDS and is proof that they are beginning to master worm drive technology. He said that the DDS are working on a faster drive which may arrive in a few years.
However as Dr Forbidden says this is a great achievement by the DDS and is proof that they are beginning to master worm drive technology. He said that the DDS are working on a faster drive which may arrive in a few years.
26.7.13
Suicide plane attack on Solaris?
Mystery is surrounding the crash on Solaris of a CAC 420 airliner owned by Proxima Airlines. The plane exploded near a major chemical plant owned by the DDS which makes some of the chemicals used in rocket fuel (used in weapons like the TPM). Only minor damage to some outlying buildings of the plant was recorded.
Some eye-witnesses are saying a DDS F-10S fired a missile at the airliner which appeared to be diving towards the plant, though the DDS are not confirming or denying anything at the moment. What is certain is that if the plane had hit the plant it could have devastated a wide area with toxic fall-out.
Some eye-witnesses are saying a DDS F-10S fired a missile at the airliner which appeared to be diving towards the plant, though the DDS are not confirming or denying anything at the moment. What is certain is that if the plane had hit the plant it could have devastated a wide area with toxic fall-out.
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