The Alliance has commissioned Lakon Spaceways to produce a new ship in response to the recent Thargoid attacks in the Pleiades. The vessel, which has been named the Type-10 Defender, represents a comprehensive revision of the Type–9 Heavy.<br />

Lakon issued the following statement:<br />

“The Type-10 boasts greater speed, acceleration and manoeuvrability than the Type-9, and also offers a more focused hardpoint loadout. We envisage it being particularly effective in combat situations.”<br />

The development is significant in that it represents the first overtly military response from the Alliance to the rising Thargoid threat.<br />

Lakon has committed to an aggressive production schedule that should see the Type-10 reaching retailers next week. GalNet, 17.12.3303