"HDC allows you to whoop more butt" says Bill "Bubba" Sparks from the Grand Ole Homestead. "The new alloy will allow smaller ship's hulls to take more damage and stay in the battle. Unfortunately, production facilities are unable to accommodate bigger ships at this time," claims Dr. Ivana B. Uber from Jove's Fury, "but we are working on it."

There are unconfirmed reports that this technology has been leaked to the enemy and they are in full scale production of upgrading all of their ships. "Ain't no way some durn snot-nosed bug got the jump on us. They must've done gone and found some way to steal it", alluded Mr. Sparks.

In a related incident, Bogeril security reports can be heard broadcasted in Swooping Eagle, Endraigo, the Antares Frontier, Inverness, Glenn, and various other sectors. "I'll say this for them, although their hygiene habits are somewhat lacking, when they decide to do something, they go all out and don't know the meaning of the words 'just enough'! I mean, they have enough power on their short wave radios to be heard halfway across the galaxy." said Dr. Uber.

Can we expect more new and exciting things in the future? "We have barely begun to scratch the tip of the iceberg," suggests Dr. Uber. "Dat little ting is jus de beginning. Lot more ideas kicking around in our noggins dat we been dying to try out," adds Bill Sparks. This reporter can hardly wait to see what they come up with next.