Older Fleets Downsized
Fleet Depot Nataria - The Star Army of Yamatai moved 198,000 Ayame Cruisers, 142,000 Yui Scouts, and 200,000 Irim Gunships out of the Central Yamatai Defense Fleet today by order of Empress Himiko, a 97.8% reduction in fleet size.
1,000,000 Irim Gunships and 198,000 Ayame Cruisers were designated to be scrapped; the recovered materials will be used to build space stations, planetary facilities, and modern military vessels, while the supplies the scrapped ships carried will be used to help the public and the needy, as well as fund government projects through sales.
Himiko wants to show the rest of the universe that Yamatai will no longer be a galactic bully by downsizing the Star Army to a "reasonable, primarily defensive size."