After they left the facility, it was a short flight to their destination. When they arrived, Gamma Flight was waiting, out of sight of their apparent enemies. As soon as they were in range of the jamming signal, the comms became spotty and filled with static. Thanks to their close proximity to one another, though, they were still usable within the squadron.<br/><br/>Beyond their position, dozens of Valkyries could be seen in various states of activation; some were grounded while others patrolled the skies above. It seemed that the construction facility was the epicenter of activity, with the bulk of the Valkyries located in or around the area. There were, admittedly, an astonishing number of them around, especially when you considered that they had brought them all in undetected.<br/><br/>There had to be around a hundred of them in total. Those that were active numbered only about thirty, which was a small relief, at least, although it was only that—small. This could definitely get ugly in a hurry, she thought. They did not immediately engage, though, instead falling back beyond the range of the scrambler so that Gamma Flight could relay the details of what they had been found.<br/><br/>Meanwhile, Mei and the rest of Omega Flight continued to scout the area for any changes or movement from the occupying force. As she surveyed the area on one of her passes, she also noted that there were pilots boarding and arming many of the inactive mecha. “That does not bode well,” she observed. Whether they had been discovered or there was another force incoming that put them on alert, they were most likely about to find themselves in the middle of a firefight.<br/><br/>Of course, she had been itching for a fight, so it wasn’t like she was complaining, but they would be vastly outnumbered until reinforcements arrived. Then again, she liked a challenge. She grinned darkly when command gave the order for Omega and Gamma Flights to engage. They were instructed to do as much damage as they could; their primary objective being to slow the enemy’s mobilization efforts and hold them off until reinforcements could arrive.<br/><br/>“Roger that,” Mei said, her voice a little too chipper for the current situation. She was more than ready to jump into action, already prepping her fighter to engage. The moment they were ready, she jumped into action. This might be her first real combat situation in a fighter, but you might never know that based on her apparent battle sense. The way she read the battle, reacted to what went on around her, and her instincts, it was clear enough that she’d seen some form of combat before.