its was 30 miles out in to the wastlands before they reached a old battlefield from the last mobion war. There was dosenens of crashed hulks from thr last war befor robotnik took over some even rivled robotniks oun flag ship. Ther was pleanty of places to hide and more then anuff materiles to well arm a small force or even to set up a mager milltary bace here if the onld guns on the hulks still worked. And they wher being watched.