Since the vampire settlement was low on numbers compared to before and wished to protect itself from any attacks that may occur at any time. Most of the leaders continued to stay and were unable to head out.
In the first place, the groups were heading out to find their allies and inform them of what was happening, so there wasn't an expectation that there would be a fight, of sorts.
Small groups of vampires led by vampire knights and nobles had gone far and wide, because there was a need to be.
One of the groups had been sent out to search for Ray, and they had no idea of his location. What they had decided to do was head to the planet where JIm and Jack Eno were last seen, the planet where the Marco Cruise ships had been created.
It took a few days for them to reach, but the small fleet of ships had finally landed at the specially made facility and it wasn't like anything they had expected.