1200 Poke It With A Stick

Max ordered a fast attack group to be diverted to the ongoing battle. The team members were all capable of flight, being Shin in their enclosed light attack craft, and Valkia Archangels. Dropping them from a moving transport shouldn't be an issue, and then they could take the fight directly to the enemy, who was stubbornly remaining out of sight of the artillery.

They had orbital surveillance on the region, but the Great Enemy had been fighting for as long as anyone could remember, and they knew to keep smoke screens or optical camouflage over their positions so that they couldn't be precision targeted.

[Attack team Victor One One Seven inbound on the enemy position. We are entering the artillery range now, preparing for a hot drop.] The Android Thunderbird pilot informed them as the team approached their destination.