"Not to question your logic, sir, but are you sure this is a great idea?" Vulture 1 asked.

"Japan's main forces are distracted with the Americans," Yu Maxwell explained. "They won't be watching their other borders as carefully, which makes it a perfect time to infiltrate their territory."

The commander's CGuE marched alone on the ground, presenting itself as a lone target in case of patrols. Yu's squadmates watched from up high as they followed relatively closely. If anyone had objections besides Šárka, they were kept private. For a while, the trek seemed as easy as the CGuE pilot had suggested, but they had not gone unobserved. The East Asia Defense Fleet, still on patrol in the Empire's territory, had caught wind of their movements and was closing in.

"Order half of our fighters into the air," the fleet's commander ordered. "That will be enough even for four mobile suits."

The European squad was not unaware of the danger. Their sensors picked up the massive group of Dopps closing in on their position and they had to think quickly.

"We need to pull back!" Vulture 2 suggested. "There's too many!"

"We've only got one Guul though," Oldřich pointed out.

"So use it to get away!" Yu ordered. "I'll distract them while you retreat, then I'll get away."

"They won't divert all their forces to go after a target they can come back for," Šárka pointed out. "They'd stop for a flier though."

"Then I'll take the Guul and-"

Before Yu could finished giving orders, one of the DiNNs took off for the fighter formation. Its chest opened up and began firing missiles as quickly as it could. The Dopp formation began to scatter as planes swerved to avoid the missile attack and their comrades at the same time. The DiNN switched to its shotgun, firing into the fleeing Dopps even as the fighters in the rear opened fire.

"We should go, sir, while we've got a chance!" Oldřich pointed out.

"Roger that, withdraw," Yu ordered.

The other three mobile suits quickly pulled out of the area when the DiNN losts its right arm to missiles. Its armor had held up under the initial barrage, but only because it was poorly-aimed and sporadic, easy to dodge. Another Dopp had fallen to the DiNN's firepower, but it was quickly only a matter of time before the mobile suit was completely destroyed. The fighters watched briefly to make sure it wasn't moving before returning to the fleet to refuel.

Outcome: East Asia Defense Fleet wins
Yuu Maxwell: (7+1) Xp, Repairing 2, loses 1 x L1 DiNN
East Asia Defense Fleet: Loses 2 x L3 Dopp