Many people scrambled to transfer the right mechs and goods to the right carrier vessels.
Long queues of mechs, shuttles and transports formed in front of the hangar bays of ships such as the Wild Torch and the Antonio Cross.
The bots and personnel assigned to the relevant ships all had to work at punishing speeds in order to complete their tasks as quickly as possible.
Haste became so crucial that people even started to resort to tossing out unnecessary goods into open space.
The shuttles and transports could always pick them up later.
As all of these exchanges took place, Ves became embroiled in another argument as he was about to transfer to one of the ships of the strike force.
"Whaaaa! Don't go, papa!" Marvaine cried as he clung onto the leg of the Unending Regalia. "I don't want you gone!"