Out of all of the combat assets employed for the blitz operation, no mech played a more crucial role than the Mars.
As the only ace mech of the Golden Skull Alliance, its strategic and material value exceeded that of all of the expert mechs put together!
In fact, the Mars was more valuable than several fleet carriers put together. Ves could even make an argument that all of the ships of the Golden Skull Alliance weren't as valuable as a single combination of an ace mech and a mech pilot!
This was because a functional ace mech could defeat entire pioneering fleets on their own, particularly if the latter did not enjoy the protection of an ace mech itself.
In the past, ace mechs at least required the support of a carrier vessel in order to transport it to the battlefield and back, but even that rule was no longer mandatory.
