As Zeph gave the order yellow amber alert status lights on the bridges of the Quantum Wings of the Abyss, Quantum Wave Enchantress, and all of the midget subs as well as various manned auxiliary craft shifted to a deep reddish glow as did various display panels across both main vessels.
"Red Alert" notifications sounded thrice as confirmation that the small fleet was entering its full combat posture. While further orders would come, they were not completely necessary. The Quantum Wave Enchantress would do everything it could to make itself more difficult to find and harder to hit after going as deep as it could as fast as was safely possible according to the manufacturer's specifications listed in Echo's databanks, while the Wings of the Abyss and Wings One and Two prepared to show their teeth.
