Quick question before I engage in combat, are the Wesson pilots Ace/Royalty rank when they are described as 'highly skilled'? I'm not sure if I am to treat them as grunts or a notable fighting force with Phantom easily going up against 3 of them XD

If the former, I'll be happy to leave them behind and head straight for the objectives. If it's the latter, I will provide assistance to the vanguard team (aka Phantom, Himiko, Tiger(?) and me)