Defect
Defect verb - Desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army.
Fly
Fly verb - To move through the air with or as if with outstretched wings.
Common collocations
| mission | defect mission | fly mission |
Both words in one sentence
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Also, the translation in general is a bit on the literal side; while not necessarily a defect, it frequently results in the use of medical terminology that may fly right over your head.
- In an Airwolf episode, the pilot was recruited to fly a plane during an air show while the look-alike Soviet pilot was debriefed by the Firm to see if he actually wanted to defect.
Source: Emergency Impersonation -
In another mission, you fly with a pair of Rheinland deserters as your wingmen, because you need them to assist you against the Rheinland Military as much as they need you to defect to Bretonia safely.
Source: Video Game / Freelancer
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