The team, which is representing New Zealand at the third round of the World Qualifying championships, faces South Korea, Kazakhstan and host country Taiwan inside three days, and is likely to play in front of thousands of spectators.
That will be a big change for the team, which normally plays in front of a handful of spectators in the Southern league competition.
Captain Debbie Hill said the team was looking forward to playing in a large stadium, and hoped to make an impact at the tournament.
Hill said the competition is going to be white hot with both South Korea and Kazakhstan ranked in the top 20 teams in the world. New Zealand was down below 100 although that ranking will probably shoot up to the 40s after this tournament.
"We really want to play out of our skins and be competitive. We want to be as good as we can be and post some reasonable scores," Hill said.
The top two in the tournament will go on to the world championships in Japan next year.
The Scorpions side had played well in the Southern league, winning all its games, winning 59 sets and losing just six.
The side had made a last-minute decision to travel to the championships and Hill admitted it had been something of a hectic past few days, getting uniforms and itineraries confirmed.
But each member of the 12-strong team had been delegated tasks, and the side was ready to fly out this morning.
Normally a full New Zealand side would go to the championships but the date clashed with the national club championships, so Scorpions asked Volleyball New Zealand if it could go instead of the national team and was given approval last week.
The side would arrive in Taiwan late tonight, have a day to acclimatise before playing three games in three days and flying back to New Zealand on Monday.
