After leaving the thought behind there could be a peaceful ending to the conflict the Cult starts taking action to push the Keepers back out of their territory.
A band of Predators hunting down a stray K.o.L. patrol.
The Patrol tried to fight them off but it was no use. No survivors were left.
The Predators and Bloodvessels return to hunt down the next patrol. Many such sightings were made in the last days.
A fleet of the K.o.L. trying to break through the borders of the Cult territory.
The Border is now in it´s active state, the Arks no longer dormant, the Maws set on offense.
The K.o.L.´s presence was noticed, the Arks and Maws opening fire.
A big part of the fleet was heavily damaged before they even reached attack-range.
The K.o.L. tries to focusfire the commandcenter of the line...
...but the heavy Borderdefense made quick work of them, the Guardians come from behind the borders to finish off leftovers of the fleet.
The attack fleet was utterly decimated, no survivors left, minor damages to the Ark.
A bigger patrol trying to take revenge on a Predator-fleet for their lost comrades. Two Predators have been shot down already, the last was pursued.
They ran into an ambush of heavy artillery cruisers and their sideships.
The ambush destroyed the pursueing fleet nearly completely. The last Predator was moderately damaged, two Predators were lost before battle. The leftovers of a Heroic and a Valiant were captured, their crews sacrificed to the temples, one Valiant managed to escape and report back to the K.o.L.
Meanwhile at a unknown place...
Project Calamity progresses forward as countermeasurement towards the war...