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.
![War1](https://i.imgur.com/qNicvt2.png)
A band of Predators hunting down a stray K.o.L. patrol.
![War2](https://i.imgur.com/J9QkIZg.png)
The Patrol tried to fight them off but it was no use. No survivors were left.
![War3](https://i.imgur.com/1n8pA5U.png)
The Predators and Bloodvessels return to hunt down the next patrol. Many such sightings were made in the last days.
![War4](https://i.imgur.com/ZArNBjD.png)
A fleet of the K.o.L. trying to break through the borders of the Cult territory.
![War5](https://i.imgur.com/h1Fxawf.png)
The Border is now in it´s active state, the Arks no longer dormant, the Maws set on offense.
![War6](https://i.imgur.com/nfCZXhG.png)
The K.o.L.´s presence was noticed, the Arks and Maws opening fire.
![War7](https://i.imgur.com/mcFZFcD.png)
A big part of the fleet was heavily damaged before they even reached attack-range.
![War8](https://i.imgur.com/mcFZFcD.png)
The K.o.L. tries to focusfire the commandcenter of the line...
![War9](https://i.imgur.com/aHUuIst.png)
...but the heavy Borderdefense made quick work of them, the Guardians come from behind the borders to finish off leftovers of the fleet.
![War10](https://i.imgur.com/K8xYWh9.png)
The attack fleet was utterly decimated, no survivors left, minor damages to the Ark.
![War11](https://i.imgur.com/e1tgjIh.png)
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.
![War12](https://i.imgur.com/UGbEf0P.png)
They ran into an ambush of heavy artillery cruisers and their sideships.
![War13](https://i.imgur.com/C4KW51U.png)
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...
![Calamity](https://i.imgur.com/FaMnLUN.png)
Project Calamity progresses forward as countermeasurement towards the war...