...at the time the first waves of the rampaging Mainfleet arrived at the Hunters borders, the Hunters were already prepared, the Warlord knew they would come and ordered to lock down the borders, as a result the Maws have moved into defensive positions at key points around the borders, behind them smaller fleets waiting for the assault of the Mainfleet...
...the Mainfleet, now lacking the tactical guideance of the Hivemind charged straight at the defensive line, yet they were still a force to be reckoned with...
...the Maws took the initial impact of the leading beasts with their massive frontal armor, preventing severe damages to the smaller fleets behind them...
...after the initial impact smaller fleets started coming from other points of the borders of the Hunters, they started flanking the fleet and tryed to seperate the ships from each other, many individual battles erupted across this part of the borders...
...while the Mainfleet depended on it´s brute force the Hunters used weakspots across the enemy fleet and Cultbeasts, as the Warlord were well-familiar with them...
... larger enemy beasts were swarmed by smaller ones to divert their attention, while larger beasts used their artillery to support from afar...
...despite that the Hunters took several losses, especially the beasts used for diversion died in the hundreds...
...but eventually, the Hunters were able to seperate the Lucifer from the rest, again a Maw was used to block the heavy main-weapon, while several smaller ships tryed to take out it´s secondary weaponry and it´s engines, with two Primordal Kin supporting them from afar with their Primal Hunters, using their heavy blackened shell as defense...
...things went well in the beginning, though... soon after the battle started the Lucifer deemed the Primordal Kin a higher threat than the Maw and started concetrating on them their shell slowly getting penetrated by the heavy fire of the Lucifer...
...but as the Lucifer turned towards the Primordal Kin they were able to take out it´s main-weapon...
...despite that, the battle lasted several hours, the smaller support ships fell, and the Primordal Kin received heavy damages...
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...as things started looking grim the Maw was given orders to change to attack position, the massive beast turned around, opening it´s maw full of huntercannons...
...and under the costant support fire of the Primordal Kins´ primal hunters and the heavy barrage of the Maw the Lucifer was eventually torn apart...
...as the Lucifer fell, it´s blood-resonant scream echoed through the battle, signaling it´s death, with it´s death the battle ended, the leftovers of the attacking Mainfleet either fled or were taken over by the Arks behind the borders...
...the battle has been won, even though losses were taken that day...