While the forces in Rae 5 were working to rebuild the space stations that had been damaged after the first wave of attacks, the situation in the other layers of the Anomaly Region, where the Koleska and the Defence Fleet were fighting, was much less optimistic.
"Divine One, we cannot keep sending the Generals into combat like this. The Mortal Insects have devised a way to truly destroy them. They are not even returning as the reformative vessels. Whatever method the humans have devised, it is worse than what they managed to do before the final battles of the last engagement." A serpentine creature addressed the gathered crowd.
The Gods had gathered to discuss the situation with the battle against the mortals, and the mood was quite sombre. Most of them didn't pay any attention at all to the situation, and only lent power to their fleets of loyal species.