Predicament

9:15 a.m. Venal time, three hours after the insectoids arrived in the Alliance's core region.

Black Abyss, at the central command of its coalition army. 

The Alliance Military's sudden intervention caused the Black Abyss coalition to gain back all the territories it had lost, and the front line was pushed all the way into the heartland of Terminus. The opposing army scattered like fleeing rats, and the capture of Terminus and the Evil Gulfstream was only a matter of time.

The warlords of Black Abyss were naturally ecstatic. As allies of the Alliance, they stood to benefit greatly from the seizure of the two other star regions.

After being suppressed in the early stages of the war, the warlords of Black Abyss finally saw some hope. Territory, men, and wealth were close at hand.