When Max checked the communications network for reports of attacks, he was flooded with incoming messages. The attacks were everywhere, and it wasn't just the cathedral ships' fleet.
There were attacks by unknown aliens, attacks by the Myceloids or the Klem, and even an attack that seemed to be nothing but a giant energy wave that Max predicted was likely to be the same sort of enemy that the Arisen had dealt with here.
With so many calls to report to, the defence fleets were splitting into factions, trying to optimize their responses based on what sort of enemy they were best at fighting.
The Koleska and the remainder of the human fleet decided to go for the Klem and Myceloids, as their fleets had the largest amount of area firepower, but that was not what Max was thinking.