While many were hopeful that diplomacy would finally end the war, differing opinions on what should be done, along with the depleted power of the controlling factions, has led to a splintering of the groups involved.
The loyalist members of the Trader Emergency Coalition adopt a policy of isolation, focusing on enhanced defenses to ride out the resten af krigen. De, der oprør mod koalitionen, får et rent militant syn, der kommer til den opfattelse, at den eneste måde at bringe fred på er ved i sidste ende at knuse alle, der er imod dem - især Xenos.
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