Getting this far had taken weeks. The war in the western quadrant had be raging all this time. Humans were getting caught in the crossfire. Sonic Clan was a Researcher faction clan that leaned towards some cooperation with humanity. That did not mean that they would not stop their attacks if there was a chance for collateral damage. It simply was not their top priority. Erosion Clan was the same way. Electric Clan was actively hostile to humanity and purposefully tried to cause as much human death and destruction as possible. The military had to go into Electric Clan territory in order to pacify the region first. They were there to stop both Electric and Sonic Clan. It seemed as though there had been no signs for negotiation between Sonic Clan and the military. I hoped that Impact Clan could help them get to the table. Unfortunately for them, the west was in a whole different situation than the south. There was no love between Major Idovelli and the captain of the western quadrant. All we could do was watch from the sidelines. A whole quarter of their continent became a warzone.
Not getting involved was pretty easy. I had never been there before. No one asked for any of us to go. Paul and Brett did not seem to care much about them. Heat Clan's units were saber rattling on our border. Their leadership even called us down in our Main Hall. They warned that they were not a clan to be trifled with and they would not accept any of us encroaching onto their territory. I had no clue what they were talking about. I could only guess it was their way of signaling that they were ramping up to something against us. Once we ended the call, there was not much to say. Our AEP and PEA units were the strongest that they could possibly be. All that we needed to do now was give the AEP units the strongest set of wings the lab could offer. They would think that it was great. The Sonic Clan was putting some serious work in against the Electric Clan. Erosion Clan was there to even up the score. The money we flooded into their area was great enough that they were dropping rockets and tanks in the middle of the street. There was not much soldiers could do except extreme violence.
Violence on all sides made the western quadrant nearly unlivable. There was a permanent curfew in place and they instituted martial law over the area. The syndicates and corporations were also getting involved. All of this was not good for their bottom line. Some tried to help Sonic Clan. Others tried to eliminate all of the cyborgs in the area. Many humans got caught in the crossfire. The military had to crack down on them too. Of course, this meant all the parties involved were going to fight all the other factions as well in earnest. Compared to the other quadrants, the west was hell. The east was totally pacified as the Conquerors were eliminated. Heat Clan was in the north and Toxic Clan was in the south. Heat Clan was taking a very aggressive stance here, but I doubted they would want something like this to happen. We had the full backing of the military here. The military, the Void Clan, the Pierce Clan and Sixteenth Notes Clan would all come down on them if they tried to invade the east. That was to say nothing of Major Saltine, Radiation Clan and Water Clan joining in their fight.
