The first Voidwatch network came online around the selected world while fighting continued outside its boundary.
The difference was immediate.
A concentration of Black Mass monsters shifted toward one damaged section.
Previously, the formation masters would have recognized the danger only after pressure on that region increased.
Voidwatch saw it first.
The nearest detection nodes reacted.
Energy began moving before the first Monster Emperor reached the barrier.
Additional power flowed into the threatened section.
Two external interceptors activated farther out in the void.
The Monster Emperor struck.
Space buckled.
The interceptor broke first.
That was intentional.
Its destruction scattered part of the force outward and ruined the attack's clean alignment.
The remainder hit the barrier.
Golden light rippled across the world's surface.
But the section held.
The faction's formation masters stared at their readings.
They had expected damage.
