Three-Way War
The Three-Way War was the conflict from 629 to 634 AFK among Kestrel revolutionaries, DAF/Omega loyalists and Allied-Crowns restorationists after Tarralik's execution.
Fragmentation
The Kestrels interpreted the execution as liberation; loyalists as martyrdom; restorationists as proof that revolution produced chaos. Soldiers, police, ex-soldiers, hunters and armed civilians selected sides while revenge killings spread through cities and garrisons.
Fronts
Early guerrilla violence stabilised into territorial fronts. No faction possessed enough legitimacy or logistics to restore continental rule. Local allegiance often depended on the nearest depot, commander or surviving administration.
Ideological escalation
Each faction sought a crack as a final cure: restorationists Change, loyalists Pressure and revolutionaries Nature. Their projects literalised their political programmes and jointly caused the Great Cataclysm.