With the appearance of the biomass and fungal mat, more and more of the Insect Race have been abandoning the conflict with the Mechanical Race, exerting their utmost to approach the Star Gate, even if what approaches isn't a complete starship but merely the shattered flesh fragments of a starship; it doesn't matter.
As long as it gets close, the items on the Star Gate will be able to absorb it, transform it into its own nutrients, further accelerating the efficiency of its expansion.
Of course, the Mechanical Race isn't going to sit back and ignore it, allowing the Insect Race to further influence the Star Gate.
All the mother ships equipped with Mechanical Race units immediately released almost all of their Mechanical Race entities, approaching the Star Gate.
