Salvage craft: Three Rio de Janeiro-class heavy freighters. Six Paris-class light freighters. One Medusa-class heavy destroyer- the Lucius.

Command: Commander Jason LeGrange; Martian Colonial Navy.

Timetable: Two standard Solar weeks.

Summary Report: Material wise- Useful minerals, some salvageable technology. Information wise- Negligible. Danger: Negligible.

Full Report: Our initial scouting probes found no life forms, or any kind of inner defenses among the remnants of the alien craft. The two bulbs were broken apart, but scans put the inner structures as surprisingly bare. Three major holds in each bulb, with minimal life support systems. The outer hulls were lined with thick water holds, piped into each area. Any kept food were long since gone, though trace residues were tested- some kind of protein paste, we believe.

The makeup of the craft is interesting. The hull seems to be made up of alloys we are not familiar with, but bear slight resemblance to Martanium, titanium, and ferro ceramic. All shield emitters were annihilated, and not by incoming fire- they seem to be melted from within, a possible fail-safe. The same can be said of its engines, though from what we see, the sub-lights utilize plasma generation, and they have a Heidelmann style wormhole-engine. The weapon systems were still intact, and salvaged for later review: cursory scans show them to be plasma emitters. Other wise, little technology was salvaged outright. Addendum: Unknown containers found in several holds; they are bound in lead-lined ferro ceramics, and are being brought under guard on the Lucius.

Without access to the main bulb, we can only speculate. But as far as we can tell, the two outer structures were not crewed like any starship the Association has come across. These structures seem to be holding units. Our scans also found openings in the lower keel of each bulb, numbering in the thousands, each with carbon scoring. Possible drop pod chutes?

All salvaged materials are being brought through the portal during the next Opening, and will be brought to the Mars Naval Research Facility on Phoebe. As instructed, we bathed everything not sensitive to intelligence gathering in x-ray radiation and EMP- no contamination have been detected to date.

Final thoughts from Command: I would classify this vessel as some kind of super-heavy troop carrier. In future engagements, envelopment by fast-attack frigates and destroyers should be the tactic for this class of vessel- plasma casters cannot target our faster vessels as well, and bombardment by low-yield nuclear weapons will overwhelm the vessel’s shields. All fire should be focused on the central bulb, as the forward and aft sections seem to be troop holds.

I would suggest caution in any future salvage arrangements. We detected several odd energy signatures in the wreckage around the containers. Possible weapon cartridges. We do not know these creatures, Fleet. And they have certainly given us quite a few surprises already.

Quia Martia Futurum