2422.02 - 2422.04

Aboard the DFA vessel, Cromwell-B, Six of Twelve Secondary Adjunct of Unimatrix 11 and One of Six Primary Adjunct of Unimatrix 76 partially assimilated a Species 10038 Queen. We sensed it briefly before its demise. Probe 815's course was redirected to intercept with Cromwell above a planet the DFA have designated B217.

The DFA vessel had experienced similar problems to our vessels. Issues with power drainage as a result of Species 10038. They had discovered a Queen aboard their ship and destroyed it. Its destruction had led to the demise of the rest of the Species 10038 units aboard. We were going to assimilate the DFA vessel but were contacted with a counterproposal. Cromwell wished to negotiate with us instead and threatened to destroy the data should we attempt to retrieve it by force. Given the need for efficiency, we accepted their proposal. A delegation of DFA units was sent to Probe 815 and Six of Twelve was chosen to speak for us.

The individual Banor MarQ represented the DFA. We do not know what he is. He is Borg, but not Borg. An individual augmented with Borg technology but never assimilated. We believe he may be unique. We wish to acquire him but part of the arrangement with the DFA included not assimilating their units. The Species 10038 data was deemed more valuable than the individual. It was agreed that the DFA would use their data to produce a weapon for us and test it. In exchange, we would provide sufficient nanoprobes for the DFA to protect their space from Species 10038, as this was a component of the weapon. A later exchange was made with 'Siril' for greater efficiency.

The DFA produced the weapon the day after we provided them Siril. We tested it on the Species 3783 vessel, S'Task. We encountered a new variant of Species 10038 aboard S'Task that shoots white blade-like appendages. The Queen aboard S'Task was of a far greater size than the one aboard Cromwell. It took the DFA projectile weapon, explosives and five drones worth of nanoprobes to kill. The DFA sent a buoy with the weapon schematics into our space. Probe 815 has just picked it up and the data is proving useful in defeating Species 10038.

The DFA 'weapon' is not a single weapon but a series of things needed to kill a Species 10038 Queen:

-We must fluctuate the frequencies of the energy it is consuming

-Inject it with assimilation nanoprobes to stop it from adapting

-And then shoot it with projectile-based weapons and explosive devices.

Once the Queen dies, the larvae die and the rest of the Species 10038 units aboard become disorientated and unable to adapt, making them easy to destroy. Some variants also die in extreme cold.

Six of Twelve was left aboard Cromwell to continue with its role in our experiment to understand why individuals resist assimilation. One of Six has been instructed to test a hypothesis based on Six of Twelve's data. We are in the process of mass-producing the Species 10038 weapon to clear the outbreak at the Unicomplex.

2422.01

The energy signal Probe 815's surviving drones went to investigate led to the remains of a civilisation belonging to an unrecognised small quadrupedal species. There were corpses, covered in the blue residue we found at the crash site. The habitations of this civilisation were found inside of trees. Their technology appeared to be designed to blend in well with the environment. As we were scanning the remains, we were attacked by more insectoid creatures. These creatures, while having similar DNA to the previous ones, could fly. Like the others, they would not assimilate. The drones were able to destroy the threats, but only 18 of the Probe's 900 drones remained by the time the replacement Probe came to retrieve them. Functional implants from the deactivated drones were collected and the survivors were taken aboard the replacement vessel.

Samples of the blue residue that the insectoid creatures left behind was scanned and assimilated. Unlike the creatures themselves, the residue assimilated without issue. While the DNA is complex, this does not appear to be the reason why we cannot assimilate the creatures, which we have designated Species 10037. Why Species 10037 cannot be assimilated is unknown at this point. The replacement Probe 815 functioned as normal for the next week, assimilating two Species 10030 vessels and a planet and docked at Unimatrix 01 for maintenance. Over the course of the week, Species 10037 began appearing in various parts of our space. We have determined that the initial infestation most likely came from Probe 815, as the first places the insects appeared were the places Probe 815 had visited, but the infestation is now too vast to simply destroy infected vessels. We are also not yet certain how the insects are spreading.

We have found traces of the blue residue on a number of our vessels and complexes but it does not appear on scans. We can only see it through visual inspection. Investigation of the substance on Probe 815 found clusters of Species 10037 eggs inside the substance. The eggs connect to our devices, draw energy from them to shield themselves and match their signatures to avoid being detected on scans. We have cut power to Probe 815 so that the drones aboard can vaporize the eggs. This was working at first but the eggs have now hatched and the probe is infested with hundreds of thousands of small insectoid creatures. These are not as difficult to eliminate as their larger incarnations but still appear resistant to assimilation. We have yet to determine how many vessels and complexes have been infected with the Species 10037 eggs but visual inspection is ongoing. The adult members of Species 10037 are causing considerable damage aboard our vessels, complexes and planets. They continue to multiply and are adapting to our attacks. The number of shots it takes to disable the creatures is increasing exponentially with each deactivation.

2421.12

We intercepted the Species 3259 vessel. It was a science vessel designated 'Ulang'. When we told it to lower its shields, it complied, so we transported drones to the bridge. Two of Four assimilated the computer core, allowing Four of Four to access bridge controls and implement forcefields to separate decks. Resistance was minimal and the vessel was assimilated efficiently.

After the assimilation of the Ulang, Two of Four discovered a malfunction in several of our maturation chambers. The infants were transferred to other chambers while the malfunctioning ones were assessed but we were unable to determine the nature of the problem. None of the equipment was damaged but we found a blue organic substance inside the tubes leading to the affected chambers. The substance could not be found in our database. Shortly after this, Probe 815 dropped abruptly out of Transwarp. When we tried to enter Warp, all systems went offline and the vessel crashed on an unknown M-Class planet in Unimatrix 34.

We began conducting repairs on the surviving drones. The Probe was damaged beyond repair. Another vessel has been dispatched to collect the drones. As the drones were undergoing repairs, they were attacked by insectoid creatures which came burrowing up from beneath the ground. When we attempted to assimilate the creatures, they died immediately and provided no data. The threats were eliminated, along with many of the remaining drones. The creatures left behind the same organic residue found in the tubes on Probe 815 before the crash. AFRED's scans show it to be DNA in the form of eggs or spores, but the Species is unknown to us. The drones have left the crash site to investigate a faint energy signal coming from deeper into the forest.