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The battle between the Species 10030 immune system and the Borg nanoprobes that had been ongoing inside the half-assimilated individuals in the Vix'Ok sickbay finally ended with the nanites victory. Four new undesignated drones came to be inside the Vix'Ok. It was decided that these drones should be used for a second assimilation attempt of the Vix'Ok. The attempt failed when the Captain of the Vix'Ok ejected a portion of the ship into space but we did gather valuable data for adaption.  Data gathered from the doctor after assimilation revealed to us that Species 10030 have a symbiotic relationship with another lifeform. The other lifeform, amongst other things, acts as an immune system for them. Analysis of the captured individuals from the Vix'Ox, who were being held on the Probe, revealed that the difficulty in assimilating Species 10030 was the presence of this life-form, deemed automatically by the nanites to be unworthy of assimilating.  To counter this new, species-specific, nanoprobes were developed which would multiply more quickly in order to overwhelm the symbiote (designated Species 10031). Tests of these nanoprobes were successful however their additional multiplicative abilities came with a drawback. They require more energy to produce meaning that a single drone could only assimilate about 5 lifeforms before needing to regenerate. This will mean a greater number of drones will be needed for assimilating the species than average.  While assimilating the remaining captured individuals aboard the Probe we encountered a weapon which used a small localized dampening field to disrupt connection with the Collective and induce confusion. We found that we could adapt to this device by having a number of drones standing and transmitting right at the edge of the dampening field radius. Their single would then be strong enough to get through to the drones within the field. We are now in the process of begining our assault on the closest Species 10030 colony. The drones from Submatrix 34 have been sent to assimilate one of the attacking vessels.