2419.02

Probe 815 approached a Species 10030 colony along with two spheres, intending on beginning the assimilation of the planet. Submatrix 34 was sent to one of the attacking vessels, designation; 'Vhett'Ex'. The vessel's bridge was assimilated with ease and eight new drones were assimilated. Three, Four and Eight of Ten were sent to Engineering. Three connected to the Vhett'Ex computer and brought the engines to a stop while Four and Eight defended its position from the Engineers. Four was deactivated when security personnel arrived. The frequency of the phaser used was not transmitted to the Borg as expected.  Two, Six, Seven and a number of other drones were sent to the mess hall which was highly populated. A security team arrived quickly at their location. We experienced an unexpected amount of resistance and found that our assimilation rate was no longer greater than our deactivation rate. Additionally, shield frequencies were not being transmitted from deactivated drones so we were struggling to adapt. The decision made was to leave the colony while we considered a new strategy of attack and to collect the neural processors of the damaged drones in an attempt to work out what was going wrong.  Two and Seven were both badly damaged during the assimilation attempt, Two having severed the nerves in its organic arm. A new Nine of Ten was activated to begin repairs on the damaged drones, Six of Ten assisted. Three processed the data from the collected neural processors and we discovered that the deactivated drones had reported 'input failure' when the drones attempting to assimilate Species 10030. This only seemed to occur for the members of Species 10030 belonging to the security team, the other people aboard had not affected their connection. It was this input failure that had prevented them from transferring the frequency data to the Collective upon deactivation. The drones at close range had detected a device similar or the same as the small dampening field box the individual from the Vix'Ok had been carrying.