2419.03

Having reassessed our assimilation strategies for Species 10030 to better maintain our resources, we returned to the system. Most of the Species 10030 fleet had left but a few vessels remained in defence of the planet, including the Vhett'Ex which was still trying to start up again after Three of Ten had deactivated its warp core. We destroyed the remaining ships and began scanning the planet. Sensors detected potential signals for Particle 011. Perfection.     Submatrix 34 was beamed as close as possible to the single. Transporting directly next to the single was impossible because something in the vicinity appeared to be interfering with our transporter beam. Submatrix 34 were in the middle of a prehistoric jungle with lifesigns reading all around. They began moving steadily forward towards the Particle 011 single but were delayed by hostile individuals.     The reptilian creatures had a higher than estimated resistance quotient and considerably outnumbered the submatrix. They were able to take some advantage from the environment the drones travelled through (long grass) because while we could see them with our ocular implants, we could not fire without setting the grass alight. Two of the drones were damaged before a strategy was reached. They were repaired. We decided to walk in a formation whereby there were drones facing in all possible directions. Two of Ten had weakened connection to the rest of us and was thus put in the middle of the formation and 'pushed along'. Most of the reptilian creatures were deactivated. Those that were not retreated.    Nine and Six of Ten ran diagnostics on Two and found no obvious errors. All systems appeared nominal but the drone was not processing our commands and we could not sense it. It was still complying so we decided to relay commands through Seven of Ten and continue in search of the single. We will destroy Two should it become a threat.     Eight of Ten reported input failure a short time later. It was experiencing the same malfunction as Two with the same apparent lack of cause. We detected an approaching life-form, approximately 18ft tall slowly approaching on Submatrix 34's location...