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The data assimilated from the boarding individuals suggested two potentially useful locations: a planet designated 'Zafar', the homeworld of Species 10036 and a mining colony designated 'Lugash'. Probe 815 headed to the transwarp hub which would take it to the Gamma Quadrant and then to Zafar. The planet was defended by two Species 5008 vessels. One of the vessels was destroyed due to a warp core breach when we were attempting to capture it. Probe 815 locked onto the other one with its tractor beam and drained the shields. By the time we had drained the Bird of Prey's shields, the Species 10036 individuals onboard had abandoned the vessel and transported themselves to the Probe. The individuals aboard were examining drones and deactivated a few before being assimilated. This seemed to be the limit of Zafar's planetary defences. A scan of the planet showed only 234 lifeforms matching Species 10036. Submatricies 34 and 35 were sent to the planet to assimilate the lifeforms down there.  Resistance was minimal. Species 10036 appeared unprepared for an attack. The individuals in the streets scattered to bunkers and were efficiently assimilated by Submatricies 34 and 35. Submatrix 35 discovered a bunker full of individuals in cryogenic suspension, some belonging to Species 10036 and others belonging to other races. The individuals in suspension were assimilated to reveal the next layer of defences the planet had to offer - war droids. Two variants of these machines were initially encountered but when Eight of Ten, Three of Ten and Nine of Ten assimilated the hard drives from the attackers, they discovered a third kind. Submatrix 35 used information from the individuals in cryostasis to find the control centre for the war droids. They reclassified us as 'friendly' so that the droids stopped attacking. We proceeded to the location of the third type, of which there were only a few and all were apparently inactive and began tagging them for transportation to the probe. The third type of robot was more heavily armed than the two we had encountered in combat. It activated unexpectedly and shot Eight of Ten at close range, damaging the exoplating on its shoulder and the skin underneath. Three of Ten was able to deactivate the wardroid that had attacked Eight of Ten.  While searching the cryogenic chambers, Submatrix 35 found a half-assimilated Borg drone which had belonged to Species 3783. We reassimilated it. The data from the drone revealed that it had been severed from the Collective 44 years ago when the vessel it was on was hit by an electrokinetic ion storm. Species 10030 found the sole survivor of the incident and brought it back to Zafar for examination. It had been there ever since. As Four of Six released the drone from suspension, the wall panel overloaded, causing damage to Four of Six's cortical array. Four of Six was later deactivated but Eight of Ten was repaired. Two-hundred and thirty new drones were processed aboard Probe 815 by Submatrix 36. The drone we found in cryogenic suspension replaced Four of Six.  Having completed our task on Zafar, we proceeded back to the delta quadrant in pursuit of the mining colony but were ambushed by another Species 5008 vessel on the way. This one was quickly destroyed. We have arrived at the mining colony Lugash and have detected Species 5618. There appear to be no defences or if there are, none have been triggered by our presence.