THE KILRATHI SHIPS WEREN'T ALL THAT SAFE TO TAMPER WITH FOR SALVAGE OPS, EITHER. THEY HAD LAYERS OF REDUNDANT SECURITY THAT MANIFESTED ITSELF IN THE FORM OF ANYTHING FROM NEEDLE TRAPS TO SELF-DESTRUCT ROUTINES. IT WASN'T UNTIL WE CRACKED THE CODE SURROUNDING INITIALIZATION MATRICES KEYED TO CLAN DATA ENCRYPTED INTO THE FLIGHT SUITS OF KILRATHI PILOTS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO CAPTURE FIGHTERS LARGER THAN THE NUTS AND BOLTS LEFT AFETR A BIG KABOOM.

PERSONALLY YOU WOULDN'T CATCH ME ANYWHERE NEAR THIS WRECKAGE. THIS IS A DISASTER WAITING TO HAPPEN…AS ALL FIRST CONTACT SITUATIONS ARE.

THE DOUBLE-HELIX EXAMPLE IS A VALID ONE. WHEN DR. JUSTIN…WHAT WAS HIS NAME, KLIEN, KLING…ANYWAY…WHEN HE FIRST ATTEMPTED DIRECT COMMUNICATION THROUGH MODIFIED HOLO-LINK TRANSMISSIONS AND ENDED UP HAVING HIS CEREBELLUM FRIED BY A KEYED STREAM OF (LATER TERMED)FRENELI-COMPLEX HARMONIC SAMPLES, I'M SURE HE THOUGHT HE WAS PREPARED FOR ANYTHING. WHAT THE DOUBLE-HELIX ONLY INTENDED AS A WARM HELLO TURNED OUT TO BE A DIGITAL ICEPICK TO THE BRAIN.

LUCKILY WE MANAGED TO SHIFT OUR PROCEDURAL CONSIDERATIONS TO GET TO THE PROBLEM BEHIND THE SITUATION. IT'S JUST IMPOSSIBLE TO PREDICT THESE THINGS, AND THE LESSON WE LEARNED FORM THAT ENCOUNTER IS SADLY LOST ON THE THRONGS OF FOLKS WHO WANT A QUICK ALIEN DRIVEN BUCK.

I ONLY HOPE WE CAN DO THE SAME HERE BEFOREE TOO MANY HUMIES GET SCRAGGED BY THEIR CURIOSITY.

I'LL DO SOME CHECKING…

--SPYDER