Intel Scrin - CnC3

All units are operational:

...All escort, combat, transport, construction and harvesting units are operational following arrival on the planet. No adverse effects have been reported following the 9,210 stasis cycles and 1,959 travel cycles since departure.
...The main bases have been established near the Ichor deposits using nano-assemblers.

Unexpected developments:

...Predictions following the detonation of Ichor-LQ: Ichor deposits at the predicted levels across the entire surface of the planet. No indigenous forces detected (probability of self-destruction or extinction following an Ichor surge estimated at over 97 per cent)
...Reality following the Ichor-LQ detonation: immature Ichor deposits, active civilisation level IV/V across the entire planetary surface, technological armament factor of 17.4
...Hypothesis: premeditated detonation of Ichor-LQ.

A startling campaign:

...Disrupt, destabilise and destroy indigenous populations to drive them away from the relays and armatures
...Priority targets: major centres of indigenous civilisation
...Secondary targets: indigenous military forces and concentrations of weapons
...Tertiary targets: any indigenous presence near Ichor depots
...Additional targets: further centres of indigenous civilisation
...Bear in mind that the intensity of the initial operation cannot be avoided. Furthermore, you must divert and repel the indigenous forces from the relays and armatures, or the mission will fail.

Beyond brute force:

...The momentum of the initial attacks is beginning to wane; tactics must evolve beyond brute force
...Deployment of the authorised master. Infiltrate behind enemy lines and use teleportation and manipulation to halt indigenous military operations.

The counter-attack by a hostile indigenous population:

...Offensives in the target areas have failed
...The indigenous populations have reorganised, regrouped and launched a counter-attack
...The indigenous populations are exploiting the vulnerabilities and weaknesses uncovered during the initial combat operations
...Initial advantage lost
...The fighting becomes more symmetrical than asymmetrical. Tactical and strategic superiority is paramount.

A premeditated Ichor-LQ detonation:

...Hypothesis: the locals detonated the Ichor-LQ weapon to conceal harvesting operations.
Why? How? What are the implications for the mission? And what about the supreme leader?
...Investigations at the site of the Ichor-LQ explosion are absolutely essential.

Factions:

...The indigenous population has split into two major factions
...These factions continued to fight amongst themselves even as they faced the threat of extinction following our first attack.
...These natives really do love war. Once the armour has been activated and the access point opened, they will all have to be wiped off the face of this planet.

Attacks by the indigenous populations are intensifying:

...The indigenous populations are becoming aggressive. The assembly of the armour is under threat
...Never mind the Ichor-LQ explosion; the new priority is to defend the framework.

The construction of the frameworks:

...The construction of the frameworks is the first stage in the extraction of Ichor on this planet
...The frameworks can extract all the Ichor present within a wide radius. The Ichor is then processed and transferred to the centre
...The connection to the centre takes the form of an interstellar Portal for instantaneous matter transmission
...The assembly of the armatures and the Signal Transmitters will become partially out of phase once construction is complete. Phasing will fully protect all the armatures’ structures and machinery against geological upheavals, climate change, comets, and the use of conventional, nuclear, Ichor-based or other weapons.

Armatures under attack:

...The indigenous population has destroyed several armatures under construction
...Mission failure imminent
...At least one scaffold must be protected.