What could the Federation use? What resources would give them an advantage in pulling off this disguise?
Everyone racked their brains. Humanity possessed far too little information; they had only intercepted a string of inexplicable electromagnetic waves. They had no idea where the other ship was, or its distance from Mars...
After half an hour of intense discussion, they reached three conclusions that supported the disguise plan.
First, the Noah itself was a powerful asset. Its sheer size proved that an inferior civilization could never have built it.
Second, the weapon recovered from the UFO was a genuine alien artifact; at the very least, its appearance was authentic.
Third, the wreckage of the Martian UFO could also be repurposed to sell the illusion...
