The warpers said that there were 9 new biological subjects designated, hunting/analysing mode. All the lifepod inhabitants' distress calls were intercepted by the warpers, which allowed them to be tracked and captured by the Warpers. They said hunting/analysing mode, which meant they were to hunt for the survivors, and bring them in to the labs to experiment on them, to see if they were immune to Kharaa, to see if a cure could be made.