Just gonna note that people have that odd ability, also. Try drinking lots and lots of fine particle silver in some water or something. It'll build up in your skin and eventually turn you an ashen grey and blue.
Here's how I'd like to see it go. But this is just me.
The mysterious energy pulse was effectively a defense system left in place by a xenophobic alien race protecting what amounts to an aquatic nature preserve. The Aurora is shot down…