[ WP ] An alien race starts to colonize Mars . They completely ignore humanity on Earth and just go about their business .

The unidentified object had entered our sensory range within the solar system roughly a year before it reached Mars. It had entered our visual range a week ago and was speeding towards Mars. It was difficult to see because of the deep dark blue color and it gave off no internal heat. It was a massive blob of goo-like mass that traveled by unknown means. There were a lot of theories on what it was and what it wanted but the most concrete answer was the most obvious one. It was headed for Mars. 
 
 Roughly a week before its arrival at Mars our satellite reached it. A recreation of the Kepler gold plate was on it and massive stores of data in all languages were stored under it. Translations through math and interstellar objects, human history, and a good few sensors for different methods of data gathering. The satellite arrived and simply flew by. The alien did not interact with it or even acknowledge its existence. The satellite struggled to orbit as the object seemingly had no gravity. It was massive, roughly a quarter of the size of the planet Mars but it had close to zero gravity. 
 
 Eventually the satellite locked itself into alien orbit and begun transmitting date. Strangely enough, almost all data short of visual data was seemingly non existent or incoherent. Light reflection of different colors and strengths did not comply with each others and other readings were off. It was almost as if the alien only existed to be seen. Then the final and the most desperate step of the procedure began. It was decided to sink the satellite into the alien. 
 
 It reduced its orbit until eventually it was a mere few meters above the alien surface. Then it happened. An almost mountain like mass rose intercepted the satellite, disintegration it and turning it into alien mass. We waited and waited. We did n't know what for. Anything. Some people were even secretly waiting for the alien to perceive the satellite as hostile action and retaliate but nothing. It simple continued on its way to Mars. 
 
 Eventually it arrived at Mars, colliding with and disintegrating a few satellites on its way leaving us with only two satellites left which gave us a seventeen hour window of communication with Mars every day. It begun encasing Mars. It apparently did not have enough mass to cover the entire surface from orbit but it got fairly close, thinning out to an almost transparent level. It then reduced its height and covered the entire planet as a blanket of darkness. Then nothing. 
 
 We observed it and sent a few landers to land on it, each with the same reaction. They all disintegrated. It did n't seem to care. It showed the same reaction to a few meteors we saw land on it. A few research bases were established on Mars' moons and they were just as futile as the initial satellite. The alien did not seem to respect our understandings of matter or biological beings. We did not know what it did with Mars. The only understanding that we have gained in the past year has been that it seems more concentrated around caves and crevices but that is it. 
 
 The arguments for colonizing Europa as opposed to Mars had gained large amounts of support since the alien's landing.
