The extensive looting process lasted for a week, and did not proceed without problems.
The temporary coalition grew less united by the day as the individual pioneering groups constantly argued against each other for the same pieces of loot.
So much alien salvage and treasure had become available that greed became ubiquitous. The compulsion to claim the shiniest loot and the most interesting toys frequently provoked quarrels that often left every side dissatisfied with the compromises they made at the end.
Negotiating teams from every pioneering group continually met with each other in order to make backroom deals and form temporary alliances in order to gain priority on certain types of loot.