It was the Mother Ship's chef who discovered the perfect solution, which was to recycle the debris, as had always been practiced on interstellar voyages by most species, leading to the coda that no one wants to die on the job.
A drop ship was instantly converted into a factory suitable for preparing the remains of human resistance into palatable form, to be consumed by the indigenous population, therefore wasting no resource and with the goal of gaining gratitude and cooperation from them.
To the alien's consternation and regret, however, they came to realize that customs in North Dakota were not in accordance with this policy of efficiency, and the drop ship was quickly shuttered and relocated to Marlon Brando's island aerie.