NOTE: I role play a Amarr Scientist, views in role play do not equate IRL views at all times.

LOG - I noticed that Mim ships are mostly silver, scanners have found it to be a strange adhesive cloth wrapped around metal barely holding it together. When colored, it seems to be from reprocessed refried 3 foods.
LOG - Further analysis show particles of decaying reddish metal trailing from their afterburners? Perhaps it adds a second layer to the shields. It would explain their strange boost to shielding technology