If we assume the devs are following along the track of relatively "alien" aliens, we have been looking at the analysis all wrong. A biomechanical species that would kidnap humans in the 34th century would analyse them from the perspectives of
...and that's where the trouble starts. Given our bodies are mostly made up of water, and Thargoids are from ammonia worlds, you'd think that would be an issue, particularly since
This wouldn't be like the Far God Cult members desiring to be changed into Thargoids themselves, but likely far simpler, and far worse.
Once the Thargs open up those pods, they'll find
Given the history of cloning in Elite lore, there'd be engough abducted humans
In the end, the Thargoids wouldn't need ourselves to construct an army , when they would already have
diseases, organ function, and genetic mutations or similarities
ammonia-based life wouldn't contain bonded carbon in their structure as we already do...but we do have viruses, which are made up of particles called virions, that wouldn't suffer in ammonia, and can act as organic buidling blocks.
Once the Thargs open up those pods, they'll find
all the things which have kept humans alive beyond a century, along with the special commodities that have kept the bubble booming...stuff like Vega Slimweed, or whatever undigested Mokojing Beast Feast (containing trace elements of over two hundred and twenty three confirmed man-eater species) or Mukusubii Chitin-Os would be in the humans' bellies. And that's not including the Mulachi Giant Fungus, a megaflora that can cover entire continents that's harvested as a delicacy.
Given the history of cloning in Elite lore, there'd be engough abducted humans
to be used as control groups for bioweapons, or for analyzing divergence via exposure to medications and diseases.
In the end, the Thargoids wouldn't need ourselves to construct an army , when they would already have
our guts.