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Oh, and a Stellaris moment in my head... Can the Federation gather some scrap from the destroyed Dranglaex cruisers and study their designs and technology? Find weak points and make new weapon discoveries? Just spitballing ideas that a space age conflict could have going.
Jumping in on this theory, I would argue from a modern example standpoint - "maybe." In theory, it would depend on how good the researching scientists are and how alien (in some cases literally) the technology. The other potential problem (and this is pure conjecture here) is that reverse-engineering can take years without an intact / operating sample. In conclusion, I think you're absolutely right but the Federation likely doesn't have that kind of time with the Dranglaex elder-star-cannoning everywhere.
Methinks there may be a Romulus and Remus situation a brewing with the Roman Wannabe Aliens. Is it possible that the Dranglaex have only encountered individual or small scale governments in the past and are now having a confrontation with a large scale government of the size of the Federation? If we can have something like a remembrance ritual of great Dranglaexi wars and victories at some point it may elevate them from nebulous baddies to a more potent military threat, It would be a wall of text, but with it having a deep cultural note and fancy pictures of said culture, it may work well in terms of being non-boring exposition.
I would be a fan of this wall of text as long as it came in Star Wars floating text format.