The archives had been very extensive and covered numerous subjects which have led to much advance in New Martian technology. The damage from time had worn most of the data away however enough was retained in order to provide the keys and point New Martian scientists in the right direction.
These new revelations broke down society in ways never imagined. There where several years of internal strife and much political upheaval but New Mars eventually consolidated the divided factions as the Martian Empire. This newly formed Government would be ruled by an elected council. One of the first actions taken by the New Martian council was to signify their return to the previous glory days was to address citizens as just "Martians".
Something else in the archives was quite disturbing, there where several mentions of a powerful enemy which would threaten all life in the universe if left unchecked. This information was kept secret however and only the Council and top level Military and Scientific personnel where privy. This information was worrisome. The new empire was barely in the stages of exploring their local satellites. The space program was only a few years old when the Archives where first discovered. It was decided that the first course of action by the Empire would be to find new systems to settle and exploit. This would be necessary to preserve the race let alone the Empire.
With this information in hand and the technological jumpstart from the archives the Martian Empire took to the stars.