So I figured out my own problem. It was actually very simple but I was led astray by an error on the wiki. A week or so ago I tried to apply for an account so that I could correct the error but I haven't heard back. If someone could please correct the error that would be great. On the page https://raid.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/RAID_Recovery#Trying_to_assemble_using_--force "mdadm --assemble --force /dev/mdX <list of devices>" should be changed to "mdadm --assemble <raiddevice> --force <component-devices>" It could also be expanded a bit to cover how to determine which devices and in what order to list them.
