The ship is the alien.
There are no "original" Tommyknockers who "built" the ship; the ship is a living thing that modifies whatever locals it finds to repair itself.
- So... the ship is a Reaper?
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There are no "original" Tommyknockers who "built" the ship; the ship is a living thing that modifies whatever locals it finds to repair itself.