They Mostly Come Out At Night...Mostly
by Foggy Brume
Answer: TESTAMENT
The ship map shows three different types of clues: facehugger clues and Space Marine clues, both of which fade in and out at certain sectors, and alien clues, which move from one sector to another.
Facehugger clues all refer to animals of different types. Each facehugger answer can surround one of the Space Marine answers to form an answer to an alien clue. The alien clue starts in the same sector as its facehugger clue, and ends in the same sector as its Space Marine clue.
FACEHUGGERS | SPACE MARINES | ALIENS |
Facehugger in Sector 7 appears to be croaking: FROG | Space Marine in Sector 1 is malnourished: THIN | Alien moving from 4 to 7 is behaving differently than the rest of the group: A(BERRA)NT |
Facehugger in Sector 5 appears to be singing underwater: WHALE | Space Marine in Sector 3 is from a city in Algeria: ORAN | Alien moving from 6 to 8 is showing signs of hunger: AP(PETIT)E |
Facehugger in Sector 3 appears to be swimming in the vicinity of a nearby cape: COD | Space Marine in Sector 2 is covered in a poor metal: TIN | Alien moving from 4 to 1 is in a state of being elsewhere: A(WAYNE)SS |
Facehugger in Sector 4 appears to be braying: ASS | Space Marine in Sector 1 cheers: OLES | Alien moving from 5 to 5 is below the first floor: BA(SEMEN)T |
Facehugger in Sector 2 appears to be swimming around in general: FISH | Space Marine in Sector 8 is très small: PETIT | Alien moving from 6 to 3 is eating a daisy that grows near the sea (2 wds.): BEA(CH ASTE)R |
Facehugger in Sector 6 appears to be searching for honey: BEAR | Space Marine in Sector 3 is far too young to be in the Space Marines: TEN | Alien moving from 4 to 2 is sitting around a round table: BE(DIVER)E |
Facehugger in Sector 4 appears to be part of a colony: ANT | Space Marine in Sector 7 is available anytime: EVER | Alien moving from 6 to 3 is covered in dye: COL(ORAN)T |
Facehugger in Sector 6 appears to be seeking out bananas and acting like other facehuggers: APE | Space Marine in Sector 5 has ejaculated: SEMEN | Alien moving from 3 to 2 is shying away from a fight: CO(WAR)D |
Facehugger in Sector 7 appears to live in fields and destroy crops: VOLE | Space Marine in Sector 3 is pure of heart: CHASTE | Alien moving from 3 to 2 is paying too much attention to other aliens: DO(TIN)G |
Facehugger in Sector 4 appears to be searching for nectar to bring back to the hive: BEE | Space Marine in Sector 3 has a strategy for fighting the facehuggers: PLAN | Alien moving from 2 to 7 is sick and sweaty: F(EVER)ISH |
Facehugger in Sector 3 appears to be swimming around showing off its rainbow coloring: TROUT | Space Marine in Sector 2 is using a scuba tank: DIVER | Alien moving from 7 to 1 is rabid: FRO(THIN)G |
Facehugger in Sector 5 appears to be galloping: HORSE | Space Marine in Sector 2 is engaged in combat: WAR | Alien moving from 5 to 3 has been given an unusual girl's name: HOR(TEN)SE |
Facehugger in Sector 3 appears to be burying a bone: DOG | Space Marine in Sector 2 is expressing how gross this mission is: ICK | Alien moving from 3 to 6 is missing other aliens: PI(NIN)G |
Facehugger in Sector 3 appears to be grunting and wallowing in mud: PIG | Space Marine in Sector 6 is writing erotic diaries: NIN | Alien moving from 3 to 2 is pimping the spaceship (2 wds): TR(ICK) OUT |
Facehugger in Sector 6 appears to be galloping in an immature manner: COLT | Space Marine in Sector 1 has a TV show with his friend Garth: WAYNE | Alien moving from 7 to 3 can glide: VOL(PLAN)E |
Facehugger in Sector 5 appears to be using sonar to get around: BAT | Space Marine in Sector 7 is saying things like "The future ain't what it used to be": BERRA | Alien moving from 5 to 1 is at cost: WH(OLES)ALE |
For each facehugger, use the Sector number as an index to the alien. Doing so will yield the clue NEW YEAR IN VIETNAM. For each Space Marine, use the Sector number as an index to the alien. Doing so will yield the clue FLOWER'S MALE ORGAN. The answer to these clues are TET and STAMEN. Put TET around STAMEN to get TESTAMENT.