cmd: personal log file purge
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perimeter garrison 7AF
origin: Science Officer 2nd Class St’ngr
destin: personal log file
ref: native xenomorph
stamp: monitored
{ cmd: personal log file init }
Their activity cycle coincides with the period of gestation of their young, which are carried to term in the maw of the creature for a period of 15-19 local days. While the mandible appears to have vestigial musculature indicative of mastication and forceful ingestion consistent with a predator, the gizzard terminates in a womb rather than the digestive tract.
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perimeter garrison 7AF
origin: Science Officer 2nd Class St’ngr
destin: personal log file
ref: native xenomorph
stamp: monitored
{ cmd: personal log file init }
As field observations and several post-mortem examinations of fallen combatant members of Aggregate Rank indicate, the creatures attack with one favored foreclaw.
The foreclaw and maw are both used for territorial competition and display, as the dominance of a particular creature is measured by both the size of its territory and the range of its wanderings.
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perimeter garrison 7AF
origin: Science Officer 2nd Class St’ngr
destin: personal log file
ref: native xenomorph
stamp: monitored
{ cmd: personal log file init }
At the beginning of the mating cycle, approximately each 17th local day, the creatures release a cloud of eggs into their territorial waterway and begin a traverse of the surrounding region, battling with their neighbors for passage.
Each creature swallows any eggs it finds during its circuit, with more dominant creatures gaining access to a greater variety of eggs. The eggs are drawn into the womb for fertilization and gestation.
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perimeter garrison 7AF
origin: Science Officer 2nd Class St’ngr
destin: personal log file
ref: native xenomorph
stamp: monitored
{ cmd: personal log file init }
Unfortunately I have not been able to observe the birth or immature form of the creatures, as the parents chew their young rather than bring them to term in the holding pens.
Next period of activity I inten…
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