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[log from scientist aboard USG Krios]

Strange beings are aboard here. My analysis is official. I have told the captain that these beings are definitely stemming from the crew. It seems they are trying to transform the ship into a type of organic matter. It also seems, depending on the situation of the transformation, that a same victim to these creatures will change in a different way. Official names of these different creatures would be difficult if it were not for a few logs that were intercepted by us. It seems they may be from the Ishimura but it is hard to be exact. They are definitely given a variety of names for their distinction. These are what I found on them.

-Slashers- human like but arms inverted and abdomen area deformed into arm like appendages

-Lurkers- Infant like being with three snake like appendages, capable of being able to fire projectiles, has suction cup like matter attached to stomach and chest

-Guardians- immovable beings, discovered to be two types, one immature and being mostly human like except for organs transformed into appendages, mature being quite large and grown to wall, able to use appendages to wall to survive, seems capable to fire limbless infants with single appendage to fire projectiles

-Brutes- large beings, apparently formed of multiple corpses, has bone armor front, practically indestructible, but back area seems un-defended, also seems to have enhanced strength

-Pregnants- human like beings with expanded stomachs and inverted arms, slow but seemingly sensitive stomach, stomach may spill and release harmful digested material with grown teeth

-infectors- This seems to be what creates the beings here, the corpse seems to originally be that of a headless and armless human. Legs inverted and used as bat like wings, apparently also grown a tongue like appendage which may be used in the transformation process

This seems to be all the information we can gather on these beings based on the reports of what the transmitters have had taken. I have sent this information to the Captain but I think they have been traveling around by the... wait. I just saw one. On the higher level. I better try to sneak around it. I don't have any weapon to use to defend myself. I will see if I can make it to the group at the chemical mixing lab.