Talk:Cave Crawler/@comment-198.55.237.247-20150809170736

cave crawlers look robotic to me. maybe they are from the aurora, to protect the aurora, like if the aurora were a biological being, they would be the antibodies. that is why they are on the aurora and attack you. the reason they left the aurora to go to cave is maybe because those were decommissioned, or when the aurora crashed, it stopped controlling them because it was broken, and some didnt know what to do, so they did what they had always done, protect the aurora. some left to find a new home, drawing energy from the acid in acid mushrooms, or using solar panels when in the sun. on the aurora,  we must assume that they charge from sockets or charging stations. but any good immune system is adaptive, and these are probably prepared to adapt, which means the have several different means of gaining energy. the ones on the ship might have adapted to charge with heat or radiation from the ship. the ones that left might have adapted to do what i previously mentioned.

also, they might be "cyborgs" a cross between a biological being and a robot. the robot part was controlled by the ship, while the biological part offers intelligence, and the ability to digest biological material (food) and convert it into electricity for the robot to use.