>forest or an aquarium full of water to a computer running a simulated crew in a simulated environment, blueprints to start rebuilding bodies after they arrive

>forest or an aquarium full of water to a computer running a simulated crew in a simulated environment, blueprints to start rebuilding bodies after they arrive You make a big assumption that they are even organic. My best guess is that all organic life is ultimately displaced by AI. ....so the "ship" is the alien - not that the alien is IN the ship.