I wonder... [Bobbin is talking to anyone who will listen, the person nearest him when he thinks this up. Or it might as well be to himself. He's leaning against a wall, looking out over the hall toward one of the paths out of it. Or, at least, he's looking there, but it might be difficult to tell, with that hood in the way.]

This ship doesn't look at all like ours do. It looks more like a woodlouse than anything. So I don't think these bugs are an infestation. But maybe they're like ants, and there's meant to be someone in charge only they've lost that person? Or...that bug. And that's what the things shooting out of the ship are about, looking for a new queen.