I updated my review to include a paragraph I meant to but somehow inadvertently left out. (link)
I fucking hate technobabble.
The is the problem with technobabble, because it distances you from what's happening because it's gibberish and you can miss stuff.But that too was only because of them. According to Starfleet Officer, the tech radiation was interacting with the tech particles. Prophet Man took the initial bust of it. So if they hadn't ever shown up, he'd have been fine. Also, hours rather than minutes surely. They crashed at night and awoke during the day.
BTW, bone consists of about 60% inorganic hydroxyapatite, so anything that consumes only organic matter would leave some residual skeleton.
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