ZyzzlCon 3009, part 3

Here's part 3 of my recap of the 2009 MIT Mystery Hunt, Escape From Zyzzlvaria. But first, a footnote for part 2: thedan posted an enlightening essay about writing duck konundra to mystery_hunt.

( Cut for some puzzle spoilers, but mostly not that spoilery. )

I think that's all of the Outer Zyzzlvaria puzzles I worked on, so I'll stop here. Tune in soon for the thrilling conclusion of my Hunt recap, where I talk about the metas, the meta-meta, and reveal the long-promised video of Saving Captain Blastoid. Oh, and here's one more picture of our spaceship, the NCC 27B/6, which I had forgotten I had taken with my gPhone: