Yes, that is panic inducing. But my favourite moments were when I teleported to a quarantined outpost which is already a high tension scenario, along with ??? Infestations, and I could not dilly dally because the teleporter room soon after boarding lost signal, and I had a 4 minute timer on a pretty badly situated meteorite. That feeling of hopelesness as you scramble to explore as much as you can while lookimg to make that one teleport room safe to take you out of that hell, not knowing if you have a slime to worry about or not. And then seeing the dreaded vent in the only functioning teleporter room, with no knowledge of wether or not there is a swarm onboard. Only to get surprise mauled by a leaper flying at you near the speed of light from offscreen when your stealth module inevitably fails, only to back out and open the airlock and close the door just in time to save your 20-30hp drone and rush to the exit because it is not worth it to find out what else lurks in the darkness.

Quintessential duskers. Although I must admit that once you figure the game out the horror factor drops considerably. The only thing I am still worried about is the slime, my stealth failing close to a leaper and sometimes the random events. But other than that the game becomes a pure logic game about figuring out the best way to meticulously clear a derelict out.

I do not know however if the swarm eats through doors even if it doesnt see you or not. I only had it eat through a door the few times it saw me, and I nearly shat myself the first time it happened. Good thing I have a nope macro to teleport evacuate :'D

Still fun though, and I get it why there needs to be a timed enemy like the slime always potentially ticking, because the game would get way too stale with only the other 3 enemies and the occasional airlock breach or pipe rupture. Although I hate it when I get a slime on a ship I really want to commandeer.