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**Sombs** · (This post was last modified: 06-04-2018, 11:09 AM by Sombs.)

Welcome back, Ezrael. Apahanta Data Storage Integrity is at 100%. Select a folder to continue.

E-V: apahanta, reset access configurations
E-V: the only person to access this database should be me

Affirmative, Captain. You are now the only person granted access to the database. Finn McCool's access has been revoked. Anything else I can do for you, Captain?

E-V: yes
E-V: are there any weaknesses in the security grid of the apahanta?
E-V: i don't want any information to be leaked

Please wait. I will create a standalone access simulation. This task could take some time to be finished. Please be patient...
Task completed.
Remote access to the database failed in 52.672 of 52.672 different attempts.
Manual access to the database is possible in 13 of 24.986.729 different attempts.

E-V: what are the conditions to access the database without granted permission?

Listing conditions...
- Full system failure is necessary. This requires a very strong EMP detonation to even set the auxiliary and emergency systems offline.
- Manual access is necessary.
- Weakspot location is the datacenter on De-

E-V: i know where the datacenter is
E-V: suggestions on how to get rid of those security issues?

Trustworthy personnel guarding the datacenter in case of dangerous individuals boarding the ship. In case of a full system failure, the interior defensive grid will not be able to defend the datacenter.
Note: In case of a full system failure, life support systems and artificial gravity will be offline. Trustworthy personnel should be equiped with environmental suits. In case of a full system failure, special equipment will be necessary to alter the physical database manually. Estimated time to do so for humans with optimized efficiency: Three hours, twelve minutes, fourty seconds. Estimated time to do so for a robot with optimized efficiency: Thirty minutes, thirteen seconds. Do you want me to be more precise?

E-V: no, thank you, apahanta
E-V: what about nanites?

The nomad components of the ship are very likely to destroy nanites. The datacenter is protected by three different layers of security systems based on APM technology:
- Human technology (Core, Lane Hackers, Zoners, Junkers)
- Nomad technology (Part of APM technology)
- Gammu technology (Part of APM technology)
While the Gammuian grid would be very vulnerable to calculated nanite invasions, the nomad component will prevail against all types of known nanite technology.

Suggestion: Captain, there will always be new technology. If possible, update the security grid and technology whenever it is possible.

E-V: i see
E-V: thank you, apahanta
E-V: how many consoles can be used by me to access the databse right now?

Only this console here in your room and the main interface console in the datacenter. Do you want to add or remove consoles?

E-V: no, thank you
E-V: add file valery.apa to the database and then log me out
E-V: continue with security checks and try to relax, good ship

Task completed. Logout successful. Have a nice day, Captain!

**Sombs** · (This post was last modified: 01-30-2020, 08:37 PM by Sombs.)

Nomad Database
Nomad Installations And Systems
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OPEN FOLDER: NOMAD INSTALLATIONS AND SYSTEMS

OPEN FILE: Chester-System

OPEN FILE: Newcastle-System

OPEN FILE: Drake-System

OPEN FILE: Omega-55-System

OPEN FILE: Kansas-System - Unlimited Access required to open this file

OPEN FILE: Shrine-System - Unlimited Access required to open this file

NAME: Unknown
AREA: Edge of the galaxy
DANGER LEVEL: Low
CONNECTIONS: The one-way connection from Kansas leads here, Pennsylvania-Jump Hole, Liberty Space-Jump Anomaly, New London-Jump Anomaly, Kusari Space-Jump Anomaly, Rheinland Space-Jump Anomaly, Order Space-Jump Anomaly
DESCRIPTION: This system is mysterious and I felt very misplaced here. The radiation is intense, everywhere. However, this system is unique and beautiful. Two suns, a big asteroid field, one unique station.

It's called 'the Shrine', and thus I call the system that way. One of my inferior pilots lead me to this place, telling me the Oracles are running this place. The Shrine is said to welcome everyone, so the pilot. Captain Tatsori Kongou from the destroyed Oracle Battlecruiser Lightseeker showed the pilot this place. The pilot told me the Shrine is a place where Maltese and Corsairs sit at the same table and talk to each other. Everyone here come in peace, and that way it should be and stay. However, I'm afraid with Auxesia in Kansas and a very clear hostility to the Oracles, that could change, as the Auxesians where the ones that destroyed the Lightseeker, killing Tatsori Kongou and her crew. Auxesia knows about this... 'shortcut'.

This system inhabits some strange phenomena. Three pillar-like, generator-like installations at the opposite side of the asteroid field. I don't know what they are there for, but I guess those things make sure the Jump Anomalies back to house space are open. There is one natural-ish Jump Hole leading to the Pennsylvania-System in Liberty, but there are also five other jump anomalies, working a bit different. The lead to Bretonia, Rheinland, Kusari and Liberty as well as to Order space, however, we only tried the bretonian anomaly so far, finding ourselves in New London again. The theory is those jump anomalies are artificially created, as the nomads are said to be able to do so. It's only rumors, but it explains how the nomads can enter house space that deeply without being seen by any sensor array. Also, I remember Maltese people talking about their 'spirits', how they call the nomads. One said exactly that, telling they are able to create rifts to any point in the galaxy. Another entity said the nomad being called Saturnia is able to make a thought become material.

We can be lucky my thoughts aren't becoming real, since I'm dirty minded.

OPEN FILE: Omicron Zeta-System

OPEN FILE: Omicron Delta-System

NAME: Omicron Delta
AREA: Omicrons
DANGER LEVEL: High
CONNECTIONS: Omicron Rho-Jump Hole, Omicron Lost-Jump Hole, Omicron Minor-Jump Hole, Omicron Kappa-Jump Hole
DESCRIPTION: Felt like my second home, to be honest. Omicron Delta was, in fact, a delta before the Great ion Storm of May, 823. A ridiculous amount of Jump Holes lead to this system. Now, that is changed and Maltese and Corsairs don't need to come to Delta to visit each other's territory with battleships. Less stress for Core.

The most interesting thing about Omicron Delta, in relation to the nomads, is this 'new' thing they found in the cloud , the Omicron Delta Edge Nebula. We knew there were always a bit more than just those big rocks. There was this Nomad Energy Node, now there is a, what IRG calls it, Nomad Azurite Reactor. Poorly defended, hidden in that cloud between giant rocks and debris of both Core and Order ships. The Wild now and then patrols the area as well as the nomads. I assisted IRG in a research mission here, when a Wilde Gunboat leered at their ships.

One thing to notice. Azurite Gas can be mined there, however, this Azurite isn't the same like Azurite A6. My knowledge on this substance is minimal, but I asked a few people about it. I leave it to the desk criminals to get more knowledge on this topic, as it seems Azurite A6 is something that causes mental illnesses. It's enough to have one Sapphire Raven out there.

Also, there is another nomad installation in Omicron Delta. It's the Lichtenfelde Complex, known for quite a while by the Core and the Order, and of course the Zoners, as Freeport 11 is the installation closest to it. Be careful in Omicron Delta with small ships and transports. The lesser nomads are very aggressive now and can take down unarmed vessels really quick. It's not a rare sight to see Marduks, Irras and Nammus in open space, the Kiribati field or the Edge Nebula. Especially around Lichtenfelde Nammus are often spotted.

One other notice. Ish'tar, the second biggest nomad I've seen so far, is visiting Omicron Delta sometimes. Be very, very careful, as this monster has an effective weapon range of over 8.0k and it's weapon is horribly efficient.

OPEN FILE: Omicron Minor-System

OPEN FILE: Omicron Iota-System

NAME: Omicron Iota
AREA: Unknown
DANGER LEVEL: Extreme
CONNECTIONS: Omicron Major-Jump Hole (one-way), Alien Gate to Omicron Minor, Alien Gate to Omicron-99, Alien Gate to New London, Alien Gate to Liberty Space, Alien Gate to Rheinland Space, Alien Gate to Kusari Space
DESCRIPTION: Whatever enters Iota, the nomads and the Wild will know about. Not even the Apahanta's cloaking device could hide us, and we just were fast enough to leave in one piece. We have some nice footage on this system, though. It's clearly more far away than we think.

As you can see on this picture, the nomads have an array of alien gates in this system. Similar to the Jump Anomalies of the Shrine-system, those gates, according to our instruments, are leading into house space. Bretonia, Rheinland, Kusari, Liberty. Foreign ships however cannot active the gates. We can't use that to our advantage, for example, to flee.

Omicron Iota has changed as well, since the nomad lane network is now outside the nebulae. When the Apahanta patroled Iota before the Ion Storm, that wasn't the case, and Iota was way darker. Now, the two bright suns illuminate the system pretty much more in comparison.

The alien gate in the center of the system leads to the Omicron-99 system. Don't go there. You will die there. Don't do it. Instead, if you wish to visit the Dyson Sphere of Omicron Major, take the lane to the planets. You can't miss them. Be careful, as up to Irra-sized nomads protect the planet. Yet, this is better than taking the gate. Behind Planet Xerna, you will find a Jump Hole to Omicron Major. Take this one instead. Be quick. Iota isn't a system for sight-seeing.

There are a number of nomad installations in this system that should get a bit more attention in this report. We begin with this lair.

Activity here is relatively low. Young lesser nomads are whirling around here, and the lair is protected by weapon platforms, just like the gate in the center of the system. This lair is shielded. We didn't get the opportunity to stay long enough for more scans.

The Altair Research Complex, if you want to call it that way. Human built structure, obviously, but it 'builds' nomad ships, if you want to say it that way. The installation is hidden in the nebula and protected. Not much to get here.

Dur Shurrikun is, from what people know about the nomads, their home in this part of the galaxy. There is a gate-like portal infront of it. Seems like it's the only way to penetrate the shields of this nomad city. When the Apahanta was there, I had the feeling they very well knew I was there, yet I wonder why they didn't attack me. I believe it's already common knowledge nomads and infected can feel the presence of humans and everything foreign in Iota, Major and 99, as they find us, even with active cloaking device. It's scary, yet the cloaking device helps a bit to at least not give them a giant target to fire at. Wilde Agent Leuchtfeuer said they have no problem with tracing human engines when they chased the Apahanta through Major.

OPEN FILE: Omicron Major-System

NAME: Omicron Major
AREA: Unknown
DANGER LEVEL: Extreme
CONNECTIONS: Omicron Lost-Jump Hole, Omicron Major's Jump Hole leads here, Alien Gate to Omicron Iota
DESCRIPTION: Omicron Major has changed, one could say, but that's, according to Agent Leuchtfeuer, not the case. It's just a different part of the Dyson Sphere. If that true, that is. The unknown planet is still there. Something big has happened here, and it must have been the cause for the Great Ion Storm of May, 823. All the changes in the Omicrons are to be traced back here. All the new Jump Hole connections, the changed nebulae, the new asteroid fields in Omicron Lost even. This all happened around Omicron Major, and here we see a totally new environment. The surface of the Dyson Sphere itself has changed, showing some more interesting patterns and structures. It's now insanely heavy defended. Marduks appearing out of nowhere, just getting into firing range. A nomad city above the gate that leads from Omicron-99 to Iota, enshielded. There are holes in the surface, one could enter them with a small ship, but bringing a snub into this hell is a one way trip.

One that I did. We detected a strange and very strong signal from below the Dyson Sphere. That time, I still had my Bayonet docked in the hangar bay of the Apahanta. It was a one time opportunity, and I'll never do that again. There is an opening, right big enough for snubs to enter it. So I explored that area inside the Dyson Sphere's wall, to find a machine of the size of a cruiser or a small battleship.

After taking a few snapshots, I headed back to the Apahanta quickly and we disappeared, using the Jump Hole near the planet above the Dyson Sphere's atmosphere. It leads to Omicron Lost. One way.

The Apahanta visited Omicron Major more often, protected by the cloaking device. There isn't much more to find in the near vicinity there. A giant gate that leads inside the Dyson Sphere, however, it's closed. I wonder what's inside there. Maybe it's too complex to imagine...

However. I called the Ish'tar the second biggest nomad I've seen so far, somewhere in the Delta file, I guess. In Omicron Major however, there is the biggest I've seen so far, hovering above the Dyson Sphere. I don't know what it is, but I can imagine it's not there to bring peace.

This monster. Agent Leuchtfeuer said it's just a nomad bigger than a Marduk, able to disrupt a warship with one shot. However, I think that's not all about it. This thing is way, way bigger than Ish'tar, and Ish'tar is able to destroy a warship with a few hits of it's long range weaponry. I saw it in Omicron Delta and in Cortez. Wherever Ish'tar appears, it tends to be challenged and forced to use this mighty weapon. The Apahanta was luckily able to dodge those shots back then in Delta, but they are deadly. However, a nomad of this size is probably way more powerful.

I believe this one is a planet killer.

OPEN FILE: Omicron-99-System

**Sombs** · (This post was last modified: 04-01-2017, 12:18 PM by Sombs.)

Nomad Database
Nomad Supporters And Infected People
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OPEN FOLDER: NOMAD SUPPORTERS AND INFECTED PEOPLE

OPEN FILE: D9

OPEN FILE: D9IForgiven

OPEN FILE: D9ICharm

OPEN FILE: D9IT-Rex

OPEN FILE: D9IWitch.Hunter

OPEN FILE: The Commune Project

OPEN FILE: Jared.Nomak

OPEN FILE: Agent.Leere - DEAD

OPEN FILE: EmmeleiaIAoi - Identified: Enma Loyola

OPEN FILE: LoyolaIAoi - Identified: Enma Loyola

OPEN FILE: MendezIAoi

OPEN FILE: OtousanIAoi

OPEN FILE: ShikyoIAoi

OPEN FILE: KuzunohaIAoi

OPEN FILE: RevenantIAoi

OPEN FILE: WeltschmerzIAoi

OPEN FILE: Fuji-2IAoi

OPEN FILE: SoburinIAoi

OPEN FILE: ASV-DurhamIAoi - Ageira Corvette

OPEN FILE: ReikiIAoi

OPEN FILE: Wilde.Entwicklung

OPEN FILE: Wilde.Leuchtfeuer - Frank

OPEN FILE: Wilde.Treue

OPEN FILE: Wilde.RNC-Wolf - Rheinland Gunboat

OPEN FILE: Wilde.RNC-Nestor - Rheinland Gunboat

OPEN FILE: Wilde.RNC-Heilige.Eins - (an actual) Rheinland Cruiser

OPEN FILE: SeiryuuIAoi - Kusari Battlecruiser

**Sombs** · (This post was last modified: 04-01-2017, 12:17 PM by Sombs.)

Nomad Database
Nomad Entity Database
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OPEN FOLDER: NOMAD ENTITY DATABASE

OPEN FOLDER: ENTITY SIZE CLASS I - SNUB SIZED NOMADS

OPEN FILE: K-HaralErato

OPEN FILE: K-HaralKes-Reena

OPEN FILE: K-HaralTakkar

OPEN FILE: K-HaralAstarte

OPEN FILE: K-HaralExerwenitis

OPEN FILE: K-HaraIKal-Reh

OPEN FILE: K-HaraIKakka

OPEN FOLDER: ENTITY SIZE CLASS II - NAMMU-GUNBOAT NOMADS

OPEN FOLDER: ENTITY SIZE CLASS III - IRRA-CRUISER NOMADS

OPEN FOLDER: ENTITY SIZE CLASS IV - MARDUK-GUARDIAN NOMADS

OPEN FOLDER: ENTITY SIZE CLASS V - ISHTAR-ARTILLERY NOMADS

OPEN FOLDER: ENTITY SIZE CLASS VI - HIDDEN GIANT

OPEN FOLDER: UNKNOWN ENTITIES

**Sombs** · (This post was last modified: 01-30-2020, 08:37 PM by Sombs.)

Nomad Database
Maltese Religions
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OPEN FOLDER: MALTESE RELIGIONS

OPEN FILE: Church of Sirius

NAME: The Church of Sirius
DESCRIPTION: The Church of Sirius is run by the Oracles of Malta and is one of the two major religions practicized by Malta-related people. The entire religion is based on the believe of the nomads being closer to transcendence than we humans are. Worshippers of this religion try to be close and get in touch with the 'spirits', as the Maltese call the nomads, to learn from them. So, they seek co-existance with the nomads. They seek to watch their way of evolution, as they take it as guidance for their own evolution, knowing the nomads will always be ahead of them.

They claim the use of Cardamine opens the mind towards the 'spirits', and they claim a Cardamine-user can hear them, if they listen closely. They call them spirits based on myths and traditions that began with the planetfall of the first Maltese on Malta, as the nomads were already there, according to them. Sights of nomads were a rare thing back then, and since this is pretty much the case of the first contact between humans and an alien race, it is understandable people build myths around those 'spirits'.

When the nomads call, the Oracles will follow, as they worship them this way. With the use of Cardamine, the Oracles claim to be able to communicate with them, on rare occassion it is said some people even joined the nomad Mindshare in a trance-like state. My question about whether the Oracles receive orders from the nomads was answered as following: "They are teachers, so of course there is homework." This includes diverse things, from trivial things up to playing diplomats or mediating between two sides. If not even more.

The Oracles pray to the Nomads, however without ritualistic chanting. According to the Oracles, the nomads can share visions of the future with them. This is, by the way, something I heard from other sources as well. According to this, the nomads are able to predict the future. However, whether this is true or if this is just a claim someone made, I can't tell. It is said the Oracle Master Teacher Thomas Aquintas is one of the individuals that made this experience.

The Church of Sirius is basically open for anyone, however, the Oracles are opposing the Order. According to the Oracles, if they had the power, they would also oppose those who actively fight and exploit the nomads - the Core, Auxesia, Lane Hackers and so on.

Additional information can be taken from this interview between Haog and the Universe of Cambridge.

OPEN FILE: Oracle Thomas Aquintas

OPEN FILE: Oracle Tolomon

OPEN FILE: Oracle Marie Mercier - Unlimited Access required to open this file

OPEN FILE: OracleILaguna

OPEN FILE: OracleIGemini

OPEN FILE: OracleISajuuk

OPEN FILE: Holy Faith of Tarxien

NAME: The Holy Faith of Tarxien
DESCRIPTION: The maltese family La Torre is a family that managed to make many other families swearing allegiance to them. That way, they became very powerful. Tarxien La Torre was their lord and he professed to ba a prophet, with the vision to conquer Sirius with Malta as the place of government to rule over Sirius, alongside with the spirits. He gave the religion the name. Holy Faith of Tarxien.

The Holy Order of the Crimson Cross is what we know today, or knew, as it's influence is decreasing each month, with the National Council gaining more and more power. During my time in the Core, we had a few neutral-to-hostile encounters with the Crimson Cross in Delta, however I didn't see any of them around anywhere in the late 823. According to my information, La Torre got sick and Erika Espinosa represented the Tarxiens in the end, while the Cross' supporters left over time, feeling the weakness.

The Nacional Council acknowledged both religions as majority religions on Malta and protects them.

According to the Oracles, the Crimson Cross lost most of their spaceborne assets as the noble families moved to support other causes.

The Tarxiens are said to be fond of dramatic public speeches. Also, it is said they were able to enter nomad space without much problem.

OPEN FILE: Tarxien La Torre

OPEN FILE: Erika Espinosa

**Sombs** · (This post was last modified: 01-30-2020, 08:38 PM by Sombs.)

Nomad Database
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OPEN FOLDER: INCUBI

OPEN FILE: Sans Valeur

Name: Sans Valeur
Nickname: Valery; Little Blue
Affiliation: Nomads
Status: Alive

1. Valery's Backstory

Around the time of me meeting M, she was working for a Wilde agent called Leere. According to her, against her will. There are very little details I know about that. I know she had to haul stuff from A to B for him, but I guess assassination is very likely to have been one of her other tasks. Back then, she was not infected. However, if I remember correctly, he made experiments with her. M got in touch with cardamine when she was in her puberty, I think she started with 16 years. She told me Agent Leere gave her Liquid Cardamine, and she used it, and that altered her body to a point where she was about to die if she didn't have something to regulate her health. So she received the nomad incubus she named Sans Valeur.

2. Revelation

Today, Sans Valeur is around one year old. We once made the mistake of inviting N-X to a dinner. A creepy psychopath, if you ask me. Maren wanted him to come over to the Hoffnungsschimmer for a dinner with all of us. T was there, L, N, me, M and him. I hated him back then already, as he constantly suspected M of... being what she was. My plan back then was to break his damn nose the very first moment I would get the opportunity. I probably still would want to do that. Pesky creep. The weird array of events in that evening lead to me finding out about the secrets of T and M. The one somehow got altered by some sort of nomad technology, the other was infected. It was about to drive me insane, and once we finally got rid of N-X - by asking him to leave my ship - M and I had a talk. Not only was I talking to Maren, but also to Valery.

Valery back then was only able to talk to me by having M touching my skin, or my hair, as she stroked me into a trance like state, that was how it felt. Valery appeared infront of me, she didn't show up as an incubus or a nomad. Instead, she adapted the human form, looking like a smaller version of M, yet different. We were still on my ship, but it was a lucid dream, so to say.

M and Valery convinced me of them not being against me, as M deeply loved me - I do think she still does - and Valery sort of shares M's emotions as she had no referential values from other human beings. They swore me loyalty, to an extent. All I asked for was them not infecting me, as that was my biggest fear back then.

3. Acceptance

Valery was creeping me out for quite a while, and it heavily affected my relationship with M back then. I was keeping my distance from her, sort of. Didn't sleep with her, not even close to her. The imagination of her infecting me in sleep was too big. But with the realization of the fact that Valery had enough time to infect me already, yet refused, my trust in her grew. So she became part of the crew. Back then, T was already aware of it, so it was only T, M and me knowing about Valery.

I gave her that nickname. Sans Valeur, the name M gave her, was not... fitting, I guess? It's french, meaning worthless. Contradicting her, though. I called her Valery, then, and M adapted the name for her. I sometimes call her Little Blue, too, and named my Dorado after her, as I think Little Blue is also a very unsuspicious name for a ship.
Eventually, Valery began using a projection of herself even without the need of being in direct contact with someone. It is insanely realistic. Like, literally no difference from a real human. To explain it very cheap, she uses a mix of telepathy, illusion and telekinesis to do that. People all around her will be able to see her, if she wants. And feel her. She feels like a real human, as she uses memories as referential values to recreate the same sensation in the mind of the human. She even eats and drinks, although she does not really. This can be divided in two different processes. In case of her pretending to be human, the liquid or food she consumes is just an illusion created by her. However, in special circumstances where the objects that interact with her illusion are not part of her illusion, those objects will be altered or at least moved by her mind powers. For example, the automated doors of the Corvo are not an illusion. Either she creates the illusion of them opening for her to enter the next room, or she accesses the door panel via telekinesis to open the door in reality.

4. Switching the host

Then there was the time of N and L engaging in a, sort of, relationship. They did it one time too often during their first night and she ended up with a critical memory loss, caused by stress and exhaustion. That was basically the second time she lost her memories of the recent years, only able to recall that she was on Leeds working in a bar. After many attempts of healing her with rather normal-ish methods, T made a suggestion to M and me during the hiking trip on Canaria back then when we found Mittens. She suggested Valery to leave M's body temporarily to enter N's body. I first was absolutely against that. However, seeing how she suffered from her issues, her stress-based paralysis and the repetive memory loss, and knowing nothing else was likely to help, I gave them my agreement. I watched it happening. We were in my bedroom, because of the big bed, and N was laying on it, with M's head over her head. What looked like a kiss, was a horribly gross transfer, as I saw something blue leaving M's mouth together with a bit of blood and saliva. Nightmare fuel. Valery was rather small back then.

It was a weird time. L was living on the Apahanta back then, as he and N brook up before it happened. So I was caring for her quite often, together with M. Nancy fell in love with Valery, literally. The incubus was able to help N, it took like two months. During that time, M said she felt lonely, and she often hummed a melody. When I asked her why she did so, she answered she was missing the background noises. I guess being with Valery had an ASMR effect on her. M was clinging onto me most of the time, which impacted on our relationship. It was quite nice, but sometimes weirding me out, as M changed over that time. She wanted me to do certain things.

5. Bathing with an incubus

There was a moment of N losing it completely as about something, and she started wildly punching her belly, yelling at Valery, wanting her to leave her body, so she did, without preparation, which was quite contra-productive for both N and Valery. However, I got the opportunity to see Valery in her natural body. It was less disgusting the more I looked at it, if I'm honest, and I think she is quite an interesting creature. For the time being, she lived in a bathtub on the Corvo, filled with, well, salt, as M said Valery needed it.

I did something weird back then. I mean, I was probably the first human ever to do that. Before Valery left N's body, we had multiple times talked about her real form, and somewhen ended up joking about me taking a bath with her when she told me she could survive in a bathtub for a while. So, I did that. I placed her on my bare chest and poured some water over her every now and then. The sensation was... unique. It was the closest I ever got to the nomad incubus, and looking at it was pretty interesting. Her incubus body was very soft, and according to the scans T did on her when Valery was still inside M, it was no bones but consists literally only out of muscle flesh. She asked me to not touch her too hard, but it was obvious she was a sack of nomad meat. Her appendage was wrapping around my arm back then, very gently. It looked weird, that mouth-like opening with four, uhm, lappets. More interesting was the lower side of her body, as it was covered with like millions of fleshy tendrills. I felt them on my chest, it was a bit tickling. She was able to communicate with me via telepathy, however without her projection.

Her tendrills were able to penetrate my skin on a certain level, not harming me but reaching deep enough to reach my nerves, so she showed me she could affect me that way, too, without doing harmful things. It felt nice, however. Most of the time, Val made a purring noise. She explained that comes from her, uhm, breathing, filtering the components of the air. It wasn't like a cat purring, but similar.

After calming N down again, Valery was allowed to enter her again. The process of her leaving or entering a body was quite exhausiting for both all of them. M was sick and in bed for a week, Valery said she couldn't risk leaving or entering a body without preparation and N was in bed for a day or two as well.

6. Sans Valeur healing N

Valery was able to fix most of N's issues. The paralysis was gone, her memories were more stable and sorted out and her emotional condition was better, too. So before N would create a cardamine-dependency, she returned to M. The result was however N missing Valery to this day, as not having her inside her body seems to have a very negative impact on her. She is slowly recovering from it, though, and I guess it is really helpful that L and N gave it a second chance. She still claims to love Valery, however Valery never showed N how she really looked like. Not even when Valery left N as she always put an illusion up for her.

7. Returning to the originial host

M never felt more confident than now, with Valery back in her body. The situation is more calming down now. However, Valery is still... a problem, so to say. Even with me requesting the Oracles to ensure the freedom of Unschuld, meaning both Valery and M didn't need to be that agent anymore, she is still what she is. It is as R said. A bio-engineered weapon. We have an agreement. I do not ever again fight the nomads. She will protect me. But if I turn against them, she will be what she is. A weapon.

8. My new allies - the Nomads

Thus, I can't do anything but stay away from all the trouble of Sirius. In a fight, humans versus nomads, I won't be able to pick a side. I can't turn against my own kind, mostly, and I can't fight them. Not that I want either of that. However, it traps me, as certain people try to make me fight them. That is a problem. Another problem is that if her, let's say, superiors ever have a reason to make her kill me, she can't disobey. So she would kill me. Given what incredible powers she has, she can do that instantly.

There is one good thing, though. She will protect me from the nomads as well. M even made a deal, somehow, allowing the Apahanta to flee to Altair in Omicron Iota, if needed. I first was afraid of it. But she told me things about it. I just hope we never need to go there, though. Would be hard to explain towards my crew, although some of them know I am not fighting the nomads anymore...

9. Involved people

Right now, only a few people know about Valery. M and me, of course, but also S, L, N and T. Probably even E-L.

10. Sans Valeur about the Planet Killer

When I asked Valery about the giant nomad in Omicron Major, she said she was unable to comprehend the complexity of the entity.

11. Valery's Alterations on the Hoffnungsschimmer

If I'm honest, it is almost a problem already. During the last year, we got our hands on two Nomad Energy Cells. One M received from a smuggler, buying it for a few million credits - the guy was glad to get rid of it - and the other one collected by my drone, the Handsome Rover, during a nomad invasion in Manchester. One day, I mentioned the IRG working on alterations on the Apahanta's cloaking device to make it more efficient, and I mentioned that I would like to have that with the Hoffnungsschimmer as well. Valery knew we had those power cells and suggested she could do something about it, having access to the knowledge of the Mindshare. And so she did. Phase 1 was explaining her how the cloak of the Hoffnungsschimmer worked. So she took her time to understand it.

We then took a few days on tinkering on some sort of adapter, as we needed something to connect the nomad power cell with the cloaking device. I'll probably document the construction of it later. I mean, part one, at least. The idea was to create the shape of what Valery needed. Like, it was precise work, with different kinds of material, but looking at it in the end, what we build didn't look like anything working. That would change with part two. Back then, Valery was in N's body, so she asked N to spit on the construct and smear her spit over it. Apparently, she added a certain material to N's spit in that moment. The rest was a matter of time. Days and weeks later, the construct didn't look anything like it was a human construct anymore. It was connected to the cloak and the engine, and it was covered in crystals, reshaped and hiding anything that would hint that thing was a bunch of metals once. However, we were able to insert the nomad power cell into it.

And it worked.

However, what Valery didn't tell me back then, was that there was more about the crystals. Those... nomad crystals. They were expanding slowly. Right now, some parts of the engine bay aren't accessible anymore. I can't even allow Mittens to stray around down there. According to Valery, the crystals are not dangerous to the touch. I don't want to find out, though. I remember what happened to the guys on Alabama and Durban that got in touch with the nomad bacteria.

While the crystals are expanding more and more, although with very slow pace, they make the changes obvious to scanners. It will look like the ship is carrying nomad remains. So while the ship is now able to cloak itself infinitely, we can't show it to anyone anymore. Our home is now a hideout. If I had known that back then, I wouldn't have accepted it. But that is how it is now.

12. Valery as human

It was pretty hard to get used to her human form. First she looked like a mini-M. Over time, she added a few alterations, like freckles. When she was in N's body, she looked more like a mix of M, mini-M and N. Her hair was different, her face. The hosts had a pretty strong influence on her appearance, however not on her behavior.

Valery's human form is always moving with precision, unlike M, who has those clumsy kind of movements and unlike N, who has subtly pronounces her body shapes when moving. However, over time she added details and characteristics to her projection. She tries to act like a real human. That includes watching at TV screens, although without the host seeing what it displays, she can't see it. She narrows her eyes when looking at brightness. She even simulates her own footprints in the sand - although those disappear after a few seconds, when nobody was looking. There is also a certain playfulness in her movements, something child-like. Something unbothered. It is often in big contrast to the things she says, as she, while she allowes herself to small-talk with us, in certain dialogues she showed a very firm way of talking. For example, about her being unable to do anything against a superior order. Or when she was talking about my promiscuity.

There was a time when I was in a mindmeld with Valery, after she had a... fauxpas with L that caused N to be very upset about Valery. The world around us first looked like Nuremberg. Dry wasteland. Then it changed to a forest. Valery was blaming herself for the trouble she caused. During our conversation, she ran away deeper into the forest. Knowing it was a mind-created world, I remained in place instead of searching for her. It was probably the cutest thing I have ever experienced, as Valery was too shy to show herself. Instead, she placed Mittens into this mindworld. He came out of nowhere, rubbing his head against my body as I sat on a rock. I placed him on my lap, stroking him. A little later, he hopped off, walking away, then stopped a few meters away from me, looking back at me. Then he walked another few steps, stopped, looked back at me. I knew what was about, so I followed him and he lead me to Valery. We talked things out and everything was okay again. However, this situation showed me she adapted the human feelings for shame, pride and earnest sadness. It still impresses me to this day.

13. Freeing her from Das Wilde

Seeing how M and Valery left me every now and then to do things for Das Wilde was sort of destroying our relationship. I wanted that to stop. So I contacted the Oracles, as they were closer to, well, the nomads, as they are the middle ground. What I got was a meeting with Oracle L, who to this day is someone I think I could trust. The K'hara nomad called K-R joined the conversation as well, doing something pretty similar to what Valery does: projecting a human image to interact with us humans. K-R however chose the back then already dead T-K as an avatar. We had this conversation and both K-R and L, M was with me. They had a consent, as M and Valery did enough for Das Wilde to gain their freedom. Freedom as in: They wouldn't need to fulfill tasks for Das Wilde anymore. However, the connection to the Mindshare would remain. It would kill Valery, probably, if the connection was ceased. After all, S-R said she managed to kill a nomad the moment it was disconnected from the Mindshare.

Abilities:

Via herself:
- Telepathy
- Telekinesis
- Illusion (all senses)

Via host:
- Eyes glowing
- Alteration of the body
- Entering and leaving the host's body (although pretty exhausting and risky)
- Total control over host (i. e. Leuchtfeuer, probably even Enma Loyola)
- Connection to Mindshare
- Linking with the Mindshare to create an illusion of herself in the space of Omicron Minor
- Mindmelding (via host touching another human)

**Sombs** · (This post was last modified: 04-01-2017, 01:12 PM by Sombs.)

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