This is Warrant Officer Alejandro C. Garcia, with an unnerving report.
As is already known, I was inducted into the Colonial Military a couple days ago. A couple days prior to this, when I had purchased a Nyx preemptively, I met a freelancer named "Anna.McCarthy" out in Tau-23. She often solicited near Java Station, along with an AI Drone with the IFF "Unknown.Contact". The drone did not tell me what its purpose for being in the area was, presumably due to classified reasons, although I was able to determine it was for research purposes. Over the next few days, I questioned Ms. McCarthy on various subjects, including that of the Nomads, whom she had startling knowledge about. She informed me of two warring sides in the Nomad species, one known as "Aurora", with the other side known as "K'Hara". I questioned the validity of such erroneous claims, up until about two or three days ago.
This small Nomad appeared in Tau-23 airspace, dangerously close to Java Station. I was prepared to open fire on it, and was about to do so, until Ms. McCarthy urged me not to, saying this was one of the so-called "friendly" Nomads she was talking about. Not wishing to be shot down by a Nomad (again), I stayed my hand, and began to communicate with it.
Over the course of the weekend, I learned more about the way the Nomad species functioned, and their current state of affairs. The small Nomad(Which called itself Ezuky) confirmed what Ms. McCarthy had said about two warring factions within the Nomads. Information was also gathered regarding the physiology and purpose of Ezuky, who is described as a Nomad "Morph". These Morphs are infant Nomads, who have yet to be fully connected to what they call a Mindshare, a hive mind of sorts. As such, one could say they have personalities, similar to that of a human child. It is an impressionable being, with experiences shaping whether it will take an aggressive or peaceful stance towards humans. Ms. McCarthy and I hid Ezuky for quite some time from any who would harm him, and continued to question him regarding the Nomads.
Today, a Nomad cruiser-type vessel, which identified itself as "Kingdom", appeared approximately fifteen kilometers above Java Station, meeting with Ezuky and another Nomad Morph. Many ships stopped their duties, including Warrant Officer Bebop and Flight Officer Sophius Johnsons, to observe this event. It appeared the larger Nomad vessel was communicating with the two Morphs, seeing if their view on humans were peaceful. They both confirmed this, and stated the K'Hara were "bad." The current Colonial forces in the system would have stayed for longer to observe, but due to the destruction of my Nyx from a reactor failure, I was forced to ride in Flight Officer Johnsons' Pythos back to the Carrier Hades in Tau-39. Upon returning in a replacement Nyx, the Nomads were gone, and I was unable to obtain more information.
On a personal note, I believe that while the Nomads are still to be treated with extreme caution, this new knowledge, provided it is investigated further, may prove useful to us. If indeed the Nomads are experiencing division, with one side trying to avoid our extinction, we could eliminate the threat of this so-called K'Hara with their aid.
This is Warrant Officer Alejandro C. Garcia, signing off.
