Allow Nomad Capitals for the indie Nomad ID (and some other changes)

[Lythrilux]

Nomad named Rainbow.Bridge, does it matter? Actually the last few indie Nomads I had seen more often than not DID have similiar K'Hara-style names at least. The notion of RP being centre focus here is overstated anyway. As I said the Omicrons ARE pvp-orientated. I'm not asking for restrictions to be lifted because I want the Omicrons to be filled with a fresh wave of indie Duks for me to spend hours having a telepathic picnic with; I want to shoot them and I want to get shot back.

So what if the RP quality of indies is lower than the offical faction? That is often the norm here in Disco, it is to be expected. However, if you encourage your indies to name their vessels appropriately, the majority will do that. Note I said majority. Yes, there will be bad eggs, as there is in any NPC faction. I think it's silly to just curbstomp this idea and push it completely off the radar just because the indies might not be as 100% solid in RP and as perfect as the official faction is.

What makes the Nomads, Nomads, is what made them the Nomads in the SP campaign: An ever present threat of highly technologically advanced and powerful aliens with very large numbers to back up a war mission that could wipe out humanity. In bare bones terms, the indies just need to RP Nomads from Vanilla at least. And heck, most will probably do that because they'll pick up the ID because "hey! these are the bad guys in the SP campaign! I wouldn't mind playing as them.".

So there's a Nomad Marduk threatening people at the Freeport... isn't that what they're supposed to be doing? Being a threat? And doesn't it give Core and Order the oppertunity to further solidify their own lore?

Speaking of lore, there's a great disconnect right now. With the recent Omicron layout changes, some infocards have been added to reflect an apparent 'surge' in the Nomad's activity and their agenda. "The Nomads are coming!" is what the people are crying. Yet, there's barely any indication of this in game. Honestly, I've never really had the impression that Nomads were any sort of major force in the Omicrons at all until someone showed me the relevant lore bits. Expanding the ID would certainly help with this.

And then there's those who cry that the Nomads aren't scary enough. Perhaps this is the solution. 5 axe weilding murderers is scarier than 1 axe weilding murderer. Not speaking from experience of course, but doing the math I wouldn't want to be in the position of someone being stared down by that.

So yes, I do want to see more Marduks in the Omicrons. No, I won't agree to the point that they'll be 'barely RP insta engaging Nomads' because chances have it they'll probably be just as good/bad as any other indies in the Omicrons.

Another point: I think it does really suck that Core| and Order| just rarely ever have the opperuntiy to shoot Nomads. Dare I say that has lead to them shooting each other more than they should have been, which has lead to some of the animosity that has affilicted both factions in the past and perhaps still does today. It's pretty said how both factions have pretty much never been able to raid Iota in so long because there's literally no one to show up.

And to be honest if these indies do show murky RP maybe, just maybe, K'Hara could actually fufill one of their roles as an official faction and look after their indies? You know, show them the ropes. Get them involved in the activity. Build the Nomad playerbase into a community.

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