Nomad indie ID is fine. The fighters are decent and they shouldn't have caps because there are already too many caps flying around in the omicrons.
I dislike that there's so few places to dock for them which means that you spawn back in iota or some other non visited place whenever you die.
The real problem ist that what the community has defined as proper nomad rp is just incredibly boring and not fun. Silent engaging does not create interesting encounters.
Nonetheless I was able to have fun while flying an indie nomad and it should be possible for other people as well. Maybe it will be better once their enemies stop sitting in their caps and discover the snubs in their shiplines.