He looked away from her for a moment, feeling a sort of shame and guilt. "It's not that easy, Elena.
I rarely get in touch with them. But sometimes, it can be really helpful. You know I am in a difficult situation, with the Core, the Lane Hackers, Auxesia and what not. And to be honest, the nomads are not more of a threat than any of those factions. Yes, they are a different race, but to me, they are just another group to keep in mind. A group with sub-groups.
It's difficult to explain. In the end, they are not a single bit different than any human faction with the means to cause chaos."
In the meantime, he was looking at her again. "The truth about the nomads is probably something you didn't know. Because nobody wants you to know the truth. The real truth about them. The only reason why the nomads are fighting against mankind both with ships and infectees is simple: Mankind caused them to do so. Sirius was their place, especially the Omicrons. Mankind arrived in Sirius, wook them up. Not the nice way, but exactly the way you see it happen in any kind of science fiction movie. Humans find aliens, humans want to analyze aliens. Humans dissect aliens. Back then it was the innocent attempt to learn from them, to adapt their technology. Today, the Core is doing it to exploit a regrowing resource. In the houses, the Core propaganda shows them as the heroes of the Omicrons, as they want to establish the House Omicronis, bring civilization to the Edge Worlds. They claim to fight the nomads. And that they do, and I fell for that propaganda. The Core isn't about fighting them to bring peace. The Core just fights them enough to make their profits. APM and their products, Elena. APM Advanced Hardware is exported from Omicron Rho to all over Sirius, mostly imported by rich people and intelligences. Ever wondered how LSF snubs managed to get nomad guns? Thank the Core for that. Those guns are made of dissected nomads, and the nomads hear the echoes of the dead lingering in them. Imagine a catapult throwing the corpses of your family after you."
