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March 6th, 826 Debriefing: Titanic (III)

Especially our more recent additions to the crew might not know it, but our stance towards the Nomads is a bit more complicated. Since the Apahanta left the control of the Core and turned independent under the command of Captain Vertiga, we have ceased our hostilities with the Nomads. For once it was a matter of resourcefulness. As we all had to learn over the course of the last three years, mankind is physically incapable of eliminating a Nomad by the definition of what a Nomad is: a non-corporeal entity with the capability of taking control of specifically grown vessels, so called warforms, which the normal man would see as the actual nomad. Weapons can destroy these warforms, but they, to the best of our knowledge, regrow fast. Faster than humans can regrow, and faster than human ships can be build. The other factor is that Captain Vertiga researched Nomads over the last three years. The way they communicate, the way they behave and, of course, the way they can get beaten. The latter is sobering, as mankind does not have a weapon to eliminate the non-corporeal entity, meaning even if one destroys the nomad warform, it doesn't mean much as the warform will just reappear after having regrown. Fighting them would be pointless. Captain Vertiga's research, combined with the research of other groups like Auxesia, IRG, Core and other individuals, revealed that the Nomads are more than just a cartoon villain that wants to be evil. 827 years ago, there were only Nomads in Sirius. Then we mankind arrived. The Nomads were mostly sleeping, only few of them were active. Over the first centuries, Nomads were sighted over and over again but these sightings were either misinterpreted or caused people to create religious cults. On Malta, they were celebrated as Spirits. On Crete, Corsairs were sent to the Malvada Cloud to fight them as part of rituals and trials. The deeper mankind advanced into the Omicrons, the more active the Nomads became, eventually leading to the Nomad War of 800. According to Captain Vertiga and other researchers, the Nomads are fighting a war about their home turf. They are fighting so incredibly aggressively in the Omicrons because that is where their home is. Communication with them prove that co-existence is possible. For us, this meant there was no need to fight them. We are not interested in their home turf. We are interested in survival, just like them. Because of this, Captain Vertiga managed to arrange a deal with the so-called K'Hara which could be called a NAP. This NAP protects the Apahanta and her crew from the K'Hara Nomads and their infected humans, the Wild. In return, the Apahanta and her crew do not interfere with any action the K'Hara undertake against mankind. This means also to not step in in case of a nomad incursion in house space, for example in New London or New York. Controversial, yes, but given the fact that we have no means to win a fight with the Nomads in the long run, as they can just regrow, while we have very limited resources, a good deal. From this point on the war between mankind and the Nomads was no longer our war. We became neutral observers and still are, without any intention to change it. - Commander Sherry Aguilar

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