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March 6th, 826 Debriefing: Titanic (IV)

In July 825, things changed and things became more complicated. The Apahanta got infiltrated by a Nomad Incubus, a symbiont, or in this case, parasite that can take over a human body by wrapping itself around the peripheral nervous system. This is something happening entirely inside the body, not visible from outside. It requires depth scans of the most modern technologies to see through the trickery these psychic beings use to hide themselves from mankind. Even with our equipment from Dr. Thallia Thorn of the IRG and what we took with us from APM and Core, we didn't find the incubus back then, which allowed it to take control of our former crew member Lorena Hawkins, who then took the Apahanta hostage, forcing the Captain to cooperate. This Nomad was not part of the K'Hara Mindshare, but of the Vagrant Mindshare, which is separate from the K'Hara. These so-called Vagrants are not bound to the NAP we have with the K'Hara and because of this, the Apahanta and her crew weren't protected at all by them. The Captain played along and fulfilled almost all demands of the infested Lorena Hawkins. The Captain had to kidnap the daughter of Forlorn Hope Leader Nick Stenn and use her as leverage to force Forlorn Hope to release a captured Vagrant Nomad. This exchange would happen in Sigma-13. Things went wrong, though, and Stenn killed the infested Lorena Hawkins during the exchange. And before she died, she killed Stenn's daughter with a psionic brain crush. As a result of the incubus' death, the Vagrant warform present to take care of the captured Vagrant enraged, opening fire at all present human ships. We returned the fire to keep the warform at bay while managing to cruise out and escape. Vertiga tried to explain what happened to Stenn, but according to the Captain, Stenn seems to blame the Captain for the death of his daughter. Wishing to establish the same peace between Apahanta and Vagrants as we have it with the K'Hara, Vertiga and his girlfriend travelled to Omicron Lost, where it is said the Vagrants are the most active since they appeared in 823. According to the Captain, the negotiations failed and while the Vagrants allowed them to leave unharmed, the Vagrants gave no clear response whether the proposal was accepted or not. The Captain said he got the feeling the Vagrants were not interested in the Apahanta or her crew, and he expects them to ignore us as long as we don't stand in their way. Standing orders are, because of this: Nomads are not to be engaged, no matter what. If we witness a battle between humans and nomads, we are to leave the area to avoid getting dragged into the fight. We can't pick a side. All crew members are to keep absolute silence about our NAP with the K'Hara. Any information related to the Nomads is considered Top Secret and may never leave this ship. If we leave them alone, they leave us alone. We have enough enemies already, namely the Order, the Corsairs and the Lane Hackers. It just happens so that these three are also fighting the Nomads, so it is in our interest to not interfere when they fight each other. This ends the debriefing. I hope all questions are answered. - Commander Sherry Aguilar

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