To: GNI officer "Duke V," Freeport 6 | From: Task Force Prometheus

[Denelo]

Incoming transmission...

Identification: Yoko Mori
Source: HFL Ichihara
Encryption: 5N3-4K1-357

Beginning voice transmission...

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Okay, with Amelie all set up and running as an "independent" station, shipments are moving and we can move into closer cooperation. In return for this, I've been authorized to tell you these things. I don't know how much you know, so I'm gonna start with the basics.

• Nomads are aliens who are the successors of the Daam Ka'vosh, an ancient creator civilization responsible for many of the wonders in Sirius. The Dee Kays tried to seed Sirius for the Nomads, but the Nomads never woke up.
  
• Rheinland accidentally woke up the Nomads 34 years ago while on a research mission somewhere in the Omegas, and it's been everyone's problem ever since.
  
• Nomads are capable of 'infesting' humans. If an 'incubus' comes in contact with a human, they can force their way into their body and puppet them. People call these Infiltrators. The Wild are infiltrators and their thralls who are operating in the open.
  
• They communicate psychically. Too much exposure to them can result in dreams, and this can eventually cause thralldom. There's no known cure, but thralls without a nomad can lie dormant like regular people until they're exposed again.
  
• They're a hivemind species, using some kind of FTL communication called a Mindshare—they call it their 'song' a lot of times.
  
• There are two known Mindshares right now: The K'Hara Mindshare and the Vagrant Mindshare. K'Haras are genocidally anti-human, but Vagrants are more curious—you can actually talk to them, and they're pretty friendly if you're nice to them. Still don't trust them, though, they do still make Infiltrators too. Wild are a mixed bag 'cause you never know what Mindshare they're a part of.
  
• A lot of organizations experiment with and on nomad material, and there have been breakthroughs using hybridized nomad weaponry. Not everyone trusts it, though.
  
• Our organization has a lot of history with Nomads I've been told not to give details on, but we can answer a lot of questions you might have.
  
• There are two kinds of nomad relic: Artifacts, which are dormant and mostly harmless novelties, and Xeno Relics, which are active, very dangerous, and should never be outside the hands of intelligence organizations.
  

Lemme know what else you might want to know. If I can answer, I will.

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Stay safe,
Yoko Mori (she/they)