New NPC factions...

[Panzer]

Well, it seems it's about adding an NPC faction here, so allow me to throw my 2 cents into it.
For some time I have been playing various mods and noticed, that there is completely no wildlife on disco. Both humans and nomads are (or seem to be) civilizations, which can build and exploit resources. Science has confirmed, that some organisms can survive in vacuum and zero-gravity (mostly bacteria). Well, such lifeforms can even be encountered in various places ingame. But what if this life evolved to a more... massive form? Animals - hostile alien lifeforms, that could be encountered in remote places of border-world systems, a sort of space mosters. Big enough to pose a threat to a player's ship. I can even quote an example of thereof. The Nightstalker's universe mod already offers such creatures, they range from crab-like creatures, not much bigger, than a fighter to quite large ones, about the size of a smaller cruiser. They appear in places very rarely visited by players, but often guard a wreck or "lair" full of valuable equipment. How would they function as an NPC faction? Nearly as nomads. Hostile to all life (including nomads) and not appearing on the faction screen. However, the "ships" would have to be availible on the same or more rigoristic rules as the nomad ones. RP-only, if you buy a "monster", you should RP one

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