I'll wait till it's fleshed out more, hostile AI isn't really new, though I definitely prefer hostile AI over childlike curiosity AI that want to be Zoners without being bullied.
and if Lucas and thund will really play them and log often, why not I suppose
AFAIK all evil robot factions have died and only ambiguous ones that do deal with humans remain. And the ID and shipline is way more limited than nomad one
Good luck. I would fly and kill stuff here and there
I do not know about Nomads right now, but I would be leaning towards no hostilities with Nomads, as they are not "consuming" planets and expanding like madmen.