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Due to the widespread infection across all of the colonies, there are many infected individuals from various groups, so do not wonder if you encounter a variety of different ships and even more different characters. While the Wilds primary objective is to exterminate humanity, it is possible that not every Wild is going to act as the mean alien from your nightmares, some might have a very different agenda…

The term ‘Wild’ applies to every nomad infected human within the colonies. They are supposed to be a part of the Nomads collective consciousness, the mindshare, using their disguise to gain information or spread fear and distrust within the human societies. While they do belong to the mindshare and thus are strongly connected with the Nomads collective consciousness, some scientists also assume that they follow their own plans and tactics to achieve largely unknown goals.
From the outside, there is little to no remarkable difference between the Wild and normal humans. After a time of familiarization, the Incubus is able to control its host well enough to avoid any suspicion. Leading scientists also speculate that some hosts are willing servants of the Incubus, a fact that might allow the Incubus to let the human act on its own, further decreasing the risk of detection. It appears to be noteworthy that every attempt at removal of an Incubus has resulted in the death of both the Incubus and the human host while leaving little to no valuable traces of the infection behind.
The Wild are capable of speaking and acting as far as their human vocal cords allow, limited only by physiology. They appear to be capable of fluently speaking all human languages due to the already existing extensive knowledge of such languages in the mindshare, knowledge which has been increased with every new individual joining the collective. The Wild do not possess a primary language, due to being part of the Nomad Mindshare and the ease of communication offered by it, they only have to transmit pure feelings, which do not have to be filtered through the expression-limiting nature of language. Through the advanced understanding of human psychology and motives such as greed or hate, the Wild also have been able to masterfully manipulate numerous uninfected humans into doing their bidding.
Due to their access to the Mindshare and the accumulated knowledge within it, Wild are capable of expertly hacking computer systems at a level unparalleled even by Lane Hackers. This appears to allow them to create their own credits, making overall financial standing among humans merely a matter of plausibility and monetary value.

Even though all Wilds are connected to the mindshare, different behavioural traits could be examined. While some do rely on covert actions, others will simply resort to brute force to achieve their goals. It is largely unknown if or how this relates to the human host's personality. A basic differentiation appears to lead to four different types:

Former Grosseadmiral Ernst von Scheck was the key to the Nomad infestation within the Rheinwehr.

The source of the nomad incubi, in the state that might be referred to as a seed, is a nomad tissue produced by grown up nomad incubies. It is brought into the host body by a mouth to mouth infection. There are two different parts of the seed that can be distinguished - the cover which is made by human-like epithelium, and the core consisting of pure nomad tissue of unknown composition. The “seed” passes through the esophagus to the stomach, where the capsule gets digested by the gastric juices. The nomad tissue on the inside is acid resistant and passes to the duodenum. On its passage through the bowel, the nomad tissue is absorbed into the nearby human host tissue by mechanisms we yet have to understand.
As with all non-human materials within a human body, the nomad tissue provokes a strong immune system reaction, and the infected may feel sick and lose consciousness. At first, particles of the nomad tissue are released. Their mobility is increased by cytokines which induce their movement. The cells released from the nomad tissue then move towards the closest blood vessels. Their advance through human tissue is assured by the synthesis of proteolytic enzymes. After a relatively short period of time, the nomad cells are getting into the blood system. They leave the circulatory system shortly after, minimizing the risk of being destroyed by the macrophages and lymphocytes of the host's immune system, just like most bacteria would. In a very similar fashion to human metastases, the nomad cells are captured mainly within the liver and lungs. Through the venous circulation, the nomad tissue grows and is transported to the heart and brain. This is a very fast process, often happening within a few hours of infection, usually, but certainly not always while the infected is still unconscious.
After the infection has spread to the spine, the person should be called a Wild, as anything that once made it human is about to disappear. Upon its arrival at the spine, most of the nomad cells reproduce and expand along the central nervous system, heading towards the brain stem. This process usually takes not much more than one or two hours, depending on the host’s physique. Once the Nomad tissue reaches the brain stem, the host’s body is fully controlled by the nomad tissue which infects most parts of the host’s ‘control centers’. The goal of the infection is to gain complete control of the body as swiftly as possible. Once said control has been gained, all other physiological functions are modified to accept the nomad tissue. Through this time the host is vulnerable to infections and all kinds of disease as its whole immune system is being adapted to accept the Nomad cells as the body’s own.
The growth and spread of nomad tissue from the seed is assured by its genetic code, but total control of the body can be only acquired once the nomad tissue inside the host is connected to the mindshare. This usually happens after the bodily functions have been largely adapted to the Incubus’ needs. Once the connection to the mindshare has been established the body is fully controlled by the nomads, with no chance to return to its previous, human state. However, the infected is not able to use its full potential as the nomad tissue is required to expand through many other important parts of the body in order to achieve a perfect coordination of the human’s abilities. This process usually takes a few days, up to a few weeks.

The Rheinland Chancellor attempts to infect President Jacobi on Prison Station Mitchell in Alaska

First traces of infection have been found within Rheinland, based on an expedition to the Omicron systems in the 5th century A.S. It appears that this expedition did encounter the first Nomads and thus was subject to the first infection processes. A part of this group later returned to Rheinland and the infection began to spread.

An infected squadron of Rheinwehr ships is sent out to destroy a laboratory on Sprague which researched Dam K'vosh remnants

Due to the the strong belief in the hierarchic structure of nearly all aspects of life and the overly militaristic culture, the infection could spread into the highest ranks of the Rheinwehr more or less unnoticed, leading to the conflict, that later was known as Nomad War. Even though Rheinland played a major role in this conflict, it appears that, at this time, the infection had already spread to every house and to many other lawful and unlawful organizations.

The RNC-Donau in front of Planet Manhattan: A meeting that supposedly marks the beginning of the Nomad War