It's no denying what you may have encountered, as more times than not we've encountered individuals with the same 'IFF scrambler'. This ship most likely was that of an infestee. While I cannot assure you that this capability of overloading sensor tech is alien in nature (it may just be a flaw in the programming or a faulty sensor chip), rest assured that you've done the Colonies a service by taking this one out.

Most alien infestee warbirds use this IFF scrambler so as to not appear as targets for their own overlords. It's an undercover tactic, and most of the time is the only way to discern whether or not they are compromised. Some, like in the case of one Rosalina Romanov, are not covert. They utilize their overlord's typical style in 'equipment', much like the Rheinland Military of old during the Nomad Crisis of 800. In all cases though, they are still extremely dangerous, obviously. I'd advise you to stick to your gut as you did here, as many more pilots still run unchecked throughout the colonies. We can't be everywhere, so we count on those that we trust to be capable to do Sirius this service in our stead.

Should you have any further contact with this ship or any you may think are like it, do not hesitate to contact us. It helps us keep track of known compromised pilots and allows us to inform those who encounter them the likely truth of whom they fought.

Stay safe and good flying out there. We'll be in touch.

By the description you've relayed, as well as the image of the item, there's no doubt in my mind that you had engaged an individual infected by the Nomads. What you've acquired is a portable compacted Nomad power cell. These devices, their origin obvious, are usually carried by the Nomads' subordinates as sources of unlimited contained power. Most often we've encountered them in the possession of those equipped with Nomadic veil encasers, the infamous cloaking devices we all know well from the past. I'm not surprised that it's doing things to your ship. The power cell, especially if damaged, can have unpredictable side-effects on ships not readily equipped to handle or resist them. You would do well to keep it secure, but this brings me to a request.

In the interest of preserving the safety of your ship, as well as perhaps the Xenos in general, I'd like to arrange a flyby to transfer this cell to a Legacy vessel operating in Liberty. Should you accept, I will notify my man in the region, Operative Gorobets, to make the trip to secure the cell. These pieces of Nomad technology can be irreversibly dangerous to those unprepared or ill-equipped to handle them.

I'll await your response. Operative Gorobets will be on stand-by until confirmation of an approval is received.

Operative Gorobets confirms the cell's secure status aboard OCV Atum. We'll monitor the device, but until we can arrange for it to be returned to our holdings in the Omicrons, this is all we can do at the moment. Thank you for arranging this. Should you come across any other devices such as this, please contact us. The Order more than most people are well aware of what these things are capable of.

In the realm of adapting it, however, I'll point out that the Order has a vested interest in not only eradicating the Nomads but learning from them as well. Should we come up with anything from this cell, we'll be sure to let you know. I'm not sure how well something like that would work, since we're still experimenting with incorporating our tech with the Nomads' beyond a few fancy blaster guns, but that's what the heads in R&D are for.

We'll be in touch, Cobra.