' Wrote:from my understanding the ships themselves are just ships not actual nomads that is why when you destroy a nomad ship its able to be tracktored
That is your misunderstanding. The ship is the Nomad. What you tractor in are just remains / various tissues (with a misleading in-game name). It's more apparent if you destroy a capital ship - the dropped items are called "brains" ... which is again misleading, but in a different way.
I suggest you read something on the topic. This is a great resource: The Nomad Lore
