Subject(s):
Hostile Das Wilde communication,
Garbled Nomad Communication.
Yesterday, as I was mopping up the last of the hostiles on my training mission, I encountered a Das Wilde vessel, marked only as W-2. I never got close enough for scanners, let alone close enough for visual confirmation of what vessel he was flying. He toyed with me as he talked about how it was a unique opportunity for him(or her) to find LN vessel flying alone. Seeing as I still fly a Starflier, I did my best to avoid upsetting him until I learned more. After about 10 minutes of communication, he mentioned that Liberty falling to the rule of the K'Hara. From what this pilot said, the Das Wilde may be planning a war of attrition on the Liberty systems. He told me to win this war without food, if I could, destroyed two DSE convoys, and while I was still searching for him, he just disappeared. No trace of him left on anything but the scorched hulls, and my com logs.
In short, he threatened to collapse Liberty by cutting off our food supply. I don't know how serious a threat the Das Wilde can be, but we should watch our DSE convoys closely, seeing as at least one vessel is convinced they can terrorize Liberty, and capable of causing serious damage on a whim.
Today, I came into contact with a Nomad Morph designated as "Splinter". This was my first contact with a nomad ever, so I was a bit rattled as to why a ship marked as hostile was trying to say more than "Give me my brethren". All it would say was "Chris.Named... want... see..." for a little while. I made some progress after a long conversation, and I personally don't know where the communication leap between us was, but we eventually found a way for us to be a "We" for a while. So I let him follow me to the Training Mission Waypoint, and he engaged the hostiles, destroying them all before I could even damage my target's hull. Occasionally he spouted bits of garbled transmission coming out as "Angry" when he was attacked while talking to me by bounty hunters, or "Happy" and "Calm" as I asked if he would like to become a we for a while.
As I see it, Nomads are dangerously well armed. However, my first experience with one was one of of language barriers, and alliances built on sheer curiosity. I will make efforts to communicate with all nomads in the future before any worry of their red designation colors my opinion of the vessel.