No episódio da Enterprise " Afortunado Filho ", que acontece por volta do ano 2151, é mencionado que os nausicaanos são principalmente piratas:
ARCHER: Sorry we couldn't meet under better circumstances. What happened here?
RYAN: Nausicaans. They tried to board us. We managed to fight them off but not before we took a few bruises.
ARCHER: Nausicaans?
TRAVIS: Pirates, sir. They've been attacking freighters in this sector for years. My parents had a run-in with them once. They were lucky to come out of it alive.
De acordo com uma versão inicial do script , eles também parecem ter algum tipo de governo, ainda que instável (graças a Valorum por apontar isso):
In the first draft script of "Fortunate Son", the Nausicaans were referred to as indeed having a government on their homeworld. However, it was said that, according to the Vulcans, this government was in a constant mode of "transition".
No episódio do DS9 "Bar Association" , foi mostrado que eles também são bem conhecidos por serem bandidos , armas de aluguer e guarda-costas:
BRUNT: That's Liquidator Brunt to you. I see you remember me. (Brunt is accompanied by two Nausicaans.)
e mais tarde:
QUARK: There's plenty to talk about. The FCA's involved now, and those Nausicaans working for Brunt aren't just for show.
QUARK: It's nothing to smile about. Those Nausicaans shattered my left eye socket, broke two of my ascending ribs and punctured my lower lung. If Odo hadn't come along when he did.
De acordo com Jornada nas Estrelas Online , que é discutível como é o cânone, em 2389 parece haver algum tipo do governo:
In 2389 the Gorn Hegemony hires the Nausicaan government to support them in their conflict with the Klingon Empire.