I checked out a guide and it said to activate it and it will chat.
I did that and nothing happen. I try and select the power while targeting a ship and nothing happens.

bug? i am using the latest patch

Reporting a bug in 1.7 beta 5 (Steam version).

When acquiring an npc wingman, player loses all id chips from cargoholds.

It also seems to remove the ability to gain any more id chips in the game (can't earn from missions, etc)