I have been and always will be Credit Friendly.
If the Thargoids offer to pay me for something, then I'll be friendly to their credits.
Otherwise, I'm content to leave them be if they leave me be.
So far we have no evidence to show AEGIS as being anything like INRA, and I seriously doubt anyone can really claim the moral high ground here. Odds are everybody's got somebody's blood money in their pockets somewhere.
I adopted this strategy a while ago, but I think it's a bit naive to think we will ever get along with them, just because of game mechanics and plot.
They're stepping on us because they don't understand that we're sentient (questionable).
That's pretty daft. They know we are sentient, especially since THEY started a war and Humanity ended it with the Mycoid weapon. Now they are back and on the attack, which THEY started.
I have a feeling that a large majority of the current player base has no clue what the history is with the Thargoid. If they did, their would be different songs being sung.
Also, as noted, there is no evidence at all that Aegis is doing anything other than research and development on Thargoid bio and tech. They developed all of our current weapons and defensive capabilities, which is the reason why the Thargoid are attacking stations they have a presence. It's my belief that they are trying to head off another Mycoid type weapon before a larger invasion.
And I have said this before, I'll say it again. Don't count out the INRA Mycoid weapon. The top people in INRA faded into the background, their descendants still have the data, Mycoid will be making a return at some point in the future.