Thread:No Offense/@comment-5616023-20121103054933/@comment-5616023-20121103143025

He my answers for your questions.

1. When I meant they mastered technology overnight, I meant it as a figure of speech. They, were completely Tier 4 in less 8 years after obtaining said tech.

2. Qvik are insects, thus I had them mirror insects. Cicadas alone only live 15-17 years in a cocoon, then live,I think, for about a month or two or even less in their adult form. Also, most insects have stages similar to Qvik. Dragonflies young live in the water, before they become adults and fly for the rest of their lives. Qvik have stages similar to several insects, like dragonflies and butterflies. I'll list the stages again for you benefit.

Stage 1: Aquatic Larva, lives in this stage for 2 years. Cowardly swimmer, non-social as well.

Stage 2: Nymph form, Bipedal insect, lives in this stage for 8 years. Cowardly insect, attacks in swarms to deal with prey and foes.

Stage 3: Adult form, free flying insect, lives in this stage for 1 year before it dies. Laid back flyer, highly social, breeds for the what remaining time it has.

Their lifestyle explains why they don't much of a culture, intelligent battle plans, or even to run an empire, they just don't live long enough. The few intelligent Qvik only live for 11 years, and only Stage 2 Qvik can run the empire, Stage 1 and Stage 3 Qvik can't because of their biology.

3. They colonized and captured over 100,000 planets in a year. The reason why they easily took out so many colonies and homeworlds in the first place is nobody expected them in the first place. Also their forces were highly concentrated during their early expansion, often being invaded by millions or more Qvik. However, the more they expanded, the farther they got out into space, the lesser the number Qvik were concentrated in the invasion forces. Last, many races early on didn't know their tactics, had they, they probably would have repulsed these insects.

4. I thought about what you said, but I decided no. Some individuals who are light enough in Stage 2 can glide if they jump from a cliff, though, this often results in a dead Qvik. They do have cool jet-packs as well.