[quote=@Zadubadabu]
[@Willy Vereb]yea, I was just confirming. I figured that was the case with the tech, and I read how the Sarmakth fight, I was just wondering with your secrecy and such tactics how much you were planning on using human vassals.
[/quote]Sarmakth indeed does prefer to be unknown so, at least initially, I keep their appearance to the minimum. They're too proud to fight together with Pekh'makth even if they were to use humans as cannon fodder. Humans who either knowingly or unknowingly fight for them use mostly standard equipment from the Empire. There are few things that were derived from Sarmakth technology but these features are usually hidden. As I said human soldiers and Sarmakth tripods never fight together.

As for humans "working" for the Sarmakth there are many different kind of relations. There are those who are manipulated from the shadows, never aware that they aren't truly in charge. Then there are secret Sarmakth-sponsored factions like the Red Skull pirates or the technocratic religious sect called the Red Cross. These have a leadership under direct Sarmakth control but overall the rest are unaware. Lastly there are those few systems which came under Sarmakth rule. They use these people as the "prototype" for the civilization they establish once the Sarmakth conquered the galaxy. Humans are taught of a new language which sounds similar to the telepathic conversations Sarmakth do between each other (thus they can understand their slaves). Yes, humans are treated as slaves albeit generally have their own governments. They are taught Sarmakth ideology extensively and believe the aliens as their creators and godlike superior beings who have the right to do whatever they want with the mere Pekh'makth. If you are familiar with the show Stargate you can guess what kind of society I mean here.

BTW, you see the fancy language of the Sarmakth? It isn't entirely made up by me but rather I used the [url=http://www.starbase-10.de/vld/]Vulcan from Star Trek[/url]. Ironically it fits well.