[quote=@Alfhedil]
[@DracoLunaris] Most of the app is fine, I actually think the cultural divide resulting from their biotech is pretty neat, as is their extragalactic origins. Only real point of concern is the whole "Ark" thing. Gotta dial it down man, like those things are [b]huge[/b], [i]and[/i] you have them as basically military super-weapons if I'm reading it right. My personal take on it is this. The Arks would be fine being rather large(Not nearly as much as you have them now) but only [i]defensively[/i] armed. Not equipped enough to take out planets, or fend off entire military fleets, but modestly armed enough to ward off things like pirates or small incursions.
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on the fire power I agree that that description is, in hind sight, excessive and a rather un-thematic/illogical design. putting guns on it wastes time/resource that could be put into making another one or making it more lily to survive the trip after all. 

as for the size, does the fact that there is only going to be one, possibly two, of them in the narrative/galaxy elevate that issue or would you rather I still shrink them down? If so by how much?