Well, Looks like it's TTTTHE RAAAAAAIDERSSS!
QUANTUM ERA 29 Slave Worlds
Its all about the slaves.
Slaves mean military. Slaves mean income production. Slaves mean a forced covert and anti-covert institution.
Slaves mean income.
Sure - you have natural population growth...if you can keep them. But that is not enough.
True power, true respect, true wealth, requires more population. And the only way (here) to get that - is to capture the civilian populations of your enemies!
RAID RAID RAID RAID RAID.
Attacking for currency, even energy, is viewed as shortsighted and cowardly here. The only currency worth fighting for is ... yup... slaves !
Note: Once trained, you CANNOT untrain a spciality unit. Nobody willingly makes themself a slave-raid target!
Welcome to Slave Worlds (or raid world?) Quantum Reality. Come test your masterhood!
Oh, baby!
EDIT: Sounds like Goa'uld and Replicator will be top Races this Era, Due to all Naq coming from "In-house" and that we should "not ignore Covert."