Ahh... yes, got more thoughts, although some might be better off in the Project Archon thread, they are skrith related questions.
First off, what is the skrith's favored terrain type? I mean, if blue is their main color, they probably originated from some blue hued environment, at least by my reasoning.
I'm also guessing they got color schemes other than blue, right? Did you just pick blue because it'd be easy to tell that its there's and stuff?
...wait... that question just eliminated my first question...
Next question!
For ranged combat, do they pretty much stick to a bright blue glowing energy projectile, or do they use less obvious and more subtle weapons for ranged combat, too? Like perhaps a bow?
For being a stealth-hunter based race, do they rely on their own skills for stealth, or do they just cheat and use cloaking and such like Predators, for their stealth capabilities?
How about their sheilding. I've read that they were resistant to energy weapons, and I wonder, why?
Why would they need shields built specifically for energy weapons unless they used it in wars against their own kind or perhaps to over take another advanced race that used energy weapons?
(makes you think, doesn't it?  )
I have a feeling they wouldn't have built the shielding in preperation for the terrans, but I could be wrong.
Oh yeah, almost forgot, do you have any background for what types of creatures the skrith have already conquered? Or did they pretty much start this galactic conquest thing with the humans?
The reason why I ask is because it'd give me more ideas of possible skrith weapons already designed, like if they had to take on a swarm type creature themselves, I could get an idea of what they would've used, and they'd probably bring that tech to the Terran war.
As for ideas, I got some.
I think.
Going on the basis that they got protection from energy but not physical weapons, I'm assuming they would pretty much have energy weapons themselves, right?
Otherwise they'd have ways to protect against ballistic weapons, methinks.
So, as for my ideas, I think they'd probably have a few more subtle ways to kill people other than the flashy energy weapons, but they probably would still use that same technology for some other things.
So, here goes my ideas:
Some sort of melee weapon that focuses the same type energy used on their rifle through a channel on the edge of a blade, making it work more like a cutting torch than an actual blade. (I don't like the idea of a pure energy blade much, but I do like this idea, seems realistic)
I don't take full credit for this idea, I think I read it some where else on the forums, or at least something similar.
Some sort of grenade that's something similar to a flashbang or smoke grenade, only it emits a type of light wave that the skrith don't see and terrans do, or maybe some sort of gas that does it instead.
On the same basis that maybe skrith see in a different wave length, perhaps they got something that works the other way, where there is some sort of light wave and/or gas that emits a light they could see in and terrans couldn't detect. It'd work like a flare, only it would keep the area completely dark to terrans.
For the gases that skrith can/can't see, perhaps it simply attracts and reflects the appropriate wave length.
Sonic powered weapons. I know it's been discussed before, but it would be great for skrith, I think. It wouldn't actually create an audible sound, it'd be too low of a frequency to hear, but it'd probably be felt. Plus, its not visible.
But anyways, things like these have been made or experimented with (not sure which), and they stunned, disoriented, scared and sometimes simply disrupted matter, theoretically, at least. Which would probably be all they would need, since they prefer melee, something like this could be used to weaken battalions that the skrith wouldn't normally be able to handle if they didn't have enough to kill them themselves. Could also be used against vehicles. While it wouldn't harm the vehicle, it would stun the driver, and it'd give the skrith time to kill them.
I think it'd mainly be used against armored units.
Another idea originating from WWII experimental weapons. An air cannon. Designed during WWII to knock down planes and stuff with essencially a large explosion in a tube, basically focusing the shockwave into a smaller, slightly more accurate "ball" of air. Again, not used to kill, but to create diversions and help the skrith go in for the kills easier.
There we go, one of the biggest post in these forums. 
Whew... that took a while to type...
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This is the about the idea that has been going on with me... keep in mind the protective hand armor against the heat.