ok because i feel obliged to answer each of blunted's technical descriptions of his race with one of mine heres the basic premise of the UGA.
1) The UGA is a bio-technocracy. Most of the citizens of the UGA are enhanced humans all of whom have basic telepathy which allows them to operate -when necessary- under a hive mind. There are some alternate varieties of humanity living under the flag of the UGA - Most notibly the Atlantis R&D colony of Homo Aquaticus and the Vegas ship manufacturing colony of Homo Stabilican. These were the first atempts at forced evolution of the human race into a race specialized for certain environments and tasks. We do not have a need for any actual mechanical robots due to mass cloning efforts to supply a work force for all necessary elements of a stable society.
2) Omega Space-- Only known area of space that naturally occuring Psuedo-Plasmas occur. Additionally time passes at a near stand still and in some cases backwards. In these events we can actually send a fleet to a location before it is needed. Research is still ongoing to see if there is any posibility of another level of hyperspace, code named Tau-space, where time does indeed travel backwards at all times. In the event such a space is found there is no way to disrupt the drives of any ship entering it, as they will be traveling to a point prior to the deployment of the disruptor.
This is not to be confused with an invasion of the timewights sphere of influence.
3) Organic Shipping. While only in their early stages these ships tend to be a bio-organic hull that is resistant to kinetic impact and missle strikes, grown on a framework of an alloy called neurochromium, an alloy of monochromium, polychromium, and vibratum. This alloy superconducts and exerts an ECM field and a quasi-spatial disruption.
Future versions of this type of ship will include ships with brains, similar to old cylon raiders from the early 21st century Battlestar Galactica, that can be controlled from a distance or by an onboard crew via telepathic interface. In addition the properties of neurochromium will be bred into the superflesh, allowing it to modulate shielding as needed.
Because of the completely organic nature of these future ships they will be able to be flash-cloned just as our workforce is now.