This is an interesting idea. Just a few minutes ago, I was watching a show (during one of those infernal annoyances we in the western hemisphere call "commercials"
) and I was thinking "Why don't the Yeerks equip their hosts with Kevlar armor?" Sure, it might not work against Dracon beams or other forms of ray guns, but against bullets and even some serrated weapons (like claws or teeth, hint hint) it would be hard to penetrate. Since they are invading Earth and know that inevitably one day they will be having to go to war against the humans at some future date (and that there are "Andalite bandits" who are currently giving them a hard time RIGHT NOW), why DON'T they use every weapon in their arsenal? Even human ones? And please don't give me that nonsense that their limited "uniforms" (the ones seen in #5. The Predator and #20. The Discovery) are Kevlar variants, because if they were, the Animorphs couldn't have escaped from the Pool ship because it would have hindered them greatly. Remember, their greatest asset came to them in the form of mostly-naked, always-unarmored hosts and their own naked-but-deadly animal bodies. This question, in my opinion at least, ranks right up there with "Why don't they install security cameras or automated defenses in their facilities and ships?" I like the Yeerks, they're a good enemy, but it's like poparena said: You really have to wonder if the Animorphs wouldn't have been killed in like two books if the Yeerks weren't so utterly incompetent.
A theory might be that
Visser Three is this stupid, and that Visser One would have done things differently. Does anyone think this is a good theory? It would also show just how radically different the two are. Visser Three is essentially a brute who only owes his position to his Andalite host, whereas Visser One actually WORKED for it. Definitely a nice little contrast.
Ok, enough words. Theories?