It would explain why they're so much more streamlined than the others, with no Masked Form, no additional weapons, and the Zecters themselves are reversible so that they can be either Punch Hopper or Kick Hopper as needed. Masked Form, and especially Cast Off, would require a great deal of additional training to use effectively (and safely, especially if you were working in an entire squad of the things), and the same thing with weapons that would be much more powerful than the standard Zectrooper arm cannons. Simplest solution to getting entire squads of Kamen Riders out on the streets, upgrading the Zectroopers to actual Zecters? Strip out all the more complicated systems, and just give them the choice of whether they'd rather punch things or kick things as necessary for the situation. If the plan hadn't gone in a different direction entirely, Zectroopers would probably all have been issued belts and Hopper Zecters.
Similar to the theory above of no Masked Form and no additional weapons, but also a Mythology Gag considering that Kamen Riders #1 and #2 are based on grasshoppers also.
The Skrulls wanted to win the Kree-Skrull wars they found a worthy race to expirement on and then these guys were created with their properties. Green? Check! Mimicking people's faces? Check! Memories? Check! They added metamorphosis and super speed in order to surprise the Kree in one of the days in the future.
This feels like the most likely explanation for why the Worm-detection/conversion necklaces have pieces of the meteorite embedded in them, and why absorbing the fragments directly caused Mishima to go One-Winged Angel. In turn, lack of exposure could take the ability away which is why so many Natives (like Hiyori) were carrying fragments with them in order to maintain the facade. That whole sub-plot about Worms stealing fragments from their presumably Native victims was most likely an attempt to draw the Natives out.
