Yes they do have quests...Check the codex to see the companions likes and dislikes.

You need 1000 net LS points so you would need 889 more LS points or so.

You can't sell them...you trade them to commendation vendors for equipment, mods, etc.

There's a "Dad" running around on the server I'm on...perhaps they should meet. I did see a Boba Fat during beta.

I don't think it is the processors. i run the game just fine with a Phenom II X4 970 BE and a Saphire Radeon 5750.

True, but if the OP is regularly using anti-malware and and an anti-virus it should mitigate that risk.

I have gotten a grade 4 from a space mission as well.

If you haven't clicked the link in the email and entered your login info you are fine. If you are worried about it add an authenticator to your account.

Higgs gives particles mass...it's the neutrino you are thinking of and even then the results have not been confirmed.

Print Screen is default

The quest giver NPC is also on coruscant

20k isn't a problem at higher levels.

It's not level based. You get it after you complete all of your class quests on the capital planet.

Only certain cross-faction planets have the kiosks on them.

they are all the way to the bottom of the lower promenade map. They are stuffed in a nook on the left side.