I think so. Talk to the dude who bears the quest and check it by yourself. On a sidenote, if you can't do hardmode Boarding Party you most likely can't do Revan hard.
Surge and crit are very viable for PvE.
Also, alacrity might not be the best idea due to energy management, sure you can dish out your initial damage faster but you will go out of energy real fast.
What is up with the spam? I don't understand what you are asking, but I will try to answer. Armor tokens are dropped from specific bosses in ops and hardmode flashpoints. Don't bump every 2 minutes, you won't get a quicker answer anyways.
Same place you get the normal mode option from. You should be able to get the hardmode option from the questgiver. Keep in mind though that not every normal Fp has the hardmode option.
Hmm strange. We have had that problem once and that was when Soa came active again after the first floor colapse phase. Our tank didn't get the first hit and in he went.
There are ALOT of threads which discusses this exact question. To answer your question. What me and my pals did when we hit 50 was to go straight for the hardmodes and gear that way. As long as you have a decent group with half up to level modded gear you should be fine.
Agree with you there. They should rather make hardmodes harder. In my opinion the last encounter in Boarding Party is fine.
Regarding Soa. That problem is easily avoidable. Just let your tank pull aggro before anyone else engages him.