User blog comment:Elseweyr/Mass Effect Book Club -- Special Edition: Foundation/@comment-5619827-20140329174847

Now that we have a special MEBC blog just for Foundation I'll have to get a lot better at reading them more quickly. Anyway, just going to respond here in a new post to avoid the bickering.

While I'm typically one to handwave a lot of issues, MEF9 is a very odd addition. All of the Foundation comics are strange in their own way but this one feels different based on the amount of background information we have. As has been stated, we have the STG report from the shadow broker which has clearly raised more than a few eyebrows.

The first issue that jumped out for me was, as Temp said, the lack of known salarians. While I would have liked to see Maelon at least mentioned by name, the complete absence of Kirrahe and Rentola was ridiculous. While I was initially on the Chaleen-as-Kirrahe's-first-name bandwagon (or at least hopeful), Chaleen is referred to as "Captain" on multiple occasions but the STG Report clearly states that Kirrahe is a "Commander" at this point. What can we take from that? No idea since at best the broker report was nothing more than an outline and at worst it was forgotten entirely.

The STG report inconsistencies were already touched upon so I won't go into that but it seems highly unlikely that the STG would submit a false report. Not only is it unprofessional but even a failed mission is a mission (and they succeeded in their ultimate goal anyway).

I really hope this isn't the case but a quick search raises a very unfortunate question: was Mac Walters even aware of the STG report? I found an interview with him (linked at bottom) where he says that he only reviewed work for the LotSB DLC and wasn't associated with the writing itself.

http://www.craveonline.com/comics/interviews/133478-nycc-2010-mac-walters-talks-mass-effect