User blog comment:SanjayBeast/Anyone else pissed about lack of Protheans in MP?/@comment-188.61.41.2-20120528180506/@comment-5021544-20120528215357

For me, the fact that Javik survived in Eden Prime whilst those on Illos did not (as explained by the VI Vigil, who tried to keep them alive) does represent a deus ex machina - the game developers added in a fairly complicated plot twist, and had to have a character come in and explain it in detail (the email sent to you by alliance command, and the dialogue you have with Javik himself). However, I do agree that cloning would be a very, very sketchy way to introduce Protheans into multiplayer - if you have a more realistic idea, i would love to hear it. I do think, on the other hand, that having 2 more quarian classes is a bit cheap, especially as they join the classes that already had quarians in them. Finally, how are 'the council forbids cloning' and 'javik would never let himself be cloned' decent reasons for it being implausible - they're at war, and losing, so any measure to gain the upper hand wold surely be approved, in he same that they allied with the geth.