User blog comment:Arbington/The Next Cycle/@comment-132.3.65.68-20120802135421/@comment-4953843-20120803192254

the hanar were just minnows in the ocean in javik's time.

suppose some mad salarian scientist has been tampering with gas bag genetics in some super secret lab somewhere and the specimens escape.

or better yet, treat the whole thing as a joke. makes more sense that way.