User blog comment:JediSpectre117/Regarding the surviving Prothean./@comment-737801-20120222035845/@comment-1388547-20120222161635

I seem to recall part of the problem with the Ilos pods was that the power source was running low. Perhaps this guy's pod had a better supply? Alternately, maybe he was one of many, many Protheans in stasis, and his pod was the only one lucky enough to survive this long.