User blog comment:JordanaBrewsterFAN/From Ashes availible without DLC/@comment-24174486-20121111183412

Not exactly. While it is possible to hack in Javik as a "playable" squadmate (in the sense that he can be used as a squadmate and he has his powers), everything else related to the DLC—the Eden Prime mission, the Particle Rifle, the new squadmate outfits—does not exist on the disc. Furthermore, Javik's character data without From Ashes is incomplete; from what I've heard, he doesn't have any dialogue and he doesn't even appear on the Normandy. And to put it lightly, a Javik without dialogue is even worse than no Javik at all.