User blog comment:SanjayBeast/Anyone else pissed about lack of Protheans in MP?/@comment-3440929-20120528121131/@comment-1388547-20120529044506

Umm, I've been seeing a lot of mention of making clones of Javik. Has anybody considered how difficult that would be? Granted the salarians, for instance, are good at biology, but it's implied that Prothean biology is unusual (at least, they have quad-stranded DNA, which is pretty odd). Even if you can get the biology figured out well enough to make a clone, you then have to grow it to physical adulthood. Doing this in a reasonable amount of time for MP is problematic, since ME3 seems to take place over a period of months, at most. (Exactly how long ME3 takes is an open question, but I get the impression it's at least all within the year 2186.) You'll also need to somehow provide your new adult Prothean soldier with the skills and experience of an elite veteran, again quickly enough to keep things within the span of ME3. It's a pretty tall order.