User blog comment:IceBite/My Next Race/@comment-771241-20120326000248/@comment-1743498-20120326002449

The Harvesters sound like a very powerful force to begin with. A wild guess would be that these beings return once an eon to invade the galaxy and take their technology and resources for themselves.

In the next story arc, they could be among those taking advantage of the chaos in the galaxy alongside Tyranis.