They were CovertOddity's creation; and since he left; along with the downsize in our coders, and the other major responsibilities, like the map, and the suggestions board. As far as I am aware, the Vaurca are on indefinite hold until someone actually steps up and starts working on them. We've had quite a few people complaining about the halt on the Vaurca, but, again, as far as I am aware, none of them have actually decided to help the Dev team.