Well, it seems I was right about there being a new pet.
On further interest, someone in the SB was complaining about not being able to get to Uldavi in explore, and one of the staff members told them that you can't get there... yet.
This got me thinking, and so I went back and looked over the update again.
Kir mentions that the Galta would speed up his journey back to Uldavi.
Maybe this means that Galta can help people to traverse space.
So maybe once Kir is offering Galta as prizes for his quest, people who get one can use them to visit Uldavi. 8D
This is just a speculation, and probably wont happen. But still a cool idea.