Thane: Sins of the Father

Thane can be found in the life support room of deck 3 on the ship. He sits at his desk and mulls over his life. This assassin has come to terms with the reality of his sickness, and so one of his last requests is to see his son, Kolyat. He regrets to discover that Kolyat has followed in his father's footsteps and has gone to the Citadel on an assassination mission. Thane wants you to go to the Citadel to find him and stop him before he gets too far in over his head.

We assume once more that this is not your first trip to the vast Citadel. If it is, we urge you to check our detailed coverage of it in an earlier part of the walkthrough. Otherwise, there is little else to do but to seek out Kolyat once you've arrived. The C-sec tracks incoming and outgoing visitor traffic, so naturally the first person to see is Captain Bailey for leads on Thane's son. Captain Bailey looks into it and mentions the name Mouse, a small-time criminal, who serves as the liaison between Kolyat and the person who hired him. Perhaps we should pay him a visit.

Mouse is upstairs standing next to Rodam Expeditions. Mouse seems timid at first, but opens up when he recognizes Thane. You can utilize Renegade or Paragon actions to make him spill the beans. He mentions Elias Kelham and chalks him up to be some real bad news. When you go see Captain Bailey about Kelham, Bailey admits that Kelham is untouchable due to police bribery. After some guilt tripping, Bailey relents and brings Kelham in for interrogation. You and Thane must play good cop and bad cop. As the names of these roles suggest, you accrue Paragon or Renegade points with appropriate role-playing. Decide which role you would like and get on with it. If you're curious, we went with bad cop.

Throughout the interrogation (and depending on your role), you will get a number of interrupts. You don't have to respond to them all. These are just measures to squeeze the necessary information from the detained Kelham. Eventually, Kelham croaks and discloses the target's name: Joram.

After talking to Bailey, Bailey orders a transport to whisk the duo to the 800 blocks. This final leg of the mission requires you to shadow Joram from the catwalks above. The Citadel features an extensive network of catwalks above the ground floor. Thane will use his drell ninja magic to disappear and follow the target unseen while you follow him from above and constantly update Thane on any changes in movement. Joram is flanked by a big krogan bodyguard and is hard to miss. See where he goes and follow the catwalk in that direction. You must never lose sight of Joram nor fail to update Thane. You have only one chance at this.

Sometime later, though, your cover is almost blown when a human male demands to know what you're doing up here. Either talk to him to smooth things over or act on the Renegade interrupt to knock him out cold. The former wastes time and risks you losing Joram.

When you finally catch up to Joram, Kolyat makes his move. Thane and Shepard must work to change Kolyat's mind. If you're after Thane's loyalty, you must settle this without bringing grave harm to his son. Thane's ability, Shredder ammo, becomes available and is now loyal to Shepard and the mission.