Ganto Imness

Lieutenant Ganto Imness was an salarian officer serving under Captain Kirrahe. Along with the rest of Kirahee's STG unit, Imness was stationed on Virmire and led a recon mission to Saren Arterius' research facility. During the mission Imness's team was captured and used for experimentation.

Imness himself was actually one of the 'lucky' ones: he was chosen as a control subject, forced to watch with his mind intact while the rest of his team was slowly indoctrinated and turned into mindless slaves. When Commander Shepard finds him, Imness is in a cell near the labs, listening to the sound of gunfire and anxious about what's going on. He soon guesses that Shepard is leading an infiltration team, and knows Kirrahe will want the facility destroyed. Imness warns Shepard about indoctrination, saying that they knew about the krogan breeding grounds, "but the indoctrination is a greater threat, and far more horrifying". The remains of Imness's team, in the cell next door, are evidence of that.

Imness begs Shepard to let him out: he can't end up like the others. If Shepard agrees and opens his cell, Imness accepts that he might not outrun the blast radius, but it's a better chance than he had before Shepard arrived.