Citadel: Crime in Progress

There's an ongoing disturbance in the marketplace between a quarian and a volus. A human C-Sec officer is trying to sort it out.

Acquisition
Go to Level 26 of the Citadel and walk by a volus, a quarian, and a human. Shepard will overhear the volus, Kor Tun, telling the human C-Sec officer, Officer Tammert, to arrest the quarian, Lia'Vael nar Ulnay.

Walkthrough
Shepard talks to the group and learns that Kor Tun has lost his credit chit. The volus claims that that Lia'Vael stole his credit chit after she bumped into him while he was leaving the Sirta Foundation. Shepard can offer to look into the matter. Talk to the salarian clerk, Marab, at Saronis Applications on the same level. He explains that the volus made some purchases but left his credit chit behind before Marab could return it to him. Go and speak to the volus which completes the assignment and scores 5 Paragon points. Shepard tells him the credit chit is waiting for him at Saronis Applications. The volus is unrepentant and says the quarian could have stolen it, and Officer Tamert says he will be keeping an eye on Lia'Vael. Shepard then has an opportunity to stand up for Lia'Vael by using a Paragon interrupt for 5 extra Paragon points.

Mission Summary

 * Experience reward: 40
 * Credits: 1,000

Trivia

 * During Mass Effect 2's development, the working title of this assignment was "You Know What They're Like", a reference to the racist assumptions of Kor Tun and the C-Sec officer.
 * There is additional dialogue if Tali and Garrus are in the squad, including mentions of the Pilgrimage tradition; the C-Sec officer tells Tali that she can "cram" her traditions. Tali can also have a confrontation with Kor Tun and say she should hack the volus' olfactory filters so that everything smells like refuse. Garrus then says, "Remind me never to get on your bad side." If Miranda is in your squad instead of Garrus, she says, "Juvenile, but understandable."
 * If you do this assignment after Tali's loyalty mission, she still refers to herself as "vas Neema."