Rana Thanoptis

Rana Thanoptis is an asari neurospecialist. Commander Shepard finds her at Saren's base on Virmire.

Rana is hiding under her desk when Shepard and the squad enter her office. She begs them not to shoot her and offers information in exchange for her life. Rana was employed by Saren and assigned to Virmire to continue the research there, but soon realised the dangers of studying indoctrination. The studies don't just affect the subjects like the captive salarians but the support staff as well. Rana's first test subject was her predecessor. She tells Shepard about indoctrination and Saren's fears it might be affecting him too, and offers the squad access into Saren's private lab where another Prothean Beacon is stored.

Once Rana has told them everything, Shepard has a choice: shoot Rana as punishment for her actions or suggest she starts running. Rana is horrified to hear they're planning to blow up the facility and rushes off - the squad enjoys seeing her running scared.