Citadel: Old Friends

Citadel: Old Friends is an assignment on the Citadel. It is only available if Commander Shepard has the Earthborn background.

After completing one or more of the main storyline planets (Feros, Noveria or Virmire) a human named Finch can be found outside Chora's Den in the Wards. Talking to him will result in the revelation that he was Shepard's fellow member of the Ten Street Reds, a gang on Earth. Another gang-member has been arrested by the Turians for a "minor offence", although he was in Turian space at the time. Finch wants Shepard to talk to the Turian guard in Chora's Den to get the gang-member released. Finch also threatens to reveal Shepard's shady past if he refuses.

Shepard can then go to the Turian guard and either negotiate the release of the prisoner, or tip the guard off to Finch's plans. Revealing the plot will result in Finch turning up and declaring that he's going to tell the galaxy Shepard's story. Shepard then must decide how to deal with Finch, either convincing him to keep his mouth shut or simply shooting him. Shepard's choice affects the Turian guard's opinion of the first human Spectre either positively or negatively.