Citadel: Old Friends

A member of Commander Shepard's old gang needs help and is prepared to use blackmail to get it.

Acquisition
Citadel: Old Friends is only available if Commander Shepard has the Earthborn background. After completing one or more of the main storyline assignments (on Feros, Noveria or Therum) a human named Finch can be found outside Chora's Den in the Wards and will address Shepard in passing.

Walkthrough
Talking to Finch will reveal that he is a member of the Tenth Street Reds, a gang on Earth to which Shepard once belonged. Another gang member, Curt Weisman, 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 secure Weisman's release. Finch also threatens to reveal Shepard's shady past with the Reds if the Commander refuses.

Shepard can then find the turian guard and discover that the Reds have become a violently anti-alien group. Weisman was responsible for a hate crime against the turians, namely poisoning medical cargo meant for a turian colony that could have caused the deaths of millions. Shepard can either negotiate Weisman's release, or inform the guard that Finch is likely to try and free his prisoner. Revealing the plot will result in Finch appearing and declaring that he is going to tell the galaxy that Shepard was once affiliated with the Reds and their anti-alien agenda.

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. (Killing Finch impresses the guard, whereas talking Finch down makes the guard think less of Shepard.)


 * Tipping the guard off will result in +2 Paragon points, while killing Finch will result in +9 Renegade points.


 * Tipping off the guard and killing Finch will result in both +2 Paragon points as well as +9 Renegade Points.


 * Tipping the guard off, then using Charm to tell Finch that humans need others to strengthen humanity, gains +10 Paragon points.


 * Tipping the guard off, then using Intimidate to convince Finch that Shepard would gladly kill him, gains both +2 Paragon points and +9 Renegade Points.