Captain Kirrahe

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Captain Kirrahe Salarian Military / STG
Kirrahe addresses his men
Species:	Salarian
Rank/Title:	Captain
Location:	Assigned to Virmire

Captain Kirrahe is an officer in the salarian military. He is a member of the 3rd Infiltration Regiment STG (special task group), a covert ops team that was sent to investigate Virmire and discovered Saren's base of operations there. Kirrahe is a brave, intelligent salarian with a good strategic mind; he is able to inspire his men but is also prepared to make sacrifices if necessary. His second-in-command is Commander Rentola.

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

After discovering Saren's krogan breeding facility on Virmire, Kirrahe sent a message to the Council asking for a fleet to help destroy it, but a communications distortion meant he only got the Normandy. He was suspicious of Wrex, describing the salarians' intervention in krogan evolution as 'a mistake', but allowed Commander Shepard to deal with Wrex's anger.

With help from Shepard's people, Kirrahe developed a plan to take the facility down and personally led three teams of his salarian officers (along with either Ashley Williams or Kaidan Alenko) to draw the geth out, knowing they would take heavy losses. He named his teams after key salarian settlements, to remind his men what they were fighting for. Kirrahe heard some dissent amongst his men and gave them an inspirational speech, explaining that though they were covert operatives rather than heavy troopers, they were still part of a proud tradition: "We would be legends, but the records are sealed." Shepard was able to assist Kirrahe's assault along the way by sabotaging the geth positions, and listen in to how the salarian attack was going over radio chatter.

Without help from Shepard's team, Kirrahe may be killed early on in the operation. Either Ashley or Kaidan will take over command of the salarians after his death and co-ordinate the attack from then on. In order for Kirrahe to survive, it is necessary for Shepard to disrupt geth communications, destroy their satellite uplink, destroy their air support, and disable the base alarms.

With Shadow Team's help, Kirrahe can escape with Shepard aboard the Normandy. Kirrahe and his surviving men can be found in the engineering section, sympathetic to Shepard's loss; Kirrahe says they will get off when the Normandy next makes port and find their way home. Kirrahe hopes he and Shepard might have the opportunity to work together again in the future.

[edit] Trivia

• Currahee Mountain is featured in Stephen Spielberg's miniseries Band of Brothers as a training site for American paratroopers. This may be an inspiration for the salarian captain's name.