Captain Kirrahe was the Salarian Special Tasks Group (STG) intelligence officer who uncovered Saren's facility on Virmire, and fights alongside Shepard's squad during the assault. Kirrahe's determination to destroy Saren's base, and thus the cure with it, causes a rift between Shepard and Wrex which may be resolved by the player in a number of ways. If he survives the battle, he will be promoted to Major and appears in "Mass Effect 3" as an ally at various instances. Kirrahe's speech amidst a thunderstorm in "Mass Effect" is considered to be one of the original trilogy's most iconic moments by "Kotaku's" Gergo Vas.