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Volus Ambassador Quests on the Citadel

Last update: 29 October 2022

On this page of the Mass Effect 3 game guide you will find the walkthrough of the Citadel - Volus Ambassador side quest. This walkthrough explains, among other things, how to investigate Ambassador Korlack, where the ambassador is located, and how to behave during the scene with the bounty hunters.

• Receiving message from Primarch Victus
• Investigation on Citadel
• Finding the kidnapped ambassador
• Confrontation with bounty hunters
• Interview with Ambassador Korlack

Receiving message from Primarch Victus

Received from: none [Normandy SR-2: Combat Information Center]

Unlocked by: You will be able to start this mission after completing Priority: The Citadel #2 main quest.

This quest can be activated by interacting with Shepard's private terminal on the Normandy after completing Priority: The Citadel #2 main quest and reading a message sent by Primarch Victus. The message will be about the Primarch's suspicions concerning volus ambassador Din Korlack. Victus thinks that Korlack is a Cerberus spy and he asks you to use your Spectre authorization to find out more about the ambassador's actions.

Investigation on Citadel

Go to the Spectres Office in [Citadel: Citadel Embassies] and interact with the messages console. Find the message which is about Din Korlack's current whereabouts. Follow the suggestion from the message and inspect the area to the left of the elevator.

Talk to the embassy guard in order to find out that Korlack isn't currently here. Initiate the conversation with the guard for the second time and you'll be allowed to check Korlack's office.

Once you're inside the ambassador's office Shepard should automatically interact with one of the terminals and I strongly recommend that you view all three recordings. Doing this will allow you to establish Korlack's past connections with the Cerberus, to find out about the threat to a turian colony and to discover Korlacks' current standing with Cerberus that will suggest he may have been kidnapped by bounty hunters. Close the terminal and find a small ear piece in one of the corners of the office (screen above).

Finding the kidnapped ambassador

Shepard will automatically travel to [Citadel: Presidium Commons] and your job will be to find out where the ambassador is being held based on the hints he'll be providing.

Head towards the apartments district of the Presidium (it's located in the southern area of the map). Check either of the doors located on two opposite ends of the main corridor. After you've established that the first door is locked turn around and proceed towards the second door. In this case you'll successfully open the door.

Confrontation with bounty hunters

Opening the door will automatically trigger a cut-scene and it may play out differently based on your previous decisions.

1. If Zaeed died in Mass Effect 2, then Shepard will automatically kill all the bounty hunters.
2. If Zaeed survived the events of Mass Effect 2 and if you didn't complete his personal quest, then he will be critically injured while trying to save the ambassador's life.
3. If Zaeed survived the events of Mass Effect 2 and if you've completed his personal quest, then he will kill all the bounty hunters prior to your arrival.

Interview with Ambassador Korlack

The most important conversation is the one with Din Korlack himself, especially since it has several different endings. Two endings are always available, however if you manage to fulfill additional requirements you may also unlock two additional endings.

1. The first standard ending is to force the volus ambassador to give you a name of a turian colony that is about to be destroyed (upper right dialogue options). Doing this will result in earning paragon points, however you won't gain the volus fleet as a war asset.
2. The second standard ending is to agree to the ambassador's proposal which will be about handing over a volus bombing fleet as a war asset in exchange for not sharing the name of a turian colony that is in danger (lower right dialogue option). Doing this will result in earning renegade points and a valuable volus war asset. You will however weaken one of the existing war assets (Turian Sixth Fleet), because a part of the turian fleet will be destroyed as a result of not being prepared for the attack on the colony.
3. The first additional ending is to use a special paragon dialogue option (upper left) and it's only available if you've sufficiently developed your reputation.
4. The second additional ending is to ask Zaeed to take charge in this conversation by activating the special renegade dialogue option (lower left) and it's only available if Zaeed is still alive and if you've sufficiently developed your reputation. In both aforementioned cases you'll find out the name of the turian colony AND receive a volus fleet as a war asset.

Prizes for completing the mission:

1. [210 EXP]
2. [5000 credits]
3. War asset [Volus Bombing Fleet] (only if the volus ambassador has decided to place the fleet under Shepard's command)