Is it possible to save thane in mass effect 3

Active 9 years, 7 months ago. Viewed 88k times. In my playthrough: Thane was critically wounded by the Cerberus assassin on the Citadel. Improve this question. Mad Scientist Mad Scientist Even if there IS a way to save Thane in this cutscene, why would you want to? He's been given mere months to live, so he was going to die anyway and frankly, to have such an awesome character die of some pissy illness is just insulting.

He's a master Assassin, in the final stages of a terminal illness, and died going toe to toe with someone as badass as Kai while trying to help Shep. Very fitting ending for his kickass character, in my opinion : — user I had Thane as my paramour in ME2, and there's a whole long cutscene with him, his son, and female Shepard in an operating room after the battle of the Citadel. They have a long, stilted conversation, and he makes one last prayer for Shepard, so that she may forgive herself for what she's had to decide, and so she will be protected in the coming battle.

Afterwards, Shepard receives a very long email where Thane really says goodbye, since he was in too much pain to say so earlier, and shares his last thoughts with her. It was very sad to read, since I was so attached to his character in ME2 — user Add a comment.

Active Oldest Votes. There's only one way where Thane survives the attack: If Captain Kirrahe survived Mass Effect's final mission, you'll meet him during the mission to recover the female Krogan. Improve this answer. You can't save Thane, but you can save Ashley. You will need a pretty full blue or red reputation meter. That means you must have done a lot of those Citadel side missions before Priority: Tuchanka.

If you do not complete them by the time you start Citadel II, they are lost to you. Also, if you visit and tell her to change her identity, she will remain available after the end of Priority: The Citadel II. Additionally, all Leviathan missions taking place in Dr.

Bryson's Lab will be postponed. If you played ME2, you first encounter him taking out Gianna or whatever her name is, he tells you "This is my last mission.

I am dying" so he wanted to help Shepard out defeating the Collectors while he still has the chance to fight. He tells you he only has three months to live. The issue got slightly muddied because of Kai Leng stabbing him, but it's a combination of his wound and Kepral's Syndrome that kills him — all the medi-gel in the world can't clear his lungs.

It just confirms that the Mass Effect 3 writing team examined the possibilities of keeping him alive - there were just too many drawbacks.

So, what was it in Mass Effect 2 that put the team in this position? Thus, maybe the Reapers might know how to cure it, but they aren't telling. We wanted to keep the tension high. All of the above makes sense.