Director Tann - 8 is the loneliest number

Pathfinder Ryder Senior may have made a questionable decision passing it down to their child but the fact is, he died less than an hour ago to Sarah/Scott when someone is giving them smack about it. She's also my primary pick for a Cerberus agent onboard.

Tann, by contrast, says, "Listen, you may or may not be a gigantic screw up but I'm willing to trust Ryder's judgement and make a gamble."

That's a pretty decent attitude to take, especially since you just arrived with the life-saving starship that allows them to turn the power back on.

I even think Tann's racism isn't that bad of a trait since Drack pretty much talks nothing but smack about humans and Salarians in particular. It is a bit of irony, though, that Kesh is one of the three people who run the Initiative. What more did the Krogan want?

I can't help but like him despite all his flaws like his ego, his suckup nature, sarcasm and his distaste towards Krogans.
But he does his job to the best of his ability and his heart is in the right place.  There's also the fact that while Addison chews you out Tann will offer his sympathies and give you the Tempest and it's crew.

He's not 100% good or bad and I like that about him. That and early on he has a nice comeback against you.

Also If You thank him for his permission in a specific conversation, he says something really corny and is embarrassed by it almost immediately.

You can like whoever you want to like. There's nothing wrong with that.

For me however he is the only member of the leadership I do not like. His choices resulted in the situation going from bad to worse and he isn't even sorry for it, seeing it as everyone's fault but his.

I think that Tann, Addison, and Kesh are all interesting characters with reasonable flaws that do a decent job of portraying slightly underprepared individuals caught up in leadership roles in a crisis.

I liked Tann, imo he's one of those leaders who take charge when things go haywire yet all the people who were too afraid to take over complain about how he runs the show. If Kesh believed she could have done better then why wait for a number eight to take charge, why didn't she do it? So far the only reason I'm given to not like Tann is that everyone dislikes him and that's not good enough for me. The AI isn't a popularity contest.

I love this guy!

Especially his lisp. Definitely the lisp!

What exactly is Tann's accent meant to be? Or is it a speech impediment? I like his voice, but I always find myself tilting my head whenever I speak to him.

I found Tann to be amusing in that irritating boss kind of way in the game, but reading Nexus Uprising made me actually like him as a character. He ended up being right about a lot of things, but because he irritated people no one wanted to listen to him, so I actually felt for him in there.

I don't like Tann or Addison. I'd go for a Kesh/Kandros directorship.

I found the extreme negativity to Tann rather odd personally. Even when you chat to Kallo he's got it in for him.

Within the story, he isn't a character I like, but he is a character I appreciate. He feels pretty well balanced as far as characters in a political leadership role go in a BioWare game. He could have very well been a complete dick and leave the new Pathfinder high and dry (which is probably what Addison would have done if she was in his position), but he didn't.