Not Thane!
I saw little reason to purchase ship upgrades (that...and I never seemed to have resources to do so).
Oh jeez. Not purchasing those upgrades makes a lot of people die.
Thane is an emo kid though, and he was dying anyway.
Yes, t'is unfortunate. I'm exploring planets like crazy to buy all of them on my second playthrough.
Which brings me to my current life event that warrants mentioning. ME2 has compelled me to sit through another 20+ hours of playing her. But now I face a crisis; to romance Miranda and skip Kelly, or resist Miranda's perfect body and all-round ****ing awesomeness to get with the redhead.
Decisions, decisions.