Originally Posted by Doomdrake
.... you know that you can just cast Command on both Commander Zhalk as well as the Gith guy to make them drop their swords right? No need to kill them and influence the story in any way.

For Zhalk I did, though I prefer the xp from the kill, he's easy enough to kill anyways. What I don't know is if taking the sword from Voss means later when he's meant to rewarding that to Lazael and she gushes about it, if that will be affected by stealing the sword earlier.