Alec's Apartment

Alec's Ark apartment was a waste of space


The Tempest its tiny, super tiny. Smaller then the Normandy SR-1
I head canon that it was meant for Alec and his team.
Only its too small for even that. When you consider it was Alec, Cora, Scout and Sera, Liam, DR Carlyle, Suvi, Gil & Kalo [Assumed cause scientist, engineer and pilot] plus Kirkland, Greer and Fisher. [Also assumed members of the Pathfinder team] So.. 12 total.

Now obviously Alec would stay in his massive quarters. And we will assume that the good Doctor has a bed unseen bed in the medbay, and that Gil must sleep in engineering. But beyond that, theres still 9 people and only 4 remaining beds.
And you'd think if the original pathfinder team originally consisted of 12 people,[One more then Player Ryder's crew] the human pathfinder ship would have been designed to accommodate them all... nope.

In reality, what you get is a ship large enough for maybe 8 plus the Pathfinder. If you assume that the Doctor sleeps in the medbay, Gil sleeps in engineering, Suvi and Kalo have racks else where, perhaps near or on the bridge. And the 4 beds in the crew quarters are meant for Cora, Liam, and the Ryder Twins. Good thing Kirkland died, and Greer and Fisher said "nope" to continuing to serve on the team after Habitat 7 all things considered.

And thats just when you consider the originally attended human [Plus Kalo] crew. Not the diverse crew Player Ryder ends up putting together which whole new issues from medical and dietary needs to where they sleep because Krogan and Turians are larger and have considerably different body shapes then Humans, Asari, and even Salarians.

Its rather ridiculous.

And the lack of livable space isnt the sole fault of the oversized Pathfinder Quarters either. Theres a lot of wasted or miss used space on the Tempest.

For example the loadout room really should be the same room as the armory, because logical.- Which would have freed up that side room for quarters for Suvi and Kalo at least. (Assuming its the airlock for the side door??]
R&D could have been combined in with the Hydroponics bay/science lab. Again Logic. or Alternatively, moved up into the "meeting" room.
Either way, it would have freed up all that floor space for larger or additional crew quarters.
Speaking of the meeting room, that could have been better utilized as also a lounge area for those between mission moments.

The Pathfinder's quarters could have been smaller, letting you expand the join bathroom/crew quarters. Or at the very least they could have included a private bathroom/shower like Shepard's quarters on the SR2.

Seriously, the Tempest feels more like a private yacht then a exploration sudo-military ship.

And sorry for the ranty post. I have feels about the stupidly small size and pisspoor design of the Tempest.