Giant bedroom for captains on small spaceships

Still, the Normandy SR-2 was not a "military ship" when it was built. It was built, as has been said somewhere in this thread, by a private organization; namely, Cerberus.  The SR-1 had no skylight. So, much like the weapons issue, Cerberus illogically threw in a skylight of some sort. I assume the strength issue with the skylight is explained in the same way EDI explains away the windows in Samara's observation deck (even though their explanation makes no sense at all in that Kasumi has her bed set up in one of them and, although no bed is set up, Samara also reportedly sleeps in her observation area quarters.  Therefore, if a combat situation arises while they are sleeping, they would, of course, suffocate.




I don't mind so much that the captain's cabin on the SR-2 is a little bigger and allegedly made out of essentially space that seems to have been unusable for any other purpose (i.e. right beneath the ship's exterior pressure hull).  What I find illogical is that some quarters assigned to the squad mates have beds or cots set up (e.g. Kasumi, Jack, Miranda) and others apparently have no beds even in their assigned personal quarters (Thane, Samara and Zaeed).  Jacob and Garrus apparently only have work stations; and it seems that Joker slept in his leather seat.  I think if they bother to give some squad mates identifiable quarters, they should have such areas for all of them.  Alternatively, all the quarters for everyone except the captain/pathfinder could be said to be located on a single deck that is not accessible by the player and we just never know how large their sleeping quarters are in relation to the space shown for the PC.

Designed by romance fans for romance fans, with a lot of dead space unless dance parties are a thing.

Nothing says "100% exploration vessel" like that penthouse. But what would you expect, on the other hand? It's space fantasy!

Just remember to sweep the butt plugs off the bed before any alien dignitaries show up.

I don't really get the romance angle that gets brought up here and there when it comes to the size. Aside from most romance content happening outside of the PC's personal quarters, it's not as if the actual size of the space makes much difference when the two characters are standing in one spot or simply lying in bed in a cutscene. 

In any case, I don't really see anything different here. Wasteful space has been a part of the design of space ships since ME1. The SR1 is really no different. Just look at the CIC. It's very spacious for no good reason. Come to think of it, I don't remember seeing an actual space for the crew to sleep either. There were those pods, but there didn't seem to be enough of those either. 

Ultimately Andromeda is a game, and having a large cabin makes more sense from a gameplay perspective (more room to display collectables, fit customisation benches and the like). It also makes far more sense from a cinematic perspective, not just for romances but friendships as well. Honestly those things are far more important to me than whether it makes sense or not. Unrealistic? I couldn't care less.

Well the humans in Mass Effect seem to like giving their commanding officers big rooms so it's consistent with the setting.

Stop injecting our world's norms into that of their universe.

Xenophobes.

People, the Pathfinder obviously needs a lot of space to seduce alien dignitaries to facilitate beneficial trade and land deals, with enough room to host orgies for maximum diplomatic efficiency. You know what they say: the sword is mightier than the main gun.

The best part was the music. It was very relaxing especially after a long day fighting darkspawn. It would be tough to top that

Our accomodation is disproportionately large in comparison to the explorative, stealthy and light focus of the ship. It is true that the captain usually get a better accomodation but 99% of the times this means a small but single room for better privacy while the crew share their quarters together. We instead got a small apartment which is pretentious.

Still I can see why the developers would want such a room to cater obvious in-game mechanics reasons (romances, collectibles and cutscenes). I suppose I should really try not to overthink about this and pretend the logic of ME universe is different than my own.

Nobody is thinking that. It's just that we the Fans are quite bored till release and we like to overanalyze things and talk  (as they said in my country) about the gender of the angels. That's how we like to pass time. It's really not a big deal in truth just something to discuss about.

Yeah DA in general has some great music in it. Because I love the music that plays when you fight the  high dragons and such as well in DAI. Because that's another theme I like too. I liked that they reused it too when Hawke shows up in DAI as well kind of gives me feels.

It may not be realistic but I'm certainly glad for it. It's exactly how -I- would want to see the stars. The reality of space travel (as we know it now, in RL anyway) kind of sucks. Seems really unpleasant. Reality often sucks, isn't that why we all play so many videogames?

Besides, they need to incentivize people to aspire for the harder jobs... The pathfinder has to basically do the same job as everyone else while actually making decisions and being held accountable. You don't realize how difficult that is until you're in the position. But hey, do the harder job get the perks. A luxurious cabin for stargazin and alien bangin.