The Tempest (Official Thread)

No, it definitely says average. I checked. They probably could have phrased it better than "average speed", but they're referring to the distance the Tempest is capable of covering in a day when traveling at FTL.

Airlock is misspelled on one of the schematics though (airlcok), so make of that way you will.

Yeah, I think it probably has a lot to do with having limited space for text on the schematics. Hence the awkward phrasing, lol. She's definitely a fast ship, though! I also really like that the Tempest is smaller inside and out than the Normandy was; it makes the Tempest seem more cozy.

That's what I thought. Didn't find it while jumping around in the video yesterday though.

Average of 13 light years per day would imply it could go far faster seeing how most of the time they probably aren't operating at full power. And again, wouldn't make sense on a tech sheet. Anyway...


Yes, can't wait to explore it. Though the pathfinder's quarters seem too be far more spacious than the captain's quarters either Normandy.

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Since no one has mentioned it I'll say that I love the landing gear and the panels they stow away behind.

The Normandy showed that we don't need any landing gear, ships can just float near the ground (SR1 'lands' on Virmire), mass effect fields I suppose. Having landing gear just looks better though.

Hey guys, I edited the Tempest phone wallpaper for some more variety and put them on my tumblr - there are 7 versions in total:



The rest is spoilered for size:

Too much praise! Haha, it actually is a mere edit to the "official" wallpaper provided by BioWare over on twitter, which was also posted on our twitter thread.
Original image for comparison:

That they take YOUR SHIP (if Cerberus is a terrorist organisation then stealing from them is OK, but stealing from SHEPARD just because he/she is in fucking jail because the fucking brass gut their knickers in a twist and can't tell the damned Battarians to go fuck themselves, damned slavers - their government should be destroyed anyway (I'd go after them ASAP if given the power to do so, I hate slavers! I only no one occasion where slavery might be ok: A killer on death row who is given lenience for a life of servitude to the community (he or she gets healthcare, food and clothing and some limited personal items, but otherwise they work for the community every freaking day!)) while you can't do anything (if it were my choice? I'd dump all the Alliance personal and recruit my own people instead! Damned thieves, I liked my ship the way it fucking was! Except for the paint-job maybe, but then again: Alliance colors aren't all that cool either!) is quite disrespectfull (and morally wrong, it's not like you have to pay for a replacement of the SR1 Normandy!) and wrong (as a SPECTRE owning a military ship should not be a problem, hell Aria has a whole fucking fleet of them!)

Yeah, about the Tempest:

I don't like our new ship! Except for the looks!

Why?

- no main gun (we don't even know if it has a GARDIAN-System!), so no chance for orbital-strikes (would have loved to have that option in heavy fighting!) or punching a whole in defenses that might hinder it from landing etc.
- if physics applied: It would fall over after landing IMHO and land on its nose!
- not much hangar space for Kodiak-Shuttles (or other vehicles, except for the farm equipment (Nomad), which is a shitty excuse for an APC...no guns etc. either, it's like they love to waste opportunities, I mean with the great driving physics this thing could have rocked vehicle combat!), so air-support (again this would have been neat, especially if you need to hold a position against overwhelming odds etc.) is out, too probably (if a fight breaks out shouldn't combined arms be the norm these days, meaning vehicles, infantry and air-support? Especially when you don't have much manpower to begin with? I mean pure infantry has higher losses than combined arms IMHO!)
- Salarian pilot - I know: That's just me, but I'd have liked either a Turian or Asari pilot (or hell: A Quarian or even a Hanar...they have many arms, so flying a ship should work!) and it'd have loved a Salarian on the ground-team again (loved Mordin)
- not much room for common areas, cabins for your crew, messhall etc.
- I would actually love to command something larger than a frigate for a change (and a small scout ship isn't what I want at all!)
- no chance of a shooting range on board (would have been easily possible on a cruiser!)

greetings LAX

But we are not in command of the Nexus and I doubt the Nexus is a ship (even if it is: It's not a military one) or at least it doesn't handle like one, it's a moving station for fucks sake! Not that we can just order the Nexus to follow us around like a loyal puppy (nope: If we want stuff from there, we will be the ones who have to travel there!)

greetings LAX
ps: I also doubt that the Nexus is well armed (spinal guns!), it might have defensive weapons but that's it!

... in an effort not to click on that spoilery IGN video, I tried to keep myself busy with some more edits. Find the rest here. 

I'm hoping it is actually like the Citadel in the sense it is a Mass Relay, built to eventually connect the Milky Way and Andromeda. 

I watched it and, by the goddess, they are terrible at playing bioware games...no curiosity, just follow the marker...it hurt to watch it

Don't suffer through it, Vall! It's not worth it! You'll kill your brain cells watching their stupidity! I don't want to see anymore spoilers or anymore of their horrific gaming skills. Either one could kill my Mass Effect Andromeda high and I don't want to come crashing down! I'm too high now!!!

Considering how Bioware said the thing with the Archon and the Kett are only half the story or something like that, I bet the other half of the main story is to locate the other Arks.