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The following [[Missions (Mass Effect: Andromeda)#Additional Tasks|Additional Tasks]] take place or are acquired on the Tempest:
 
The following [[Missions (Mass Effect: Andromeda)#Additional Tasks|Additional Tasks]] take place or are acquired on the Tempest:

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Disambiguous This article is about the starship in Mass Effect: Andromeda. For the weapon in Mass Effect 2 and Mass Effect 3, see M-9 Tempest.
The Tempest

The Andromeda Initiative Survey Ship Tempest is a scout ship used by the Pathfinder team to explore various worlds across the Heleus Cluster in the hope of finding suitable homes for Milky Way colonists in the Andromeda galaxy. Between missions, Tempest is the Pathfinder team's home, and everything in it is state of the art.

The Tempest was originally one of several purpose-built ships for each Ark's Pathfinder team. Kallo Jath was part of the team that designed and tested the Tempest and its prototype. When the Nexus struck the Scourge after arriving in the Heleus Cluster, the other Pathfinder ships were destroyed, making the Tempest one of a kind. Before the arrival of Ark Hyperion, Nexus leadership had planned to dismantle the Tempest for its parts, but Vetra Nyx protected the ship.

Internal Layout

Top-down schematic of the Tempest

Research Room

Research Room

Practical applications of intel and samples gathered like upgrading weapons, armor, and the ND1 Nomad are done in the research room, supported by discoveries from the ship's tech and bio labs. It is situated at the ship's approximate center, between engineering at the aft and the tech and bio labs at the fore. Additionally, Strike Teams missions can be launched from a terminal in this room. This is the location of the Research Center on the Tempest.

Tech Lab

Tech Lab

Technological items are sequestered and studied at the tech lab. It is located just opposite the bio lab in the fore section of the ship.

Bio Lab

Bio Lab

The bio lab has containment and analysis facilities for biological samples like plants. It is located just opposite the tech lab in the fore section of the ship.

Meeting Room

Meeting Room

The meeting room, situated toward the upper aft section of the Tempest, is a place to gather the crew or hold video conferences with the Nexus.

Engineering

Engineering

Below the meeting room is the engineering room, housing the starship's drive core.

Armory

Armory

Also below the meeting room is the Pathfinder team's armory, where weapons are stored while off-mission.

Med Bay

Med Bay

Another facility below the meeting room, the med bay has beds armed with a variety of medical equipment to diagnose and treat potential injuries. This is also the location where a Respec Station can be found. The Respec Station allows skills (skill points) to be reset for Ryder and squadmates.

Cargo Bay

Cargo Bay

The cargo bay houses the Nomad scout rover. It opens up the underbelly of the Tempest to deploy the vehicle or the ground team itself on a ramp.

Crew Quarters

Crew Quarters

The crew are housed in wall-set two-man bunks in an area with ample space and greenery.

The Crew Info Board is found here.

Galley

Galley

The galley functions as the ship's kitchen and dining facility. An L-shaped seater with a table opposite the cooking area plus a couple of swivel chairs forms the room's structural arrangement.

Pathfinder's Cabin

Pathfinder's Cabin

The Pathfinder's cabin is generally off-limits to the crew unless invited inside. It is the exclusive abode of the ship's commander. Amenities present include a sitting room, a music system, a email terminal, a wardrobe, display shelves for model ships and a window to (or a projection of) space taking up an entire side, and far larger living quarters compared to the crew's.

Bridge

Bridge

This is where the ship's pilot steers the ship and where the Pathfinder operates the navigational system, synced specifically to them. The foremost section of the ship, the bridge also has a wide viewing area displaying the universe ahead. Additionally the galaxy map and email terminal can be accessed from this location.

Other rooms

  • Escape pod room. Normally used for the purpose its name suggests, after Peebee joins the crew she adopts it as her own makeshift quarters.
  • Workshops and storage rooms. Several of these dot the ship, with two located near engineering adopted as quarters by Vetra and Liam.

Technology

The Tempest planetside

The Tempest is designed to be small, stealthy and fast, trading off heavy armor and a main gun to excel in these. It is capable of covering 13 lightyears per day in FTL. The Tempest's size allows it to land on planets with little trouble, much like the SSV Normandy and unlike the larger Normandy SR-2. Four main thrusters provide its propulsion and it has four additional downward thrusters to stabilize its descent: two below the canard and two below the main wings. It is equipped with an array of scanners for determining groundside conditions before landing.

Crew

Missions

The following Priority Ops missions take place or are acquired on the Tempest:

The following Allies and Relationships missions take place or are acquired on the Tempest:

The following Heleus Assignments missions take place or are acquired on the Tempest:

The following Additional Tasks take place or are acquired on the Tempest:

Datapads

Found in the med bay on Lexi's desk

You've got this

You don't need an old man a few hundred years your junior to tell you you're ready for this. I'll do it anyway, because I know it's true. You keep your Ryder safe and I'll do the same with mine.

Harry

Trivia

  • In the crew quarters, there are two plants vs. zombies plush toys on one of the beds. A nod from the EA developers to one of their other titles
  • A small black and gold decal on either side of the aft hull identifies the ship as a "M90 SERIES CLASS A EXPLORATION VHCLE" with code 14K.BRCR 318 :O:
  • Peebee's "pet" Remnant Observer, Poc, is usually kept in her makeshift quarters in the escape pod room.
  • If playing the Deluxe or Super Deluxe editions, the Pyjak obtained during the edition-exclusive side-mission Monkeys in Space can be found in random locations around the ship.
  • In an apparent nod to previous Mass Effect titles, a red and white decal on both sides of the aft hull provides the following information:

T103-5 N7
B990009/77
BL-RT 5.7L / V8
RLL1K35 / 833.R

1 <3 JCK.SHPRD

References