I think that is to be expected for an upcoming sequel now that they realized they are not safe.
But the excuse I would wager they considered Tempest not having guns is due their First Contact Protocols, besides the fact that long-range scanners had not pinpointed anything advanced and hostile.
Tempest was created for pure exploration and travelling.
Remember, Tempest was created at Milky Way, without knowing any Kett or Scource or even Remnants
Gil said this line "no one expecting this mess at Andromeda, so we must adapt our ship" something like that, not by putting massive cannon or guns, but by more agile and fast ship.
My only problem with Tempest is...
Why... Tempest... Doesn't... Use... A... F*cking... SHUTTLE SHIP??
You know... like the one you use at the first planet
Its small, i am sure it will fit well at Tempest
And is it hard to find another pilot from Nexus? There is Fisher.
And why the Nomad wasn't put in the Tempest?
I mean Tempest was idling for 600 years, so no one used the ship before
Why they created a big loading deck without any single transportation vehicle?
@EmilliaClarke wrote:
Tempest was created for pure exploration and travelling.
Remember, Tempest was created at Milky Way, without knowing any Kett or Scource or even Remnants
Gil said this line "no one expecting this mess at Andromeda, so we must adapt our ship" something like that, not by putting massive cannon or guns, but by more agile and fast ship.
My only problem with Tempest is...
Why... Tempest... Doesn't... Use... A... F*cking... SHUTTLE SHIP??
You know... like the one you use at the first planetIts small, i am sure it will fit well at Tempest
And is it hard to find another pilot from Nexus? There is Fisher.
And why the Nomad wasn't put in the Tempest?
I mean Tempest was idling for 600 years, so no one used the ship before
Why they created a big loading deck without any single transportation vehicle?
in regards of the shuttle the tempest cant because is way smaller than Normandy and no to mention Normandy SR2. i understand its main objective is exploration but after the encounter with the Kett flag ship the should do some improvmentes to the defenses for the next encounter. Also remember that in Eos the first settlement the give you to chose exploration or military outpost so is not that much exploration at least if the give you that option ad some to the tempest to upgrade lab or military. Actually the way should be is that if you wake military cryo pods in nexus some off them should be for upgrading or make weapons for the tempest
I think most posters here underestimate how difficult it can be to retrofit a ship for combat. Especialy a vessel so small and highly specialised as the Tempest.
Weapons take up space. Not just for the guns themselfes (remember the guns seen aboard the Kett flagship? They were huge!).
Just making room for some meaningfull guns allone would be next to impossible on a tiny ship like the Tempest. And that's not even thinking about magazines for disruptor torpedoes. Those would be pretty much out of the question.
It's not like WW1, where you could just bolt a few small guns and machineguns to the deck of a merchantman or cruise ship and call it a naval auxillary or Q-ship.
You also need room for the powerlines and targeting systems. And off course the capacitors to feed the guns, as the ship's powerplant was most likely never designed for the aditional power draw of anti-ship weaponry.
And don't forget: Anti-Ship weapons in ME are mostly railguns and particle cannons. So they do have recoil. If the ship's structural members aren't designed for taking that recoil, just firing the guns could - over time - literaly shake it appart.
I think what's being underestimated is TIME. Remember we are all in a hurry to find a new world, solve problems, explore etc., and all tinkering Gill does is between missions, always busy adapting the Tempest for keeping its healthiness, and all that still having Kallo observing how disturbing that feels for him: imagine trying to find time for a big structural augmentation such as adding a weaponry suite integrated with the Tempest, without affecting its primary goals.
