Planetside Mass Effect: Andromeda Mission
Type: Priority Ops
The scouting mission on Habitat 7 has met with disaster. The planet is far from the golden world the initial scans indicated; instead, its atmosphere is toxic and wracked with deadly electrical storms that struck the shuttle.
Related points of interest
Start
Habitat 7
Damaged Fuel Cell
Habitat 7
Fisher
Habitat 7
Kirkland
Habitat 7
Alien Ruins
Habitat 7
Cave
Habitat 7
Greer
Habitat 7
Alec Ryder
Habitat 7
Crashed Alien Ship
Habitat 7
Shuttle Alpha
Habitat 7
Prior missions
To begin Planetside you must first complete Prologue: Hyperion.
Mission objectives of Planetside
1. Locate other members of the Pathfinder team
Survive the hostile conditions and locate any survivors from the rest of the Pathfinder team.
Go ahead, there is only one path you can go.
1.1. Optional: Test your weapon on a damaged fuel cell
Draw out your pistol, aim and shoot.
1.2. Protect Fisher
Your first contact with the aliens.
They are hostile so you have to kill them.
1.3. Optional: Scan the dead alien bodies
Use your scanner and scan the body.
1.4. Optional: Search the shuttle wreckage for supplies
Open the nearby container.
Try to locate Kirkland. Aliens will shoot him and will attack you so kill them.
1.5. Optional: Check on Kirkland
Inspect Kirkland's body.
1.6. Optional: Locate Greer
Greer is inside a small cave, attacked by aliens. You can access the cave from the north. Kill aliens and talk to Greer.
1.7. Optional: Explore the cave
Scan the tree inside the cave.
1.8. Optional: Investigate the crashed alien ship
Kill the aliens, then find and examine the unknown alien transport container.
1.9. Optional: Investigate the alien ruins
Enter the ruins.
1.9.1. Optional: Find a way to access the sealed room
Find and activate the alien device - it's a power generator.
1.9.2. Optional: Investigate the alien facility
Go and check the previously locked room.
1.10. Optional: Investigate the flares
Get closer to the mission objective marker (northern part of the map).
1.11. Locate the second shuttle
2. Defend the Pathfinder team from hostile aliens
Kill the first wave of aliens.
2.1. Optional: Collect ammo and additional weapons
Get ready for more aliens, kill them all.
Communication is back, you can contact the Pathfinder.
3. Locate the Pathfinder
4. Follow the Pathfinder
Alec Ryder theorizes that the alien tower is linked to the planet's dangerous weather. He believes accessing the tower may enable your shuttle to leave. Ensure that he and the rest of the team survive until your father gathers the necessary information.
Follow Alec, kill the aliens on the way.
5. Defend the Pathfinder
Protect the Pathfinder during the decryption process.
5.1. Optional: Order Cora and Liam to defend both flanks (x2)
Do it before the fight begins.
6. Open the door
Go and help your father.
7. Mission Complete
You deactivated the tower successfully.
But something went wrong. Your father sacrificed his own life to save you.
From now, you are the new pathfinder.
After completing Planetside you will get or will be able to get Nexus Reunion.