Common Area

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The **Common Area** is a location on the Nexus station.

## Locations

Notable Common Area locations include:

* Cultural Center
* Docking Area
* Hydroponics
* The Vortex
* Tech Lab

This area has a tram station that connects to the Cryo Bay1, Habitation Deck1, or Operations.

The HNS terminal is located in the entryway nearby the Tempest in the Docking Area on the Nexus.

## NPCs

* Alain Nigh - Only if Katherine Nigh survives The Firefighters
* Anan T'Mari
* Andraknor
* Angaran Diplomat
* Armor Merchant
* Arms Merchant2
* Ben
* Bradley Kane
* Chief Lucan3
* Concerned Citizen
* Del Jasin
* Dock Manager
* Dr. Leynomi Aridana3
* Dr. Eliot Camden
* Dutch Smith
* Gallian Lateris
* General Merchant
* Hakim Barakat
* Hestia Attius
* Ignacious Bailey
* Immigration Staff
* Inoste Sef
* Isa de Navar4
* Jessica Depaul
* Jones
* Juna
* Lator Valon
* Launa T'Saphra
* Mildred Womsis
* Moira Purcell
* Nonia
* Professor Herik3
* Rand Lon
* Resh Faray
* Rhys
* Samuel Francoeur
* Sartak
* Shapiro
* Sima Adriss
* Sirakus
* Teresh
* Threes
* Vehicle Merchant
* Vek Hevren
* Vengeful Turian
* Vorn

* Alain Nigh - Only if Katherine Nigh survives The Firefighters
* Anan T'Mari
* Andraknor
* Angaran Diplomat
* Armor Merchant
* Arms Merchant2
* Ben
* Bradley Kane
* Chief Lucan3
* Concerned Citizen
* Del Jasin
* Dock Manager
* Dr. Leynomi Aridana3
* Dr. Eliot Camden
* Dutch Smith
* Gallian Lateris
* General Merchant
* Hakim Barakat
* Hestia Attius
* Ignacious Bailey
* Immigration Staff
* Inoste Sef
* Isa de Navar4
* Jessica Depaul
* Jones
* Juna
* Lator Valon
* Launa T'Saphra
* Mildred Womsis
* Moira Purcell
* Nonia
* Professor Herik3
* Rand Lon
* Resh Faray
* Rhys
* Samuel Francoeur
* Sartak
* Shapiro
* Sima Adriss
* Sirakus
* Teresh
* Threes
* Vehicle Merchant
* Vek Hevren
* Vengeful Turian
* Vorn

## Missions

The following missions take place or are acquired in the Common Area:

Priority Ops

* Nexus Reunion
* The Journey to Meridian

* Nexus Reunion
* The Journey to Meridian

Allies and Relationships

* Gil Brodie: A Game of Poker
* Lexi T'Perro: Bottom of a Bottle
* Nakmor Drack: Clutch Moment
* Nakmor Drack: Firebreathing Thresher Maws
* Nakmor Drack: Krogan Betrayal
* Peebee: Secret Project
* Ryder Family Secrets
* Suvi Anwar: New Discoveries
* Truth and Trespass

* Gil Brodie: A Game of Poker
* Lexi T'Perro: Bottom of a Bottle
* Nakmor Drack: Clutch Moment
* Nakmor Drack: Firebreathing Thresher Maws
* Nakmor Drack: Krogan Betrayal
* Peebee: Secret Project
* Ryder Family Secrets
* Suvi Anwar: New Discoveries
* Truth and Trespass

Heleus Assignments

* Contagion
* Monkeys in Space5
* Movie Night: Raise a Glass
* Sleeping Dragons
* The Firefighters

* Contagion
* Monkeys in Space5
* Movie Night: Raise a Glass
* Sleeping Dragons
* The Firefighters

Additional Tasks

* Task: Better Crafting
* Task: Broken Wires
* Task: Comparatively Alien
* Task: Cultivation
* Task: Earn Your Badge
* Task: Hitting Rocks For Science
* Task: Investigating Embezzlement
* Task: Missing Scientists
* Task: The Model of the Spheres
* Task: Path of a Hero
* Task: Programming a Pathfinder

* Task: Better Crafting
* Task: Broken Wires
* Task: Comparatively Alien
* Task: Cultivation
* Task: Earn Your Badge
* Task: Hitting Rocks For Science
* Task: Investigating Embezzlement
* Task: Missing Scientists
* Task: The Model of the Spheres
* Task: Path of a Hero
* Task: Programming a Pathfinder

## Objects

The Archon's Flagship, Citadel, Nexus, and ND1 Nomad models can be purchased from the General Merchant.

## Lore

### Datapads

* A Formal Letter to Tann
* Garson Notes
* Nexus Report on Krogan Colony
* Supplies Ready for Shipment

* A Formal Letter to Tann
* Garson Notes
* Nexus Report on Krogan Colony
* Supplies Ready for Shipment

### Terminal entries

* Air Filters
* Cluster Model: Dr. Leynomi Aridana
* Cost-Benefit Assessment
* Final Proposal: Prof. N. Herik et al
* Geophysics VI: Beta Build
* Prescription Refill Reminder
* RE: Advice for Aspiring Community Leader
* Re: Invitation
* RE: Paper Trail
* RE: RE: Air Filters

* Air Filters
* Cluster Model: Dr. Leynomi Aridana
* Cost-Benefit Assessment
* Final Proposal: Prof. N. Herik et al
* Geophysics VI: Beta Build
* Prescription Refill Reminder
* RE: Advice for Aspiring Community Leader
* Re: Invitation
* RE: Paper Trail
* RE: RE: Air Filters

## Notes

1 After events in Meridian: The Way Home, the Habitation Deck will no longer be available to visit using the tram station.

2 The Arms Merchant moves from Operations to the Common Area after Ryder has access to the Tempest and Common Area.

3 Chief Lucan, Dr. Leynomi Aridana, and Professor Herik move from Operations to the Tech Lab after A Better Beginning.

4 Isa de Navar appears after landing on Aya and returning Moshae Sjefa during A Trail of Hope.

5 Monkeys in Space is exclusive to Deluxe and Super Deluxe Editions.

## Gallery

* The Common Area Before A Better Beginning
* Docking Area
* Lower Level
* Upper Level