Citadel Tower: Exhaust Plain – Mass Effect

This guide will help you explore the exhaust plain area of the Citadel Tower when you get there during the end-game of Mass Effect.

Citadel Tower: Exhaust Plain Map

Legend

1. Arrival
2. Geth Resistance
3. Geth Resistance
4. Geth Dropship
5. Exit to Exterior Defense Grid

Citadel Tower: Exhaust Plain Overview

1 – Arrival

Two Geth Troopers and two Geth Shock Troopers guard the ramp leading up to the exhaust plain.

2 – Geth Resistance

With some fast footwork, you can bring this Geth Sniper and Geth Rocket Trooper down before they even get to fire a shot.

3 – Geth Resistance

Two Geth Shock Troopers and a Geth Destroyer will keep you busy along this pathway.

4 – Geth Dropship

When you reach this vicinity, a Geth dropship will move in and begin unloading a dozen Geth Shock Troopers in groups of two. If you want, you can simply pick them off from a distance as they appear. Once all twelve are dead, the ship will continue to hover above the area and you’ll be forced to shoot it down.

There are three Citadel Defense Turrets within the area. Two of them can be armed with a simple flick of a switch, but one of them requires an average level of Electronics talent to decrypt. You technically only need one of these to be active, but arming two or three of them will bring the Geth dropship down faster.

Once the ship suffers enough damage, it will retreat and you’ll be awarded a nice experience bonus for causing it to flee.

5 – Exit to Exterior Defense Grid

Round this corner to reach the Citadel Tower: Exterior Defense Grid map.