That works out to a strict upper bound of 15 ly/day, and a rough lower bound of 10 ly/day (any slower than that and the codex would have said "three times the speed" instead of "twice the speed"). Estimates of their location in dark space suggest they can travel nearly 30 light-years in a 24-hour period. The Reapers' thrusters and FTL drives appear to propel them at more than twice the speed of Citadel ships. In Mass Effect 3, we get this Codex entry: With a Mass Effect ship, you could make it there and back in less time than it takes to drive across the US. That's a little under 3 times the distance to the closest star to earth, Alpha Centauri.
Obviously hand waved bs, but consistent with the titular Mass Effect used for basically everything in game.įurther more FTL speeds in game vary story wise based on engine size or ship type. With a mass effect drive, roughly a dozen light-years can be traversed in the course of a day's cruise without bending space-time and causing time dilation.Īs a simple modification of e = mc^2, if you reduce mass thru magic technological implementation of element zero, you are able to travel at light speed or further (negative mass) with reasonable power requirements. It reduces the mass of an object, such as a starship, to a point where velocities faster than the speed of light are possible. FTL drive cores work by exposing element zero to electric currents, creating mass effect fields. As listed in the wiki, and repeated in each of the games at one point:įTL drives are devices which allow ships to travel at FTL speeds through space.
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