How is FTL travel done without the Mass Relays?

[ThinkClint]

So this is more of a lore question, and something that's been bugging me since I started traveling between solar systems in Andromeda – If there are no Mass Relays (which propel FTL), how are we traveling from system to system? I haven't come across an explanation yet. I thought that one of the big consequences of the ending of Mass Effect 3 was that the Relays were destroyed, so everyone was stranded on whatever planet they were at. Did I miss something?

[Dreadnought]

if ME3 codex cant explain i dont know what else can

[Koko Sabre *Scruffy*]

IIRC:

Every/Most ship has FTL engine that let them fly at FTL speed. Mass Relays just accelarate you beyond FTL. So after the relays get destroyed, Ships can still fly at FTL but it will take them some time to reach the other systems compared to using the Relays which were almost instant.

[MaximumEffort]

They can use FTL and travel just fine. It just takes a lot of time and resource. Several years to cross between star systems in the galaxy

[Vellari]

FTL is "fast enough" for a star cluster (like what happens in MEA, Helios cluster...not the entire andromeda galaxy) where systems are relatively close together.

It is however not fine when you need to go across the galaxy thousands of lightyears away, then you need a relay.

[Xautos]

Originally posted by clntgrne:

So this is more of a lore question, and something that's been bugging me since I started traveling between solar systems in Andromeda – If there are no Mass Relays (which propel FTL), how are we traveling from system to system? I haven't come across an explanation yet. I thought that one of the big consequences of the ending of Mass Effect 3 was that the Relays were destroyed, so everyone was stranded on whatever planet they were at. Did I miss something?

here is another question for you, how does a ship go between stars even after using a relay? there isn't a relay in every system, only in some sectors but the rest of the distance is covered by not using relays.

you seemed to of ignored the obvious in this. the travel to andromeda starts off with a few relay jumps before as you get with the sr1 or sr2, it will charge up it's own drive and reduce the ships mass using mass effect fields and travel, the difference here is that it's going between galaxies than a group of star systems but the idea is the same.

Originally posted by Dreadnought:

if ME3 codex cant explain i dont know what else can

unlike this useless lack of information, try this instead:
http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/FTL

[ThinkClint]

@Xautos helpful, but salt not needed, thank you.

[DocStrangelove]

It's all nonsense anyway. Look where the Ark Hyperion pops out of dark space:

http://cdn3.twinfinite.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/mass_effect_andromeda_arks.jpg

It takes it a few minutes from there to arrive at the first planet. If their FTL is so ultra fast I wonder why anyone in the Milky Way even bothers with mass relays.