eRe4s3r wrote on Apr 5, 2012, 10:07:

Warp engines? Star Trek > Mass Effect, anyplace, anytime, any
commanding officer

10 , 100 or 1000 or even 10000 times faster than light is still INCREDIBLE slow, given the ranges involved.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Warptable.gif

I feel geeky now, but for reference, for "sector" space exploration warp speed of 9 or 10 might be barely acceptable, most systems we care about would be in range, but for actual galactic exploration, we'd need warp 20 to be able to cross galaxies. ^^

ME FTL drives clock in at about 80 times speed of light, so yeah, way too friggin slow. (warp 10 is around 10000+ times faster than light)