User blog comment:Jackalex13/What tropical planet did the Normandy crew land on?/@comment-1764690-20120417201128/@comment-1900300-20120418164721

I would agree the destruction of the mass relay and the condensed energy of the blast sent the Normandy flying out of the mass relay "corridor" mid way through the journey and into a system that has not been documented. Remember even considering the mass relays most of the galaxy is still so vast between the relays it remains uncharted,