User blog comment:The Milkman/The Writing of the Ending/@comment-4947746-20120529225314/@comment-4947746-20120603222837

Also artifact, the game is meant to function according to the laws of physics of this universe, so if something is untrue in this universe, it also is untrue in the ME universe. Ignoring the ship FTL of course, which is also impossible.

A faster than light explosion or signal contradicts the most basic physical mechanics of this universe however, and as such is a major flaw.