User blog comment:Jackalex13/What tropical planet did the Normandy crew land on?/@comment-1764690-20120417201128/@comment-1388547-20120418151504

Indeed, a habitable planet within fairly short FTL flight of Sol, unless the relay explosion did something really strange to their trajectory. Which implies they're *not* marooned on a deserted paradise-world -- a nice planet like that would certainly have a human colony, and even if the Reapers hit it, there are probably survivors hiding in the jungle. And likely a ship from Earth fairly soon to reestablish contact, now that the war is over.