User blog comment:Stabber ApSig/Mass Relays Gone, ME3 ending/@comment-124.179.233.116-20120310114030/@comment-1388547-20120313025759

Well, there are plenty of gas giants to discharge at, so I don't think that's a problem for long-range flight. The only real issue is fuel. It might take decades to establish fuel stations along trade routes, but there are plenty of inhabited planets to build outward from -- and the old maps of the galaxy are just as accurate as they were before the relays were destroyed, so people will know exactly where to build their trade routes to. I expect the asari will lead the way -- their planet wasn't hit by the Reapers until late in the war, and they're used to taking the long view.