User blog comment:Charles Saracino/Leviathan Deep Space 9/@comment-9702018-20130518084828

Yea, that was one big similarity that stuck out to me too, but then, so much of Mass Effect resembles the DS9 Premiere, if that's the same episode? They even use an energy field to lower the relative mass of Deep Space Nine, so as to increase its velocity through space. Sound familiar? I can't seem to find anyone else mentioning that one specific part, which is, literally, the entire premise of the whole Mass Effect series.