User blog comment:Stabber ApSig/Mass Relays Gone, ME3 ending/@comment-227314-20120312032902/@comment-67.191.192.33-20120313001520

Not quite. ALL ships, not just Normandy, build up electricity that needs to be discharged to that the ship doesn't fry. This is mentioned in game, and is usually done in the atmospheres of gas giants or specially designed space stations. Until they work around this problem, they can't get very far. Space is mostly empty, remember? Also, they'd run out of fuel.