However, one method to bypass the safety mechanism is to install an improvised FTL plotter with an archaic design no longer used in Citadel space, as has been demonstrated in the Vallum Blast on Taetrus.

Cynical intelligence analysts note that the safety system was attributed to the Protheans whose technology was attributed to the mass relays. Removing this safety mechanism is nigh impossible because it is inherent to the FTL warm-up process. The FTL drive of a ship refuses to fire if a significant object is in the path of a planned jump. With a mass effect drive, roughly a dozen light-years can be traversed in the course of a day's cruise without bending space-time and causing time dilation. It reduces the mass of an object, such as a starship, to a point where velocities faster than the speed of light are possible. FTL drive cores work by exposing element zero to electric currents, creating mass effect fields.

FTL drives are devices which allow ships to travel at FTL speeds through space.

Faster than light mods