User blog comment:Ralok/The Future of the Franchise (mass effect 3 spoilers)/@comment-165.155.208.114-20120309154749/@comment-160529-20120315205057

no the typo isnt a mistake, I am taking into account time it owuld take for a coherent society to form, sufficient population sizes, the time to mine the resources, the time to spread the new relays throughout the galaxy

and enough time for islolated colonies to develop distinct racial features

as to make the universe kick more ass