This conversation took place on March 14th, between me and revan193. As a reminder, here's the way the conversations are structured:
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I have a question: why do humans use the Mass Relays? Don't they use "Chronosphere" technology as their form of FTL travel (which is, in my opinion, better than the Mass Relays)?
Nope. Chrono tech has a limited range, depending on the size and strength of the sphere. For a suit, it's a kilometer or so, and a dozen or so with land vehicles (like Doom Fortresses). A small ship can manage to get you from orbit to the surface of a planet, or move the ship itself a few thousand kilometers. A large chronoport is like a Boeing 747: it can get you anywhere in the star system, but not much farther. To get between systems or across the galaxy, you need either conventional FTL (see Einstein & Zalinsky's explanation in Prologue 3) for up to 50 light-years (3 days of travel time at 5000x light speed) or Mass Relays for more than that.
