User blog comment:BeastMan14/Season 3 Premiere: Cerberus vs Project Freelancer/@comment-5232784-20130602013533/@comment-4552610-20130606025245

The Mass Effect universe does not explain the level of their weapons that good. The only nick of information we can use is from the first Mass Effect Codex, which states "The projectile is launched at supersonic velocities by decreasing its mass in a mass effect field." How are they more powerful if they are sent at the same speeds as out guns? Supersonic speeds fall between 410-1,710 meters per second. The M16 has a muzzle velocity of 948 m/s, easily falling into Supersonic speed levels. That is the beef I have with Mass Effect. Once I do the numbers, they don't come off that powerful.