Is the Scourge the new "Mass Effect"?

So I read in another posting discussing if the biotic powers from the original trilogy are exclusive to the Milky Way Galaxy and brought with the species of the Milky Way to Andromeda.  This lead me to also wonder at a much higher level, wouldn't the entire "Mass Effect" from the reaper technology also be exclusive to the Milky Way Galaxy if the Reapers and the original trilogy truly do not integrate into this new series?  

From the Wiki: "Mass relays consist of two fifteen-kilometer (or nine-mile) long curved metal arms surrounding a set of revolving, gyroscopic rings five-kilometers across. These rings contain a massive, blue-glowing core of element zero. The relays are made of an unknown but incredibly resilient material, the same material that the Citadel is built from..."

"Mass relays function by creating a virtually mass-free "corridor" of space-time between each other. This can propel a starship across enormous distances that would take centuries to traverse, even at FTL speeds. Before a vessel can travel, the relay must be given the amount of mass to transit by the ship's pilot before it is moved into the approach corridor. When a relay is activated, it aligns itself with the corresponding relay before propelling the ship across space..."

So why am I putting those words in bold?  Well element zero is manipulated into a mass effect field that provides the biotics power, and advances humanity/other races far beyond their initial capabilities in technology.  It is a very common motif and symbolic/literal rise and fall of intelligent life/organics thanks to the Reapers.  The advancement in space travel and technology for humans is made only possible thanks to a "virtually mass-free 'corridor' of space-time".  The same tech that was to supposed to bring upon their doom......until Shepard decided to go all Matthew Mcconaughey, and unleash Murphy's Law.



That being said, is the Scourge from a literary sense, a FOIL to the "mass effect" of the original trilogy and vice versa?  Instead of creating "Mass Free" space travel, it prevents and destroys anything from traveling.  Do you think the Scourge is the symbolic Mass Effect of Andromeda that looks too also be the death of it's galaxy's species?  Could this be the writers explaining that the Andromeda Initiative is coming to a dying galaxy? Was it something similar to the Reaper tech that may have once advanced the species of the galaxy?

And my favorite part, do you think we will learn to manipulate the Scourge or whatever element it contains for a new set of powers in a similar fashion to how biotics manipulate element zero?

Edit: New Theory:

No idea if element zero will be part of the Andromeda periodic table. Maybe the introduction of element zero to Andromeda system actually causes the Scourge. By the time the Ryders arrive, the element zero from the Nexus and the other Arks have caused this scourge, and the Kett are pissed about it. Could be why they see us a threat.