Mass Effect shares similarity with th old Japanese Anime series from the 90's Bubblegum Crisis. The main antagonist is GENOM an evil tech company that manufacturers military grade mechs called Boomers and is on the FBI Watchlist and is set between 2020 and 2030 and is a science-fiction Anime.
Now let me clarify this. Cyberpunk is a subgenre of science fiction in a dystopian futuristic setting that tends to focus on a "combination of lowlife and high tech", featuring futuristic technological and scientific achievements, such as artificial intelligence and cybernetics, juxtaposed with societal collapse or decay. - Credited from Wikipedia
There is a Book out there called "The Gernsback Continuum" and this was probably chosen and lent to the name for the Hugo Gernsback in Mass Effect 2 captained by Cpt. Ronald Talyor after the crash and mutiny and exile of the crew. This book is also categorized as Cyberpunk.
The ship in Mass Effect 2 and The Gernsback Continuum are both homages to Hugo Gernsback, due to his contributions to the science fiction community. The Hugo Award is also named in his honour.
I'm unfamiliar with Bubblegum Crisis, but I do like finding parallels between Mass Effect and other fiction, whether it's intentional or not. I even see similarities in the Celtic creation myth.
