But now, Jasmine Davis's words made Finn Lewis realize that humans existed not only in the Galactic Federation but beyond the Milky Way, in extragalactic systems as well.
"We come from the West Flame Galaxy, about 1.8 million light-years away from the Cape Star Cluster formed by the Milky Way, and roughly 2.9 million light-years from the Milky Way itself," Jasmine Davis said seriously.
Finn Lewis remained composed, but inside he was astounded by this distance. What did 2.9 million light-years mean? Even at the speed of light, it would take 2.9 million years. Though nowadays ships can perform jumps, a single jump can only span a few thousand light-years at most, tens of thousands being difficult. Even for a 10,000 light-year jump, one would need to jump 10,000 times. The amount of energy required for that many jumps was staggering.
