Likely in a place that is distant from you, but not too distant.

Like in a adjacent galactic quadrant.

To show what I mean (this is a example arrangement of the two super powers):

[img]http://i.imgur.com/kmhBSli.jpg[/img]

Here's the map I use:

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[img]http://www.calacademy.org/sites/default/files/sciencetoday/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Milky_Way_Annotated.jpg[/img]
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