[quote=@Lucidnonsense]
[@vietmyke] Like, given the size of a galaxy, could there be entire like, star empires with thousands of stars that just, havent been noticed or noticed the empire, especially pre-ftl star empires.
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Oh yes absolutely there could be. The empire/known space doesn't actually cover the entire galaxy- known space probably refers to most of the Orion-Cygnus spur, and portions of the surrounding arms nearby, but the entire galaxy itself is not mapped

In other news, I'm liking a lot of these submissions so far! I'll get around to feedback in a little bit.