"Sally M" smanton@hotmail.com wrote:
And another one.
How much of the galaxy do you think is covered by the Federation at its height? Is there anything in the series to negate my impression, built on the fact that -
space is big, as I think we were informed in another series), but the feeling of the series is that this part of it is also relatively small and enclosed;
there are millions of stars but *not* all that many colonised worlds, few enough so that it appears every one has a name not repeated anywhere else (contrast our own little world - hell, my own underpopulated country which has more than a few duplicated town names!!) and that Avalon starting rebellions on 30 worlds in one sector is a big thing;
- that the Federation only occupies a part, and possibly not a major one, of
the spiral arm nearest to Andromeda?
Or is this too patently obvious to everyone but me, and I have forgotten the episode where it's all laid as clear as day?
How much space is there in our space opera?
And are there equivalents to 'STar One as monitor' in the direction of our galaxy's satellites (they are slightly closer) - perhaps Terminal's original purpose was to be a 'Star One entity' and so it was 'vanished.'
Jacqui