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I believe the comment is more about the practical reality of it - I can say that I have a story that takes place across the whole universe, but if the scenes on
by cthalupa 3y ago
I believe the comment is more about the practical reality of it - I can say that I have a story that takes place across the whole universe, but if the scenes only take place in a handful of planetary systems, even if I say they're in different galaxies, it could all fit in a tiny fraction of a single galaxy.
- pfdietz 3y agoMy favorite Fermi-friendly space opera setting would involve panspermia in the Sun's natal cluster. This would suppose origin of life in that cluster (not necessarily in our solar system), very soon after star formation, followed by seeding of the other star systems there. This would end up with about 10,000 lifebearing star systems, spread in roughly a half circle around the center of the Milky Way, with our solar system somewhere on that arc.