Talk:Mykarian Empire/@comment-3155949-20140108010640/@comment-1743498-20140110201650

To add my two cents on this:

I did say that the feudal system is an alternative to having to list every star system article. But just as a reminder, the whole point of this change was to make different locations and even individual characters more meaningful. Not to mention, having only a few dozen systems is far easier to work with since it takes less time to write about it all.

Yes, there are billions of stars in our galaxy alone, but civilizations only have a finite amount of time to be able to colonize them. Individual solar systems are very rich with resources, and it takes time to exploit everything out of just one system, let alone thousands. I would compare this to the way we see the population of the USA: the east coast is far denser in population because there's been more time to establish settlements there than the western regions. Naturally, wherever the Mykarians first entered Omni 01 would be the densest area, though they would thin out as they expand away.

One thing I'm not entirely certain about is the time frame. If the Mykarian Empire were to reach, say, 100 star systems, how long would it take with their existing technology?