IMO, the difference between travel within the Milky Way and between galaxies is like the difference between a neighborhood street and the Autobahn. You can't go to fast in a neighborhood, there's obstacles, crosstraffic, stops, ect. Get on the Autobahn, and you can go as fast as you can.
In 'Intruder', someone said that they were on the edge of the Pegasus galaxy, and a day away from Atlantis. Now, they had covered three million lightyears of void in under three weeks, why else would it take a day to go something less than four thousand? It probably takes several days to get out of the Milky Way (I've read that our solar system is pretty well situated in the center of the galactic arm), and once out they can really crank up the hyperdrive.
In 'Intruder', someone said that they were on the edge of the Pegasus galaxy, and a day away from Atlantis. Now, they had covered three million lightyears of void in under three weeks, why else would it take a day to go something less than four thousand? It probably takes several days to get out of the Milky Way (I've read that our solar system is pretty well situated in the center of the galactic arm), and once out they can really crank up the hyperdrive.
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