From this moment onward, all that lay before the fourteen civilizations was boundless Void.
Of the 2.54 million light-years, they had traveled only 100,000 light-years so far. At the travel standards of a Level Six Civilization, they still needed another 11,454 years. But that assumed uninterrupted travel, and the Great Voyage fleet clearly could not keep traveling continuously for over ten thousand years.
First, Warp Engines operating continuously required maintenance. Second, supplies and energy needed replenishing.
With the technological level of an ordinary Level Six Civilization, fully refueling a warship would let it travel at most 100,000 light-years before it had to stop and recharge.
The source of those supplies and fuel was the massive Transport Fleet.
According to the calculations of scientists from the various civilizations, such an enormous Transport Fleet was sufficient to support ten to twenty million warships. In other words, in theory, the Great Voyage fleet could reach the Andromeda Galaxy.
They had even accounted for losses under special circumstances, such as equipment failures and unknown dangers in the Void. The Transport Fleet had reached such a scale precisely because of those comprehensive calculations.
Yet there were many factors that no amount of calculation could account for. The various civilizations could only prepare contingency plans for unforeseen circumstances.
For such an extremely long voyage, the first problem every civilization had to face was always fuel.
As everyone knew, the farther the journey, the more fuel a ship required. But the more fuel it carried, the heavier it became. The heavier the ship, the more energy it needed to propel it, and the greater its travel consumption became.
This factor determined the farthest distance a Level Six Civilization and one of its warships could travel.
Under the influence of this factor, even if a warship could be