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Huh. Memory Alpha confirms your outrageous claims. The Federation is only 8kly across‽ Absurd. That’s tiny! Why, one of the shortest Kettle Runs done was 12 parsecs - around 40ly - and that’s just a little trade route.
Also you have nebulae within the milky way, no need to visit another galaxy for that