galactic center is in the center of the milky way galaxy.
what is in the center of the milky way galaxy?
galactic center
after overcoming a series of brutal occupations by extraterrestrial civilizations, humanity expands into the galaxy with an extremely xenophobic and militaristic outlook, with aims to exterminate other species they encounter. humans eventually become the second-most advanced and widespread civilization in the milky way galaxy, after the xeelee. unaware of the photino–xeelee war and the existential ramifications of what is at stake, humanity come to the (unwarranted) conclusion that the xeelee are a sinister and destructive threat to their hegemony and security. through a bitter war of attrition, humans end up containing the xeelee to the galactic core. both humans and the xeelee gain strategic intelligence by using time travel as a war tactic, through the use of closed timelike curves, resulting in a stalemate for thousands of years. eventually, humanity develops defensive, movable pocket universes to compartmentalize and process information, and an exotic weapon able to damage the ecological stability of the core's supermassive black hole. minutes after the first successful strike, the xeelee withdraw from the galaxy, effectively ceding the milky way to fully human control. humanity continued to advance technologically for a hundred thousand years afterwards, then attacked the xeelee across the local group of galaxies. however, despite having annoyed the xeelee enough to give up activities in the milky way, humans, having become an extremely powerful type iii civilization themselves at this point, prove only to be a minor distraction to the xeelee on the whole, being ultimately unable to meaningfully challenge their dominance across the universe.
xeelee sequence
bullet::::1. sentient races actually very rarely develop, such that only humans evolved in the milky way galaxy, and in most "other" galaxies, it appears probable (given this assumption) that only one sentient race would develop. however, statistically two or more alien races might evolve in the same galaxy, leading them into inevitable conflict. the fighting in this other galaxy would only end when one race emerged the victor, and after the prolonged conflict with other races, would have developed an aggressive and expansionist mindset. in contrast, humans had never encountered another sentient species in the milky way galaxy, so they never felt greatly compelled to expand to other galaxies, but instead to fight other humans over control of the milky way. eventually, such an aggressive alien race would expand from galaxy to galaxy, and try to invade the milky way galaxy.
psychohistory (fictional)