There would have to be some sort of 'agreed upon' means of dating to avoid confusion (eg in the Solar System Mercury's year is 88 Earth days, Pluto's 240 Earth Years) - but what about galactic positioning - there would have to be some agreed upon zero 'longitude'. Perhaps one of the functions of Star One was to be the equivalent of 'Greenich Zero' - especially as it handled a certain amount of Galactic communications.
Also - as the Andromeda Galaxy would serve as a 'neutral zero' (if the invasionary tendencies of some of its inhabitants was ignored)- both the Federation and the System could agree to use it without politicising it.
Any comments?
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