550 550 Theories and Speculation

"I have a thought. The edge of Hunter territory isn't far from us, but they operated on the far side of what Hunters considered known space. Is it possible that Hunters or another species with a territory that lay closer to us had seen, observed, or interacted with that society and had tried to establish a colony in this Galaxy?" Nico asked.

Khan shook her head. "At the time we interacted with them five hundred thousand years ago, we were among the most advanced species we had ever encountered and the oldest since so many become genetically unstable after a few hundred thousand years and either devolve or evolve into something entirely different.