At the command, astronomers within the civilization mobilized to search for information on this subject, repeatedly checking previous observational data.
No!
At least within 50 light years, there was no corresponding celestial structure.
If such a stellar structure existed, the many civilizations in the trading market would have discovered it and talked about it extensively long ago.
There was none within 100 light years!
Still none within 150 light years!
At this point, the Tos People were beginning to panic. 150 light years was a significant number for a Level 3 Interstellar Civilization, considering the long journey and maintenance stops along the way could take over two thousand years!
Within 200 light years, it seemed... still there was nothing...
"But we cannot rule out some celestial bodies that have been missed and not recorded," the astronomer seemed to comfort everyone.
