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* In the [[Sector General]] books, a stricken ship from a newly discovered race (called, oddly, the Ians) is dicovered to be from another galaxy.
* The original book of ''[[This Island Earth]]'' had the friendly aliens decide to pull their forces back "out of this galaxy".
* In the [[Robert A. Heinlein]] novel ''[[Have Space Suit - Will Travel]]'', the Three Galaxies government covers three galaxies: the Lesser and Greater Magellanic Clouds and the Milky Way. They have ships that can travel instantaneously between galaxies.
* [[EEE. E. "Doc" Smith]]'s ''[[Lensman]]'' series includes travel between the Milky Way and another galaxy using an inertialess drive (the Bergenholm).
** In this instance, intergalactic travel actually allows slightly higher speeds than normal- there's less matter in intergalactic space, so less friction.
** {{spoiler|It doesn't even limit itself to one universe. An accident in a hyperspatial tube sends some of the characters to another ''universe'' with a different set of physical laws.}}
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* In the ''[[Homeworld (Video Game)|Homeworld]]'' games, while it is impossible to travel to another galaxy in-game, the three Progenitor hyperspace cores are said to be powerful enough to be able to cross extragalactic distances. Also, the ''Naggarok'' was an experimental ship built by a race in another galaxy, which they tested by traveling to the ''Homeworld'' galaxy. Unfortunately, they picked up something while in hyperspace. Some sources suggest that, after the ''Naggarok'' destruction, its core was salvaged by the Vaygr, making it the Third Core that allowed them to move against the Hiigarans.
* ''[[Halo 3]]''. The Ark is located outside the Milky Way. The Flood are extragalactic in origin as well.
 
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== Webcomics ==
 
* In ''[[Schlock Mercenary (Webcomic)|Schlock Mercenary]]'', Petey has no particular problems with waging an intergalactic war against some dark-matter entities from Andromeda, thanks to Teraport technology - that is, true Teleportation, instant movement [[Fictionary|regardless]] of distance.
 
 
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