are they sectors of this galaxy or the whole universe? the universe has billions of galaxies, how can 7200 lanterns police all that? they would have millions or even billions of galaxies in there sectors. it doesnt make sense. but if it is just a galaxy that comprises the sectors then that is only an infantesimal part of the universe, and the way the characters talk about the corps being universal this doesnt make sense either. i have read characters say it both ways though so which is it?

oh and i just read on cv that tameran which is in the vega system is only 26 light years from earth. that distance would make it in the milky way which would imply that the sectors are only of this galaxy.

Oa is in the center of the Universe. They're called the 3600 sectors of the Universe. I think it's clear which it is.

@Kal'smahboi said:

Oa is in the center of the Universe. They're called the 3600 sectors of the Universe. I think it's clear which it is.

I think it's meant to be the universe, since Sci Fi Writers Have No Sense of Scale.  It'd make more sense if it was just our own galaxy, but nooo.

@Kal'smahboi said:

Oa is in the center of the Universe. They're called the 3600 sectors of the Universe. I think it's clear which it is.

@scuzz2.0: It's a little silly but If you think about it in the right terms its not too far fetched (at least no more than men from Krypton). First the GLC have post-light speed travel capability, like, massively post light speed. Whether that involves going through worm holes at some point or just having "hyper-drives" in the rings, it doesn't matter, you decide. Second, the guardian are SO INCREDIBLY OLD they've had time to map out a great deal of the universe from the center outwards. We can assume they increase their awareness of the known universe equally and spherically from the center. This means that they don't have to actually have the entire universe mapped and patrolled, just what they consider the known universe (which all our heroes and characters happen to be within). Third, life in the universe isn't overly abundant. In any particular galaxy there might only be a handful of star systems supporting life. Some might have a lot more and some might have none at all. So, while our GLs have a huge amount of planets and civilizations to patrol, it's nothing that 7200 can't handle. In fact, we don't really have any reason to believe that the DCU even has more than 7200 planets in it sustaining life. Fourth, and finally, the guardians have some super science which allows them to observe (in real time) in some fashion the amount of the universe which they have mapped. Since all these location are mapped and observable from Oa, coupled with the fact that all the GLs can travel through the cosmos at super-post light speed, it makes sense that they are able to get anywhere they are needed and effectively patrol the "known universe." Hope that helps you, it certainly does me :) It's not exactly scientifically sound, but there's some logic to it.