The parsec (symbol: pc) is a unit of length used to measure interstellar distances in the Space Stage. The player's galactic coordinates are also given as angle in degrees to an arbitrary axis along the galactic plane and distance in parsecs to the Galactic Core. The player's spaceship is limited to travelling within a maximum distance in parsecs that the Interstellar Drive can cover in one jump: level 1 (3 pc), level 2 (5 pc), level 3 (8 pc), level 4 (12 pc) and level 5 (20 pc).
Judging by the farthest point that the player can reach from the Galactic Core, the Spore Galaxy is around 13 000 pc in radius according to the galactic coordinates. However, as the coordinates multiply by 20 the distances shown in the interstellar view, the Galaxy's actual radius is around 650 pc.
The parsec is a real unit, primarily used in astronomy, unlike the secton which is a fictional unit of time in Spore. However, the parsec's notation is unusual in Spore, as the unit is displayed within parentheses and next to the value. For example, the game might display the distance to a star as "1(pc)", while the real-world convention would be to write it as "1 pc".
