Probably won't be in game for a while, but a wild UP hunting strategy I came up with would be to start at the outer edge of the UA shell, then plot an economical course from there to Merope (or Maia) and spend a few minutes in each system looking for USSs. The theory being that UPs might follow the same order of events that UAs did. First convoys, then free floaters near the Pleiades, then a shell. Thoughts?
Seems a feasible strategy. If the UA are long-distance sensors/ distress flares and UPs are short-range high precision sensors/map message in a bottle, then UPs should be nearer to Merope 5C, and possibly significantly closer (like within Merope system, or adjacent systems) .