Newcomer / Intro Do certain areas of the galaxy yield different star/body types?

[Tyres O'Flaherty]

Allow me to expand a little as the thread title isn't a complete question, really.

In some sectors of the part of the galaxy I'm in, such as IC 2602, you'll find a lot of non-KGBFOAM stars and therefore more icy/rocky bodies. If you go to PRAEA EUQ, you temd to find more fuel stars and greater variey of bodies.

I was wondering, as my exploration has been almost exclusively in the Inner Orion Spur, whether sectors such as, say, Hawkings Gap or Norma Expanse are more likely to yield a different percentage of star/body types. What sort of "stuff" do you see near the galactic centre?

Hope you understand what I'm asking! Finding it difficult to get my question across on one.

 

[Ashnak]

Areas of the galaxy - yes, but those are (not that I would be aware of at least) associated strictly to the cubes.

For one example, the Neutron Fields https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/the-neutron-fields-a-definitive-guide.163816/
Another example is the (in)famous Brown Dwarf layer

https://www.reddit.com/r/eliteexplorers/comments/42q0sv

at roughly +-50...100 ly around the central galactic plane.

Something like this you're thinking about?

 

[Tyres O'Flaherty]

Aaaah! OK, thanks, yes, that helps! I was thinking that it was all more RNG so, overall, one sector would pretty much be the same as the next. I wasn't thinking about the Stellar Forge and the seeding of the galaxy - that's all a dark art to me.

 

[Sapyx]

There are differences in age and composition in various parts of the galaxy, which can result in over-abundance, underabundance or even absence of certain star and planet types. Perhaps the most striking example visible at the macro-scale is the distribution of helium-rich gas giants. They only exist in the spiral arms - not in the Core, and not in the gaps between the arms. Check out the EDAstro Map:

 

[Old Duck]

Where does one get / generate these cool maps?

 

[Tyres O'Flaherty]

Erm... EDSM? Not too sure to be honest.

 

[Tuomasi]

Where does one get / generate these cool maps?

Thanks to CMDR Orvidius:Elite Dangerous Astrometrics