yes FSS or younglings required orbital radius similar to alpha cent ect (be glad in the days b4 the fss release you had to find them by proximity eyeball searching the system which could take a few hours per system now a 60 bodied sys can be done in 10 mins
yes they took a big nessar

on all those manual explorers who spent hours searching for them
what I find funny is some are too impatient even for the FSS
admittingly it is akin to tuning an fm radio to kiss fm with a broken aerial whilst using a world war two gar class sub periscope and doing it for fun 60 odd times per system maybe...……...
fd has presistantly taken a dump on the actual achivements of others by belittling them the distance for palin unlock waltzed over for eg by carriers