I'm trying to find a list of star stations by galactic SECTOR. Such as Inner Orion Spur, or Elysian Shore, or Vulcan Gate etc. I know most will be in the inner orion spur as that's where Sol is, but it would be good to have stations listed by sector so if I am in Vulcan gate, I can look for stations or fleet carriers there, etc, instead of having to put in my current location (which almost never returns a database hit as I am exploring), and it would give me a list of star station by the sector I am in only. So um.. anyone have anything at all like this?
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Newcomer / Intro Stations by sector
- Thread starter Brenda Zephyr
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This would be a good thing to have in sparsely inhabited regions where there are just a couple of systems with a station or a ground base and you don't have the time to look for them using filters and lots of zooming and panning.
But imagine it clicking on this in the Bubble (Inner Orion Spur) and being flooded by an avalanche of 50+ thousand locations in a long list.
But imagine it clicking on this in the Bubble (Inner Orion Spur) and being flooded by an avalanche of 50+ thousand locations in a long list.
Yep, but the bubble isn't why I would love something like this, it's trying to find a station for repairs etc in the deep black that is what interests me. Even if most sectors don't have a station, knowing which ones do, and where they are, can help a lot when exploring.This would be a good thing to have in sparsely inhabited regions where there are just a couple of systems with a station or a ground base and you don't have the time to look for them using filters and lots of zooming and panning.
But imagine it clicking on this in the Bubble (Inner Orion Spur) and being flooded by an avalanche of 50+ thousand locations in a long list.
Yeah. But rather than a list, maybe something like "Find the closest dock" button.
That would be useful in many ways, mostly for explorers, but also in cases like a broken cannopy during combat where you don't have the luxury of time.
I'm also surprised that this hasn't been done yet. One would think this would be an obvious extension of say the EDDB database etc.
EDDB can do something like this, but its problem is that it doesn't know every star system in the game. (obviously, cause there's billions of them and even the GAME ITSELF doesn't know all its star systems until somebody goes there and explores them - that's one of the mindblowing things I love about Elite - you really are THE explorer of the system)
But if you happen to be in a system it recognizes, it CAN give you a list of stations nearby. Well "nearby" in a galactic sense.
But if you're in a system nobody's ever been to, which is, let's be honest, quite likely for an explorer, 3rd party tools can't really help.
And yes, Elite generally misses a lot of these "that would be a nice thing to have" features.
EDSM - Galactic mapping - Galactic map. this map is zoomable.
On the right hand side of the map is a dropdown - other places of interest
- independent outpost, this shows the DSSA carriers and there locations.
- most prominent POI's - Deep space outposts, the out of the bubble outposts.
You have not said what platform you are using but if you are on PC and running EDMC and get an account with EDSM and are logged in the map will also show your own location, if you are not logged in it will show your last known location.
It would be possible from this information to generate a list of both the outposts and the permanent carriers with there full locations.
On the right hand side of the map is a dropdown - other places of interest
- independent outpost, this shows the DSSA carriers and there locations.
- most prominent POI's - Deep space outposts, the out of the bubble outposts.
You have not said what platform you are using but if you are on PC and running EDMC and get an account with EDSM and are logged in the map will also show your own location, if you are not logged in it will show your last known location.
It would be possible from this information to generate a list of both the outposts and the permanent carriers with there full locations.
Thing is, I want the search to exclude any star bases NOT in the sector I am looking in or going to be in, and I really hate having to risk my computers safety with 3rd party software just to find something in the game that should be already known by the ships computer. Coordinates of every known starbase isn't a huge data hog.
edit I'll also say this about EDSM, they REALLY need their map to look like the games map, not that fanciful garbage they have now. It doesn't list sectors like the game map does. Again, making it utterly USELESS for what I want. I want to know what sector the danged station is in. Not just some dot on the bloody map. Seriously, how did ya'll ever get simple stuff done in this game if figuring out something as basic as having starbases by sector isn't something anyone thought might be a good idea.
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All I can suggest is to make your own, either a spreadsheet or a book - folder, from the information available.
One other thing to remember, if you are in trouble slowly scroll out in the galmap looking for yellow systems, no guarantees but these will have a carrier that may have the services you require available.
One other thing to remember, if you are in trouble slowly scroll out in the galmap looking for yellow systems, no guarantees but these will have a carrier that may have the services you require available.
First up, we need to get the terminology correct. You're saying "Sector", but you mean "Region". "Sector" has another, different meaning in ED.
Second, the EDSM map predates the creation of Regions to the galaxy map. Back when the EDSM was created, the player-submitted "fanciful" locality names on EDSM were all we had.
Third, I'm not entirely sure a database sorted by Region would be helpful. The Regions are oddly-shaped; if you are located in a random location in a random Region, then it's entirely likely that a station/carrier in another Region is closer to you.
Finally, since there are very few Regions with starports in them, and assuming you're out exploring in the remote corners of the galaxy rather than travelling the Colonia-Sag A* tourist triangle, then what you're really wanting are the list of DSSA carriers, and you can find these marked on this handy EDAstro map. Which has the Region boundaries on it.
Second, the EDSM map predates the creation of Regions to the galaxy map. Back when the EDSM was created, the player-submitted "fanciful" locality names on EDSM were all we had.
Third, I'm not entirely sure a database sorted by Region would be helpful. The Regions are oddly-shaped; if you are located in a random location in a random Region, then it's entirely likely that a station/carrier in another Region is closer to you.
Finally, since there are very few Regions with starports in them, and assuming you're out exploring in the remote corners of the galaxy rather than travelling the Colonia-Sag A* tourist triangle, then what you're really wanting are the list of DSSA carriers, and you can find these marked on this handy EDAstro map. Which has the Region boundaries on it.
Region/sector, depends on how you sci-fi lol. Most of the sci-fi books I've read all talk about sectors of the galaxy (which of course, elite got wrong, by calling them regions), and of course, what they call sectors, are actually regions. Totally backwards.