The Helium Hunt: Tracking those elusive Helium-rich Gas Giants
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You sure they were only in B star systems? Your find seems similar to what i found at "Boelts RI-T d3-0" - "Boelts RI-T d3-420", where most systems had HRGGs in them. And according to EDSM that netted me 99% of this in the end:
Well, haven't checked other star classes due to limited time. 
13k Ly from where i am now. But after i get where i am heading now, i might jump to your provided location. BTW, is there a site to see Fleet Carriers nearest to my location?Well, haven't checked other star classes due to limited time.
In all my time playing I had never found a "Helium rich gas giant" until I ran into these three on January 4th and 5th 2021
Sifi YP-N c20-4 13
Phylur VQ-Y c1 2
Phylur VQ-Y c1 6
I also just saw you have these if they are in EDSM.
Happy Hunting
Sifi YP-N c20-4 13
Phylur VQ-Y c1 2
Phylur VQ-Y c1 6
I also just saw you have these if they are in EDSM.
Happy Hunting
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I checked MYNOAW QI-T e3-0 to e3-17x. Most of the systems had HRGGs. According to EDSM, i got 349 additional first discovered HRGGs planets under my name. That system section definitely was a nice find @LifesAJourneyWell, haven't checked other star classes due to limited time.
Sure. In a nutshell, the galaxy isn't a big puck; it's a series of cubes. We call these "boxels". The largest (H) is 1280 x 1280 x 1280 (aka 1280^3) and is exactly the size of an entire sector. Contained within that is 8 cubes (G) measuring 640^3. Each of those contains 8 cubes (F) measuring 320^3... and on down to the smallest (A) which is 10^3.
So breaking this down a bit further, the letters we call mass codes, because they (mostly) coincide with the potential mass of a given system. So a system with an A mass code will be lighter than a system with B mass code, which will be lighter than one with C, etc. This is why most systems with brown dwarf primary stars are in A mass codes, and most systems with massive exotic stars are in H.
As for how to make use of this info, I'll break down your typical procedural generated system name:
[SECTOR NAME][POSITION CODE][MASS CODE][POSITION OFFSET][SYSTEM NUMBER]
Using Eol Prou XY-V c4-40 as an example, your sector name is Eol Prou, position code is XY-V (Plus the position offset, 4, which you need because there are 17,576 three letter combinations and 2,097,152 potential A boxels in a single sector.) and is a base26 code for locating a cube of the size denoted by the mass code. The mass code, c, I explained already, and the system number is the last digits, in this case 40.
I'm being very brief here, but hopefully it makes some sense?
Cmdr Urania Minora of the IGAU put this handy infographic together:
Hope that helps!
- Cmdr Taen
So breaking this down a bit further, the letters we call mass codes, because they (mostly) coincide with the potential mass of a given system. So a system with an A mass code will be lighter than a system with B mass code, which will be lighter than one with C, etc. This is why most systems with brown dwarf primary stars are in A mass codes, and most systems with massive exotic stars are in H.
As for how to make use of this info, I'll break down your typical procedural generated system name:
[SECTOR NAME][POSITION CODE][MASS CODE][POSITION OFFSET][SYSTEM NUMBER]
Using Eol Prou XY-V c4-40 as an example, your sector name is Eol Prou, position code is XY-V (Plus the position offset, 4, which you need because there are 17,576 three letter combinations and 2,097,152 potential A boxels in a single sector.) and is a base26 code for locating a cube of the size denoted by the mass code. The mass code, c, I explained already, and the system number is the last digits, in this case 40.
I'm being very brief here, but hopefully it makes some sense?
Cmdr Urania Minora of the IGAU put this handy infographic together:
Hope that helps!
- Cmdr Taen
One small correction to the infographic:
The example of Synookio DA-Q b19-7 is actually 8th star indexed at that Cube ID, not 7th like the text says (each boxel starts with star index 0).
Assuming you are replying to my question I thank you for the detailed explanation, although in the meantime I have been filled in by the IGAU guys themselves actually.
Found that infographic to be quite helpful understanding the topic and even did a small survey based on that information already.Nice to be a bit more structured while exploring, although it still is a little unclear to me why a certain boxel would have a higher probability of having something specific in it then another.
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I didn't know that these are still of special interest.
Quickly checked the history of my current trip, on Aug. 29th I discovered 22 of these in a few systems of the Prua Phoea WG-B d14 boxel, like:
Prua Phoea WG-B d14-24 with 5 of the buggers.
Prua Phoea WG-B d14-39 with 6 more, incl. 3 as moons of the same HRGG.
Prua Phoea WG-B d14-12 with 5.
And I only visited ~10 systems of that boxel.
Quickly checked the history of my current trip, on Aug. 29th I discovered 22 of these in a few systems of the Prua Phoea WG-B d14 boxel, like:
Prua Phoea WG-B d14-24 with 5 of the buggers.
Prua Phoea WG-B d14-39 with 6 more, incl. 3 as moons of the same HRGG.
Prua Phoea WG-B d14-12 with 5.
And I only visited ~10 systems of that boxel.
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