What are the 'interesting' star types?

VR andysonofbob · Mar 31, 2017

Hi

I have my filter set to the scoopable stars. My mate started playing recently and I realised that he hasn't seen any interesting stars because his GM filter has been set as mine.

To keep the chance of jumping in systems with scoopable stars high, do we only need to add the non sequence stars to the filter or are there others too?

Thanks!

FrozenTomato · Mar 31, 2017

Wolf-Rayet
Black holes (if they are the main stellar object they appear as black in the Galaxy map if you zoom on them)
White dwarfs

I like binary stars.

Qohen Leth · Mar 31, 2017

Proto stars are TTS (common) and Herbig Ae/Be (rare).
Carbon stars are cool, usually big.
Non Sequence are Neutron stars and black holes, which are both cool.
White Dwarfs are... erf. Cool lens flare.
Wolf-Rayets are... you guessed it. Often big hot balls. I have a soft spot for those.

The rest can't be pinpointed by the map, with the exception of the number of stars in a system, which could indicate a possibility of binary neutron stars, ternary or more, etc.

Robbieboy43 · Mar 31, 2017

Don't forget O type Stars....

Watchdog · Mar 31, 2017

Robbieboy43 said:
Don't forget O type Stars....

O class stars are scoopable.

KGB FOAM

Carabeener · Mar 31, 2017

If you have all the scoopable types selected, FOGKBAM stars, I found it is pretty rare for neutrons, black holes etc to be on your route if you are cruising around that way. I found that if you just select non sequence, white dwarf, wolf, carbon etc and then just one of the scoopable stars (I tend to select f or g), then you get a lot more of the 'interesting' stars.

varonica · Apr 1, 2017

I filter the view on the galaxy map so I can always see the nearest scoopable star but I don't apply the route filter, that way if I run low I can instantly see my nearest fuel source but also see all the interesting non-main sequence stars.

Roqinn · Apr 1, 2017

I don't know why but I love Carbon stars. They don't pay out near as much as the other interesting stars, but I think they are neat. I also have a weakness for O types. Big blue balls..... of gas! Black holes would be so much neater to look at if they had accretion discs around them. Well, all close binary stars should have some sort of interaction, even if it is just bulging on their closest sides.

Jaiotu · Apr 1, 2017

I would love to see a close orbiting binary system with a blackhole and a neutron star. Does such a thing exist? I haven't seen one yet. I'd like to see how the Cobra engine handles the bending of light around the blackhole in relation to the neutron star's emission zones.

duckofdeath · Apr 1, 2017

My primary target type during this season has been B0 VZ stars. They're not the biggest, neither the shiniest, nor the most extreme, but they have a high probability for airless (proto) planets, which means it's more likely to find extreme planets we can actually land on in those systems.
I've found planets as small as 137km and as big as 9.90G in those kind of systems.
O class, BH's or AeBe's with large binary stars are probably more likely to have even more extreme planets. The only problem with those is that they're too sparse to focus on.

[VR] optimal_909 · Apr 1, 2017

duckofdeath said:
My primary target type during this season has been B0 VZ stars. They're not the biggest, neither the shiniest, nor the most extreme, but they have a high probability for airless (proto) planets, which means it's more likely to find extreme planets we can actually land on in those systems.
I've found planets as small as 137km and as big as 9.90G in those kind of systems.
O class, BH's or AeBe's with large binary stars are probably more likely to have even more extreme planets. The only problem with those is that they're too sparse to focus on.

Now that's neat, I noted that for the next trip.