Posted by: welchbloke
« on: March 11, 2010, 08:19:22 AM »Quote from: "sloanjh"
Are you using the real stars option? A significant proportion of observed systems fall into the binary category. I can't remember the exact value and I can't look it up at present.Quote from: "randal7"Thanks for the replies.Nope. Steve tried to use as real physics as possible to generate systems, so distant companions are just distant. Interesting idea about the ruins, though.
As a follow-up question, do areas like this that require higher/special tech to reach tend to have better rewards in terms of minerals or ruins once you finally can get there?QuoteAlso, is one out of four systems with a distant companion normal, or just a reflection of my small sample size in this game?I've never thought about it. 25% sounds high, though, even if you only count binary (or higher) systems.
John
Edited to add: I've looked it up and as many as 65% of local star systems may be members of binary or multiple systems (1991 paper by Duquennoy and Mayor)