Posted by: Jovus
« on: August 26, 2018, 09:49:47 AM »Yes, you do have to detect a population for the system view to show them. As far as I know, there isn't any convenient way to see where you have previously detected a population.
I make it a point to ban any bodies w/ a detected population in the system view. This both keeps my ships away from said body for default orders and serves as a useful marker of where I've detected them before. Once I've cleared out the population, I unban it again.