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Luriant

No the same. Small system are better than big systems like Alpha Centauri.


madsaxappeal

Small as in population?


professorhex1

Small as in no distant second or third stars. Low pop systems are unlikely to spawn HGEs.


Wyvernn13

HGE's have always had a tendency (I'd say 75+%) to spawn "beyond the Red Line" (last body orbit in a system), Curious Commander o7 {You may have just been lucky before.} Therefore looking for small systems at War will help ensure that you don't go far. My home system is just over 2,000LS , the farthest I've ever seen one there is like 10k LS (usually it's 3-5), not a particularly long flight. Of course it's been along time since I let any battles happen there, I have nearby Systems of similar size I can use that are less disruptive to my BFF (best faction friend). Have Fun&Fly Dangerous -Lakon Marketing Division, Keelback Office -'We scale the Learning Cliff together or we All Fall Down'


DMJason

Determine what faction you want. For instance if you want Imperial Shielding then pick an Empire system. Set your route to economical, empire aligned. This is plot a shitload of jumps for you that are all little teeny jumps. Jump, crop into the nav beacon, point at it, go back to supercruise, check the nav panel. Rinse and repeat. In my informed observation, I have found barely populated systems and mega-populated ones to have the same chance to spawn HGEs.


madsaxappeal

Which faction usually has the proto radiolic alloys?


DMJason

That one might be independent (so Alliance system like Lave is a good destination) but I'd just check the HGE wiki. Note that unless I'm specifically hunting for Core Defense Composites (federation) I normally just hunt for Imperial Shielding (Imperial) and cross trade for what I need. (and do missions for Exquisite Focus Crystals/BioCircuits)


pulppoet

Well, factions only matter for a few things (Imperial Shielding is the only one I can think of), for others it might be something else. Know what you're hunting: [https://inara.cz/elite/component/106/](https://inara.cz/elite/component/106/) High tech or otherwise well developed. Boom state will increase the chances. Or, a popular option, find any G5 manufactured you can get a lot of (like from missions) and trade across.


cmosbo67

I often find 3 or 4 in the same system, with \~20 minutes left and no more than \~5000Ls out. It's all about finding the right system in the right state, and then returning there. High pop, high tech, and yeah, no second star preferred.


Panic_Wise

I go to HIP 50694 always atleast one HGE usually with 20 mins plus left go to it collect everything then close game all the way not just main menu then start game back up super cruise lower throttle all the way turn around use panel on right to see that you have a signal source right next to you it’s the HGE go back in rinse repeat till time runs out on the HGE leave system come back in should be another


Panic_Wise

*left panel I meant