Asteroid distribution - random?

[Etsija]

A simple question: I see there is an "asteroid belt" for each stellar system, which is depicted in yellow in the Galactic Map. You can find an abundance of asteroids from there. But is the distribution completely random, or are some asteroid types (and so, ore and crustal types) more likely to be found from certain parts of a system than others?

I am producing masses of white advanced armor, and would need Parsen and Parstun. Read somewhere from some wiki (they are all very much outdated) that it should be found from "orange asteroids". I have flewn around the asteroid belts of a couple of systems for some two real-life hours now, and haven't found a single orange "Shabazz asteroid".
[DOUBLEPOST=1421434569,1421434311][/DOUBLEPOST]I'm sure someone has a geed understanding of the distribution of different asteroids in this game. It would be valuable to hear their thoughts - since like I said, all wikis are outdated and contain contradicting information.

 

[Lidren]

The randomness and degrees therof are not currently known. What is known is that some roids are more or less likely at different ranges from the star.

 

[Jananton]

There is a certain randomness in the distribution of asteroids, but some seem to be more rare then others. Chabaz can be found on wider orbits (asteroid belts). The most hard to find is Larimar (blue colored) because of its originating distance from the system sun is the farthest and therefor often falls outside of the system border and isn't generated in that case.

Greets,

Jan

 

[Deleted member 433088]

As a newbie my contribution won't be too valuable, but I seem to have no trouble finding most types of asteroids, excepting Larimar, of which I simply haven't seen any at all.

I ran a survey of my home system, which I chose because it has five asteroid orbits occupying most of the system and only one planet orbit, and this is what I found:
Tekt, Lukrah and Sugil seem to be the only things I can find in the immediate vicinity of the system's star; Tekt being the most abundant with around half of the asteroids and the other two sharing the other half.
In the middle orbits, Cinnabar and Varis can be found in addition to the previous three, in seemingly equal proportions. A bit further out it seems Cinnabar and Varis take over Tekt while there's still some Sugil to be found.
Even further out I start to see Chabaz asteroids containing the resources OP seeks, along with Dolom. There's still some Sugil around.
Lukrah, Cinnabar, Varis, Chabaz and Dolom can be found up to the edge of the system.

Bear in mind that this "survey" was run in a small fraction of a single system, so don't take it for statistically representative. Not a single Larimar, though... taking into account my home system was picked precisely because it had asteroid sectors all over, it seems kinda weird.

 

[DivineEvil]

Asteroids are distributed by the range away from a Star in a radial fashion the furthest in the system's corners. Their order is (closest) Black>Yellow>Purple>Red>Green>Orange>White>Blue (furthest), with Blue and White asteroids being extremely rare due to high inprobability of asteroid belts to pass trough the corner sectors where they reside. Spawn zones overlap.

Chabaz asteroids usually spawn abundantly in the asteroid belts hugging the sector's edges.

 

[Lecic]

It depends on distance from the star in asteroid belt sectors, along with some slight random variation. Non-belt sectors have completely random but lower asteroid quantities.

Also, it's "Chabaz."

 

[Etsija]

Thanks for everyone! As I moved further away from the system's Sun, I did find Chabaz. No Larimar for me, either.

 

[Lecic]

Thanks for everyone! As I moved further away from the system's Sun, I did find Chabaz. No Larimar for me, either.

Larimar is pretty rare. Look for systems with heavily diagonal asteroid belts. The ones where it's a full diagonal will have the edge sectors of system within the belt spawn larimar.

 

[Deleted member 433088]

I just found my first Larimar asteroid, in a sector not further than 2 away from the system's corner. That's definitely why it's so rare. Will need a jump-enabled mining ship to hunt for those things...

 

[Lecic]

I just found my first Larimar asteroid, in a sector not further than 2 away from the system's corner. That's definitely why it's so rare. Will need a jump-enabled mining ship to hunt for those things...

They're rare, and it sucks, because they have some of the most valuable capsules. Y0u need them for shields, which are essential.

Most of my early ships relied on taking out isanths with a handful of store-bought shield parts, a core near the rear of the ship, and plenty of layers of hull to soak up the damage. Works well against beam and cannon isanths, but avoid missile isanths.

Most of the shields you get will be either store-bought or salvaged from pirates, until you get a salvager big enough to eat planets and use their capsules for shields.