[Arkcon]

Originally posted by orev_saara:

While I'm running my keyboard, has it struck anybody else as strange that moons are adjacent to planets in tactical combat (Sometimes), but satellites can be four or five squares distant? Why is that, and can I mod around it?

That happens when an enemy ship are already in the sector, and another enemy ship arrives. The game has some funky placement rules for this situation.

Problem is, if there are enemy space staions, satelites or moons, the same rules apply. If you're hung up on realism, these things are immobile and shouldn't be placed randomly, but the game has some placement needs above all that.