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Originally Posted by Whyte
The number density of those big stars goes down like 10**-2.35 in the initial mass function, and it gets even worse once you take into account that the massive star lifespans are measured in millions of years rather than billions.
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That actually has a kind of useful effect, though, in that it means your routing will actually be dominated by G-class stars (the initial mass function seems to flatten out somewhat below 1 stellar mass, and even if it didn't, lifespan pretty much ceases to be a factor for anything smaller than a G-class star).