[Space] Multiple/Lots of Stars in one system

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Originally Posted by jeff_wilson

You can generally ignore distant companions. If they are close companions, multiply individual zone sizes by this chart:

stars     multiple
2             1.4
3             1.7
4             2
5             2.2
6             2.4
7             2.6
8             2.8
9             3

If the planet is inside the overlapping multiplied zones, you are good. If the planet is mostly inside the zones, you have a situation where life has to hide or hibernate part of the time.

Well so far all of the stars are officially distant companions of whatever other star they orbit, but they can come mighty close to each other at times. The different between Component 2's Maximum Separation and Component 3's Minimum Separation is currently a mere 95 AU, which is closer then either of their own distant companions come by a factor of more then 2