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Hey ya'll, long time lurker here. I've been following the development of KSP 2 since 2019 and when I first learned it was going to have interstellar travel, one of the first questions I had was how many star systems are there going to be? Here are my thoughts on some of the possibilities (these numbers include the Kerbol system): 2: There have been 2 star systems mentioned by name officially: the Kerbol system and the Debdeb system. If there were only 2 star systems total I think I would be a little disappointed. I also think it would look a little weird if all the planets that have been announced (besides the Kerbol system ones) ended up in the Debdeb system, so I don't think this is really likely. 3: I think all the planets that have been announced could probably fit comfortably in 3 star systems (though I am hoping there are more planets that haven't been announced so we have something to discover). If there were 3 star systems I'd probably be ok with that. 4: This is the amount I'm really hoping for. I think it's enough to keep things interesting and could provide some interesting interstellar travel challenges (e.g. maybe you need to travel from Kerbol to Debdeb before you're in range of another star system?) 5+: I would be blown away if there were 5 or more star systems but I'm not getting my hopes up. It looks like the process of creating celestial bodies requires a certain level of hand-crafting so I think having a lot of star systems would be a tall order. Now with all that said, I've noticed something a little peculiar when watching videos about KSP 2 and reading dev diaries and such. I've noticed the word "galaxy" will sometimes slip in. For example, the dev diary: "Developer Insights #10 - Collisions" says the following, "Players may want to travel lightyears across the galaxy to a distant celestial body and then perform an orbital rendezvous that requires millimeter precision." Another time the word galaxy is used is in the video: "Kerbal Space Program 2: Episode 5 - Interstellar Travel" where, at the 1:17 mark Nate Simpson says, "You look at a map of the local area of the galaxy and you see, like in the real world, closest star is about 4 light years away." I've thought about it a bit and, if I had to guess, I would guess that they're just using the term, "galaxy" to denote the entire play area that KSP 2 takes place in (as opposed to an actual galaxy) but it does make me wonder how they're planning on handling the space between stars.