Most of the game is made up of RGG = Random Generated Group. They're the little yellow boxes you see on the ME map if editing the mis file. You can set the spawn date & time, how often and how many hours between each spawn. Unlike a "regular" group, which runs one time, an RGG can run however often the modder wants. lurker_hlb3 was the "Master Modder" of the RGG, having them generate at the time he desired. The beauty, and also bane of trouble-shooting the game, is the fact that each ship in an RGG can be "GENERIC", in other words, consist of any one of a number of ships in a given class, and that entry can also have a spawn percentage, such that the given ship(s) of that class can generate anywhere from 1% to 100% of the times that the RGG itself does. The "Leader" ship of each RGG will always spawn at a 100% rate, but all the other potential occupants can vary as stated. So you might see 1 ship, or you might see 32 or more, depending upon the RGG's configuration.
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