Quote Originally Posted by BonzaiFerroni View Post
Looking at all of people's reports as well as my own data, I'm ready to believe that, as a rule of thumb, new sectors will unlock when you visit the sector closest to it (given you have sufficient forecastle upgrade). At least this has been consistent so far, we will see as new information comes along.
I'm thinking that you're right about proximity to the new sectors. I'll have to try a forecastle upgrade, however; it should be known that we found sector 11 with just the bronco hull around rank 17 so I'm not sure if we just got lucky or if the minimum stat of 70 was enough to find it. We're currently trying to find sectors 7 and 8 though at rank 20 so perhaps the upgraded forecastle will help us discover them sooner? To note, we've already visited all sectors (except 11) that we could (1 through 6) and have not gotten 7 or 8 yet.