Well, following a long mission of Trading Post haunting & ship spawning instigating, I failed to successfully locate either a squid or an orb exotic in a known squiddy system. Used multiple Trading Posts and Space Station reloads but no luck.
Took note of system details anyway for comparisons after a bit more hunting.
Next session I’ll try the alternative system and see what turns up. Very curious to see if I can replicate Honcho’s interesting find.