Do System Points Ever Increase?

If you're still in the first sector, from what i read, the mining station you start on where you can make your new ship next to it, couts towards those system points with what it has or sumthing, if u leave the first system(sector?) it should revert to 16... Also from what i read, it doesn't increase?? So how other ppl go beyond i have no idea?? Hope they will introduce something that increases it or make it more obvious what it is that increases it, because ya, if they are ever gonna increase the turrets pirates have, i want to be able to out gun them again.