A bit of background.

[Tryst]

We all want some idea of depth in this game. Those who roleplay more want to see more of the lore and background stories, it adds a little immersion if the game can give us stories occasionally.

I went to a station a while back and wondered how it got it's name. Vequess - Agnews' Folly.
Since then, I have been wondering how some of the other, more unusually named, stations got their names.

Would it be possible at some stage to have a tab with a bit of background on the station in some of them. How it got it's name, when it was built, even why it was built at that particular place in the system. Yea, I know some of them were made up on the fly but some sort of story could be invented for it.

It's not a big deal but would add a bit to the immersion.

 

[Defacto]

Well, I think it would be a good start to get background info for the populated star systems, before we move on to smaller things.
I hope that the background and lore slowly will get filled into the game with time.

When it was built, what function it serves - that kind of thing is something I would really like. An encyclopedia with some basic galactic geography (galactography?) and history, and a description of the function of a specific station. Is it a transfer station? A habitat? An Industrial complex? Base of operations for shipborne mining? Trading post? I think a good part in this is that this kind of stuff will not just be background filler - it could actually affect the game and the background simulation.

 

[Cosmo]

Yes more importantly add background info about the factions and the official timeline of Elite.