FYI, This is actually a screen shot from the ZX version of the original game (my actual save) where a station has been overrun by Thargoids and you need to blow the station up.
I'd submerge it in a mix of sci fi / general pop culture references and irony sauce. When I used to write I would stuff as many real world names as I could.
For example when barnacles were found I wrote a story about the best celebrity chef in ED, Oliver Gordon (Jamie Oliver + Gordon Ramsay) wanting to cook one. Someone I know found the name close to his PMFs name and we wrote stories about him getting sued and having a meltdown after losing the court case.
Freelance Report: Pleased To Eat You
“We’ve heard a lot about these barnacles,” said controversial chef Oliver Gordon today outside his restaurant ‘PanGalactic’, “but the most important question has yet to be asked. How do they taste?” “I have sampled delicacies from across the galaxy, including Ceti rabbits and Vacuum krill. Now I...news.galnet.fr
Freelance Report: The Only Winners are the Lawyers
Controversial chef Oliver Gordon experienced a different kind of heat today, as he was served with a writ demanding he change the name of his restaurant ‘PanGalactic’. Lawyers for the Pan Galactic Mining Corp told members of the press that: “Our clients want to make clear that this restaurant and...news.galnet.fr
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Another was a riff on Heston Blumenthal - Nestor Bulmington - in real life he was involved in a TV program revitalizing Little Chef and I wrote about something similar in ED.
I remember reading those and thinking 'lol which nutter is putting these together?'
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