Maybe a mobile game idea?

[Gomorragh]

There may be an opening for a FTL like game where you are in control of a generation ship, each runthrough being the next generation of commander, wether they make thier landfall or wether they fail all decided by the actions of the player. Maybe this app could have an agreement where the gameplay may be used in ED as the life of a so far unfound generation ship.

This sort of thing might add ideas for the pitfalls that befell the failed generation ships .... strange dreams sometimes lead to strange ideas ..... mainly the thought behind it was an early lost capital ship becoming a generation ship by accident, with the military crew scavenging and repairing the main ship as they slowly try to work out where they are after a Misjump during early jump drive tests

 

[moorison]

So more like a text based game? It could use some of the audio assets for the lost generation ships. Reaching a destination might give hints of something special in the main game (surface features, etc). I am not sure what the tone of it should be, the found generation ship's stories are rather bleak. I can imagine a (hidden) metric for the potential of mutiny, resources and opposing leader characters that should not become too powerful or they would take over.

There was a companion app a long time ago that was supported only briefly for whatever reason. I think a browser game hosted on the community site would be easier to maintain and extend in the long run.