I just doubt Elite will do more than special rare item's thet refference other sci-fi, it's going more for realism and Halo(I could've swore started on original Xbox ax it's launch shooter title) and ME(deffinitely started on Xbox as a MS wxclusive and by ME2 was also on PS3) are more out there with the Covenant and Spartan's and ME with a large majority of it's tech based on the "Mass Effect" from Eezo.
Actually, Halo was born to be a MAC and PC exclusive, untill Microsoft inverted a load of money into it to be an Xbox & Windows game, ME indeed was born as an exclusive, but not a true exclusive after a few years
What I mean with including that level of easter egs, is including some lost in the black wreckage (and maybe give us very little and almost unnoticeable hints to find 'em) of stations that have the shape of the Citadel or a Halo Ring, or a Death Star or whatever, just actual wreckage without working tech that could have been left there bylong disappeared species and that we can explore with our ships.
Damn, I just want to find anything that is not human and that is not a tiny object or does not even have a skin, if the shape of that object is (big) refference to other Sci-Fi stuff, I'd love it even more.
I'm sure I would not be dreaming of things like this if there was actually something out there.