I started ultimate Elite game planning with my friend about 10 or so years ago.. we did not get very far. However, I managed to dig info about planet systems a little and made little system that created solar system data from random number, I had crude planetary name generator too, or it was snapped from some elite fan site... anyway, here is link for great Elite/Elite style game resources: http://www.fortunecity.com/tattooine/gibson/188/bits/
There is lot of interesting stuff like galaxy generetor
There is lot of interesting stuff like galaxy generetor