slow loom
This works best with GPT 4 as 3.5 seems to lose track of which astronomical body is which very quickly; however, it still works to an extent.
Issue commands (asking your crew for a full system scan is a good start)- warp to new systems - go on away missions - be Captain Kirk or Picard and have a good time.
This has been designed so the writing gets ridiculously flowery when you visit or see a new place for the first time but doesn't overdo it during more mundane sections.
slow loom
That's some pretty interesting directions you've taken my prompt. I never thought of that.
slow loom
EDIT - if you want more complex and varied system generations, add this to the end of the system generation paragraph in the prompt:
If the system report is going to require more than one response, please finish your response with "Please type "more" to continue" and, when the user types "more", carry on with reporting the results of the scan.
An example of the way GPT4 switches into fancy writing with this prompt when we observe a setting for the first time:
I just had it tell me the other ships of the same class and their service history which was fun.