Heh. To be honest, I didn't even realize they'd put me in the game. Very cool!
As to *why* I have a star system named after me, the explanation is simple enough. Nor is it really a secret at this point, especially now that the game has been released...
I was a fairly regular poster over on the SpaceSector website, back before the guys who ran it decided to begin developing their own 4x title (
Interstellar Space Genesis). Given both my participation on their website, and my love & enthusiasm for 4x/grand-strategy games, I was invited to join the ISG forums, as well as beta-test the game later on.
I've admittedly only been an occasional participant (with regards to both the forum discussions and beta-testing), but I've always been supportive of what the devs were trying to achieve. (I was one of those nutty "early adopters" who purchased ISG even before it was available on Steam.) While I've still not played the game very much yet, I like a lot of the mechanics and game design choices the devs have made.
I've never viewed MOO2 with rose-colored lenses the way so many other 4x fans seem to, but I suspect it may have actually found a worthy successor in ISG.