A simple feature of just being able to name map places would be helpful. Choose a hex and input "Krynn Nebula" and that text would then appear in the map as a place name in that hex. The game wouldn't have to know anything about what the names mean or even what their context is beyond that there's now an association of text to a hex. Anything in the game that uses reference names, for example starbase names, would use the place names if they are close enough.
"Deep Space starbase 13? Now, where the heck was that..."
"Krynn Nebula starbase? Right, that was over there near the Krynn border."
