[noblethrasher]

Of possible interest is Kate Kinnear's thesis[1], titled The Aesthetics of Science Fiction Spaceship Design, which is about techniques for procedural generation of sci-fi spaceships. Also discussed on HN[2].

[1] https://uwspace.uwaterloo.ca/handle/10012/4935

[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17899458