From Space Gamer issue 40, Marc Miller's article Aboard the Leviathan is a fascinating look at the road less traveled as the Third Imperium and published adventure paths came out to meet consumer demand. Its on archive.org if you search.
Except; perfect - pretty close. "I wish this is how my games went" - not exactly. I don't wish my games were improv-heavy, I do better if I'm working off some amount of prep even when I end up ad-libbing.