Set over 30 years after FreeSpace 2 and about 50 years after INFASA, Nostos tells the story of GTVA's contacts with the Earth Alliance and the sudden re-appearance of the Shivan threat...
Here's the result of the use of a special script that turns the mainhall into some sort of cutscene viewer displaying Earth Alliance ships as they travel. It's still rather primitive.
Due to its drawbacks, however, you aren't likely to see it in the final release until a number of problems have been solved.