Okay, PDS (Point Defense Systems TC for Homeworld 2, www.pds.hwaccess.net) might have been on the wrong track for the past year but we are far from dead!
This week we are pleased to announce the deployment of the Version 11 Beta, which incorporates experimental concepts (NGCS to V10.0) into mainstream First Era gameplay (i.e., derived from classic Homeworld). In addition you may view some beta screenshots here.
And this is a video of what we're talking about (27mb)
In addition, for the past year, SunTzu of the PDS community was steadily improving upon the final evolution of PDS Classic to produce V7.3.x. Of key notes in the improved V7 versions are the custom main menu user interface, in-game references, galactic map, and all-new scenario scripting. You can see his hard work here.