GameSpot has posted a feature on Starlancer, talking to Erin Roberts (yes, brother of Chris) to learn more about the progress in the development of Digital Anvil's space opera, and offering up the first movie trailer with cinematic footage from the game. Both the article and the movie are illustrated with screenshots, so you can have a glance at the footage to expect before downloading. Here is a quote from the interview:

GS: How will the mission and campaign structure work? We've seen dynamic campaigns and multiple-theater missions in recent space sims. Will Starlancer have a traditional mission structure or will it try something new?

ER: The mission structure in Starlancer is designed so that the players' actions within a mission affect not only the outcome and path of that single mission, but also what happens in later missions. Each mission is greatly affected by what the player has done before. Depending on the players actions, there are many different routes the player can take within a mission and events that the player may or may not be involved in, depending on what he or she chooses to do. One choice at the beginning of the game could affect events for the next ten missions...