The only scripting in existence is for modding abilities and the like -- you can't use it for map-making. There is no single player campaign, and the scripting you'd need for that isn't available. (Certainly not to players, anyway)

Not currently, no. But what we do have is a very robust form of "sandbox" mode which creates what they call an "emergent campaign".

There is no in-game scripting.

There isn't a campaign, remember? They didn't code that stuff in.

Hey KilsonX,

1. Through scripting can I take the players units and move them to a new map?
1b. Can the status of the first map be saved and reloaded by the script?
2b. If so how many sub maps would be possible?

At the moment, there is no in-game scripting in the way you are thinking about. It may well be added in a content update later though.

2. Can phase lines be turned on and off through scripts?

(See above) You can make a fully connected map, which is pretty much the same thing as not having phase lanes. You'd probably want to turn off "show connections" in the user interface though.

3. Through scripting can in game customization be implemented? *
2b. Can abilities and bonuses be added by the script? *

I'm not sure what exactly you mean by in-game customization, but pretty much everything in the game can be customized. Not scripted, but customized. And yes, that includes abilities, bonuses, UI, ships, planets, etc.

4. Can movies or Still images be used to convey a story?
5. Can the game be paused while giving the player a choice?
6. What are the Game over options? -- So if I wanted a player to lose if a certain ship dies or station?
7. Can planets be made to move? - Say simulating an orbital pattern.
7b. Are binary Systems possible?

Most of these things would require scripting, so they fall under "may be added in a content update". Orbiting planets won't be possible (it was originally in but banished for being not fun to play with). I want to make a binary system myself, and nearly had it all working but something else took priority.

Hope that helps.

Makes me wonder why it took so long to produce the game in the first place. There's no single-player campaign. There's no scripting in it. It's basically an engine where you can move your ships around in small areas linked together. Ships shoot at eachother. 15 arch-type ships with cosmetic differences and minor differences. It all comes down to moving a group of them into another group of an enemy and let them battle it out. Research changes a couple of values of these ships and planets.  

We've been nagging through the entire process of the development that we would want some personality into the game. What we have now is nice looking planets, okay looking ships, and a template for a game that you would actually START to build a game from.

I grasped what you was trying to do, with scripting, and my heart started beating happily. Then when I learned that there was no scripting in there, it stopped. They got a long way to go with the game yet, but in the end it should be something really cool.