I searched the forum and it doesn't look like anyone has posted this before.
Newgrounds has a flash animation that features maybe half a dozen different Star Control characters along with some other popular video game characters. It has more than a half-million views. Check it out:
What about the website Good Old Games? (www.gog.com) They seem to have a really good community. It would help raise awareness a lot to an "older" and more receptive gaming community. I'm pretty sure Good Old games have agreements with Activison as well because they have published a lot of the older games from Troika and the like.
What's certain is that something should be done to re-ignite the SC community.