There's a little nod to this in the game Phoenix codex. I would have appreciated that too but I'm just happy being back here. Such a wonderful setting.

: Played through the first three missions before work, looking forward to
: diving back in. I appreciate how much more chatter there is in-game this
: go-around, as opposed to relegating the vast majority of
: non-mission-specific dialogue to cutscenes.

Yeah, it seems like the narrative is inclusive of everything and not just the cinematic end-caps, which to my understanding are fairly light this time around. The first mission seemed like a good indication of what's to come.