I worked with a naval sim called Harpoon. In it the messages were delivered by your officers. Similar to the suggested GNN and pop-ups Drengins now have etc.. having someone of your race presenting it, you know how often those come. On planet screens an official for that planet, taking your orders would indeed be cool. If images would suffice instead animations, I bet we have better luck being considered.
Images would be okay... But if they even would consider animations - they don't even have to be a complicated animations just a viewscreen that appears (or one that is always in the corner) with a portrait of your advisor and/or governor looking at you with simple head movement loops (i.e. head turns, nods, blinking, etc...) and possibly varying emotes of the situation at hand (i.e. grim, cautious, joyous, serious, etc...). No speaking, mouth movement or complex animations would be required.
