It's just a fancy animation to hide to transition where the game is unloading the system you just left and loading in the system you're entering. Same as hyperspace in your own ship, or sitting in a ship on a jumping carrier. You can notice exactly when this happens, as the crosshair, HUD, and (if you were wearing one) helmet disappear during the animation. If you look closely, the game also forgets the name and paint job of the carrier during the jump.What news are you expecting?
Anyway, my guess is that during the jump, the FC never actually moves, and its all pretty light show out the front window. The reason they want everyone sitting down is because there would be no light show in the bar, and people would be asking for it. Perhaps also standing at the extreme edge of the window would break the illusion too. Another consideration is that during the jump, the player is transitioning instances, and they probably dont want to have to handle game interactions in the installed services.
Its is all really nothing more than distracting you with flashing lights while the magicians apprentice changes things behind your back.
The interiors are real, though, for what it's worth. You are actually aboard a station/output/carrier and moving with it. You can find the concourses with a ship and look inside them and see the players inside.
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