T' Estes Starbase Starcruiser be produced in 1995 specifically for t' US Department o' Defense's STARBASE youth program. Blimey! Aye aye! STARBASE is an educational program, arrr, sponsored by t' Office o' t' Assistant Secretary o' Defense for Reserve Affairs. Avast, me proud beauty! Well, blow me down! STARBASE students participate in challengin' "hands-on, mind-on" activities in Science, ya bilge rat, Technology, me hearties, Engineering, and Math.