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