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