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