Starbase Ship Shop

Wolf head logo, the backplate is 432x432 ( the big plate ) in size You can use it on any ship to give it a bit more personality You can use any material you want to fit your needs ( BP uses bastium ) You can check it out here : https://discord.gg/FkNzGyCAMv The link is a discord forum, you need to write the name of the ship in order to have the right post

First up is the XL-1200, a gargantuan hauler for the largest loads. Not only does it haul, it hauls FAST. Twin plasmas can move this ship up to 150 empty, 127 with random ores, (calculated as 15 tons per stack) and 107 fully loaded with lukium. (26 tons per stack) Next is the XL-1452. This is pretty much the XL-1200 but with an additional 252 crates and double the propellant tanks. This ship is more economical too, due to it only using 1 plasma it is much cheaper to construct, however it is much slower too, roughly 30-50m/s slower than the XL-1200 Lastly is the XF-960! Have you ever wanted more speed? More hauling power? Introducing the XF-960! Featuring a twin plasma setup with a whopping total of 36 rings, as well as 56 tier 3 box thrusters, this monster boasts a speed of 150m/s empty, and guess what? also 150m/s loaded, all while carrying 960 crates of ore! Speed... above all else! (Having a full 960 crate load of lukium does manage to drag it down to 146 point something according to the ship calculator here https://starbase.codes/ship_calc/ but its close enough, and id be really confused on why you would have THAT much lukium...) :P (heat updated as well) >> https://discord.gg/RarSABb3N5 <<

The Quester multi purpose command or explorer ship that is fitted with a medbay with a reconstruction machine and a workshop with all three crafting benches. It also has a large main hall that is designed to be large enough to fit the capital ship nav logger (not included in blueprint). However the owner is free to fit the hall for whatever purpose that is desired. The blueprint is provided for free. All feedback is welcome and in game tips (in-game name Egomaniac) are appreciated. However support will be limited but I will try my best. Please give the ship a "like" if you use and enjoy the ship. Designed by EGOTech. Join the [EGOTech Discord server](https://discord.gg/BKwVGvncmN). [Download the blueprint](https://starbase.egotech.space/ships/quester/download/?ref=sss) Website: https://starbase.egotech.space/ships/quester # Features The ship has the following features: - Two additional seats for co-pilots in a large open bridge - Workshop with all three crafting benches and three resource bridges - Medbay with a recontruction machine - 24 ore crates to store ore for refills - Standard Cruise function - Turtle and Sloth functions with adjustable rates - Transponder system with ping function - Two external and four internal resource bridges - Solar panels which can generate up to 4,300 EPS of power - Auto generator rate script with adjustable minimum rate - 30 T2 generators with 10 T2 fuel chambers and 20 spare rods on racks - 16 large and 40 small propellant tanks with 232,000,000 units of propellant - Estimated propellant time of 13 hours and range of 6,500km - Propellant time and fuel time panels - 72 batteries - 36 T2 box and 124 T2 triangle thrusters, all with T3 nozzles providing forward thrust - 36 T2 triangle thrusters with T3 nozzles providing braking thrust - 48 T2 triangle thrusters with T3 nozzles for maneuvers - Extra two small propellant tank with its own resource bridge for emergency refueling - Eight extra hardpoints (all cabled and piped) - [NavGrid by StandPeter](https://github.com/pcbennion/starbase-navgrid) - [NavCas by fixerid](https://github.com/fixerid/sb-projects/tree/main/NavCas), using custom avoidance system and ISAN 3 in 1 from [Compass by Firestar99](https://gitlab.com/Firestar99/yolol/-/blob/master/src/compass/README.md), with ability to load target from NavGrid - Warning lights and alarm for obstacle detection and avoidance, powered by 44 rangefinders - Speedometer - Timer panel - Odometer panel - Many extra slots for YOLOL or memory chips - Top speed of 130m/s before main hall is fitted

I've moved on to other games for now so I'm making my blueprints available for free: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LJA4-UY30EzLu1wkQ8fg9jA0mRHrwON0/view?usp=sharing Watch the [Ship Showcase Video on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXhCmIuKgQw) The Moon9 288 Miner was designed and built for deep danger zone mining, quick in, quick out. Top speed of 147 m/s, she'll get there quick without wasting fuel. This ship has an abundance of useful scripts including power management, turtle, cruise, ISAN with speed, Fuel Time, Approach, Material Scan (SO) with stacks displayed, and a no compromises Asteroid Collision Avoidance System (ACAS) that displays the location of the approaching asteroid relative to the ship and displays a running total of asteroids avoided. When the battery in chamber 1 falls below 1000/300,000 fuel, all sliding doors open to ensure access to engine bay for refueling. There are three endo stations on the bridge, the two secondary stations have some basic control of the ship, ready for customizing. This ship was built with accessibility and maintenance in mind. There is a rear Thrust Bay with easy access to all thrusters at the rear of the ship, a Gas Bay to access the 6 large propellant tanks, a Generator Maintenance bay with easy access to sockets and wiring and two side bays that currently contain basic and tool crafting tables, room for additional equipment. The Moon9 288 Miner is decked out with 12 tier 2 core chambers with 24 enhancers, 128 batteries and 12 racks containing spare fuel cells. 54,000,000 Hydrogen for long trips. Due to popular demand I've created a second version of this ship with the Fast Travel Gate Core installed. You'll receive both blueprints, the blueprint for Moon9 289 Miner F1 will have one additional ore crate (yes one, lol) and Fast Travel Core installed. The tradeoff is it costs 123,000 credits (1%) more to assemble + ores and it weighs 140,000 kg (1.75%) more, even if fast travel is a maybe, it's probably worth it. By purchasing the 288/289 blueprints, you'll have full access to all future blueprint releases and revisions. Have questions? Reach out!

The Storeo is an ultra-cheap storage 'ship'. Exactly 2000 crates for OCD endos. No capability to fly itself (for use in hangers only). Minimal bolt count to keep assembly cost very low. The BP is available for free in the "Dredwerkz" channel of the Icarus Project discord: https://discord.gg/942fx4x72c

**Ship price:** Ships are no longer sold individually. **BP:** 4M. **Useful information:** 72 cargo lock beams (24/T10). 16 Fuel chamber T3. 48 generators T3. 48 enhancers T2. 8 crates 16medium hydrogen tanks. 8 box thrusters T3. 280 triangle thrusters T3. 16 triangle thrusters T2. 1 Equipped Crafting Table (yellow) And more

!Heat Ready! Description: Produced as LLROE's first entry into the market of mining ships, this ship has been utilized to great effectiveness in their industrial convoys. Stats and features: - 143 ore crates - Full-hull aegisium plating, to protect both your cargo and your ship - 135 m/s top speed empty, with a respectable 110 m/s top speed when fully loaded - 2 sets of mining lasers than can be triggered individually for use with both smaller and larger rocks - Toggleable pulse system for both set of lasers - Battery and cutting angle safety shutoffs for mining lasers - 3 mining laser presets - LLROE's brand of asteroid avoidance system - ISAN Quad with waypoint modules - Convenient alert system on the dash to inform of low consumables - Enough automation on board to raise eyebrows on a possible AI revolution - If AI revolutions don't scare you, there are plenty of easily accessible YOLOL expansion bays on board

# JPTech Erebus ## Introduction This ship is very high-firing with 12 lasers. ## Visibility As the ship has limited down visibility, it is recommended to pursue the enemy in the Yaw direction. ## Armour The laser magazines are spaced to avoid induced detonation between them. The forward armour is made up of two layers of 432x432 plates for extra durability. ## Weapons It is equipped with 12 laser cannons. ## How to buy Erebus 1. Join the JPTech Discord Server [Click here!](https://discord.gg/E47mNfF2Hq) 2. Check the server rules and click the reaction if you agree to them. 3. Create a ticket in the **🚀⚔-erebus-info** channel. 4. Wait for an admin or moderator to reply.

I've moved on to other games for now so I'm making my blueprints available for free: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LJA4-UY30EzLu1wkQ8fg9jA0mRHrwON0/view?usp=sharing Fully loaded, made for frequent danger zone flyers. Low footprint (width and height), equipped with loads of useful scripts, ISAN, Forward/Back Flight, Power Management, Approach, Material Scan (AS) with stacks displayed, Asteroid Collision Avoidance System (ACAS), Turtle mode, Full power mode. Bind a key to AS for scan and Approach to simultaneously enable both systems. When the asteroid is in range, punch LASER and the magic starts. Two front white lights turn on, Approach and Scan are disabled, 4 lasers start making circular patterns, and two collectors engage. 30 seconds after you disable the lasers, the collectors will disengage and the mining light will shut off. This ship was built with accessibility in mind. There is a rear bay with accessibility to batteries, hydro tanks and rear engines. There is a front bay for easy access to front wiring and a crafting table. There are engine bay doors on the top for access to the top of the generator stack and sockets. Ship is decked out with 12 tier 1 generators, 4 core chambers and 8 racks for extra cores. 12,000,000 Hydrogen from 12 small hydro tanks, a whopping 42 batteries that keep the 4 lasers blasting away for 16.5 seconds, none of this pulsing nonsense. If pulsing is your thing, there is an extra chip bolted to the wall to the right of the YOLOL stack, just slot it in and adjust the names of your lasers to "Las1" and "Las2", the lasers will continually alternate firing.

The Bugger is a 448 ore crate capacity mining ship with 10 sweeping mining lasers drill for surface mining operations. It is designed to work in conjunction with a moon base and a separate hauler as it is not the quickest ship. The blueprint is provided for free. All feedback is welcome and in game tips (in-game name Egomaniac) are appreciated. However support will be limited but I will try my best. Please give the ship a "like" if you use and enjoy the ship. Designed by EGOTech. Join the [EGOTech Discord server](https://discord.gg/BKwVGvncmN). [Download the blueprint](https://starbase.egotech.space/ships/bugger/download/?ref=sss) Website: https://starbase.egotech.space/ships/bugger # Videos | Channel | Video | | --- | --- | | [Flames_Yue](https://www.youtube.com/@flames_yue550) | [EGOTech Bugger Surface Miner Showcase](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQRorkcg8d8) | | [Jimma Games](https://www.youtube.com/@jimmagames5907) | [Bugger - Starbase Planet Miner](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SPuTrapSbo) | # Features The ship has the following features: - 448 ore crates - Standard Cruise function - Turtle and Sloth functions with adjustable rates and preset profiles - Transponder system with ping function - Separate mining seat for mining operations with view of lasers and ground - Row of 10 mining lasers that sweep from side to side - Auto mine function that auto advances (with adjustable thrust and speed) ship for easy mining - "Feelers" to keep ship in hover mode while mining - Four ore collectors - Auto hover function - Two external and three internal resource bridges - Auto generator rate script with adjustable minimum rate - 36 T3 generators with 36 T2 enhancers fueled by 12 T3 fuel chambers and 24 spare rods on racks - Radiators and heat sinks that provide more than adequate cooling - Eight large propellant tanks with 96,000,000 units of propellant - Propellant time and fuel time panels - 182 batteries - 20 T2 box and 80 T2 triangle thrusters providing forward thrust - 32 T2 triangle thrusters providing braking thrust - 104 T2 triangle thrusters for maneuvers, with extra thrust upwards - Basic crafting bench to craft refills plus the tools and advanced bench - Speedometer - Timer panel - Odometer panel - Many extra slots for YOLOL or memory chips - Top speed of 100m/s when empty

The Razor is a small one seater designed to quickly and affordably get you from A to B. A simplistic design that sets great focus on reliability, making it a perfect addition to any endo’s ship park. And for those that are expecting trouble on their journey: the Razor is built with the modules necessary to quickly mount a weapon to its frame. ** Features: ** - Max Speed: 150 - Great maneuverability - Compact size - Very cheap to build ** Please join our discord and submit a ticket to purchase: https://discord.gg/ndMvNTYJw7 **

NOTE: sold FOR 10Mil + Manufacturing cost The Pathfinder is the pride of the Red Moon ship line. Designed to be a true multi-role ship, and one of the largest sub-capital ships in the system. In its base configuration, the Pathfinder offers everything an intrepid explorer needs to become independent from the origin stations: A mining array, tractor beams, weapon hardpoints, decanters, autonomous navigation and more, all in a fully armored frame capable of withstanding live combat. Wherever you're going, the Pathfinder has something to help you get there. Trailer : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KMMRTLHu8Q

The **FCU-22** is a Mid-Long Range light armored Fighter/Bomber. Equipped with Dual Autocannons and retracting, scripted, Dual Missile Launcher. FCU-22 is Modeled after the **USAF, F-22 Stealth Jet**. *I am currently working on a modular weapons bay to seamlessly swap between Rocket Pods and Torpedoes for "In Universe" Changes.* The **FCU-22** is intended for Moon/Station Sieges as a *point, fire, peel off system* . Otherwise, it is a passion project to recreate my favorite real-world/fantasy Gunships/Fighters. The ship Blueprint can be purchased as well as the Ship itself (Assemble cost + Ore + 50k Build Fee) There are basic scripts for generation rate, rod/propellant timers, safe fire missiles (as not to fire the missiles while stowed in the weapons bay), status readouts, as well as 5 empty Yolol slots for personal scripts ie; autopilot to stations and missile mag dumps. I am willing to offer **2 stacks of Ymrium and cover the Exorium cost to anyone who purchases the blueprint regardless of market price** to aid in cost reduction if you do not have a stock of it and must buy it from the market. Roughly **108,000 credit value** as of *10/24/21*. Thank you for the read and see you out there, *Game*: **Shipwright** *Discord*: **Knox#9473**

Because Starbase needs more purposeless art ships. In honor of & inspired by Piet Mondrain. Handles beautifully around all axes, and is faster moving up or down than forward or backward! No windows or buggy hinged doors for the minimal cockpit: simply unbolt the correct panel to create the viewport. As the creator is lazy, the blueprint may be [downloaded immediately](https://faulty-industries.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/the_mondrain.fbe) at no cost. For exactly the same reason, it is provided with absolutely no warranty or support. Instead, it's offered on a pay-what-you-believe-is-fair donation basis: the minimum is simply a request to send a message to the creator (`Fault` in-game or `Fault#9610` on Discord) if you end up printing & enjoying the ship. Live long & prosper.

Latest variant of the Ghast, now with 20 missiles for bombardment. Since its release the Ghast has been used as my test bed for missile and torp testing before committing to a specific new design. When the 5 pod launcher was finally added, they easily attached to the Ghast, and was very reliable (for missiles anyway). The default scout variant has also been updated with some of the new additions made on the launcher variant. //Download// https://github.com/Open-Source-Armada/OSA-Ghast-Mk2 //Specs// Comes unarmed for scouting or with 20 missiles for bombardment. LaunchMissile+ and LaunchTube+ are your missile triggers, bind both to the same key, this system uses no yolo and is a simple way to cycle and launch missile tubes. CenterSensePlus and CenterSenseMinus is your standard sensitivity, Adjust both to your preferred flying sensitivity. AimMax- and AimMin- is your Aim hotkey, Bind both to the same keybind, this will lower your sensitivity, Adjust MinSensePlus and MinSenseMinus to change Aim sensitivity. AimMax+ and AimMin+ is your Boost hotkey, Bind both to the same hotkey, this will raise your sensitivity, Adjust MaxSensePlus and MaxSenseMinus to change Boost sensitivity. Ship is set to both fly and aim at a smooth sensitivity (tune to your taste), Aim keybind lowers the limits for sniping, Boost keybind removes these limits allowing for faster pitch/yaw. 150 m/s max speed using T2 manoeuvre thrusters, no trails. 104255.96 kg in weight without missiles, 131225.469 kg armed with missiles. Two small prop tanks for 2 million prop, 1 hours 10 mins estimated flight time. One T1 fuel chamber + Two T1 generators, gens idle at 14.5% for 8 hours 30 mins idle time, estimated flight time 2 hours 30 mins. Basic script for current Fuel/Prop times. Uses basic FCU, roll is performed using Roll_Left and Roll_Right buttons, this is to allow fast handling by isolating the roll thrusters from the FCU/MFC. //Tactics// Despite the very hindersome bugs launchers and their munitions have, the 5 pod launcher is surprisingly reliable. Reliable enough for them to be mounted onto the cheap, fast and stealthy hull of the Ghast, making it a fun and easy way to deploy the max amount of missiles onto a target. Unfortunately all missiles/torps have a chance of failure on launch due to bugs, and the ordinance itself is well known to fail at hitting moving targets, limiting there use. Where I personally see use, even if bugs are fixed, is in station bombardment and breaching. Small or large bombers may be a key aspect to siege warfare, and thus I believe small, cheap and stealthy bombers will be very valuable in the possible future. The Ghast has excellent range for a tailless ship, and can carry all its missiles at max speed. Low tech components keep the potentially one way mission more cost effective, missiles are only cheap to a point. Could possibly be used to ambush stationary ships, like surface miners.

The Piercer is a 342 ore crate capacity mining ship with an automated rotating laser drill for mining operations. The blueprint is provided for free. All feedback is welcome and in game tips (in-game name Egomaniac) are appreciated. However support will be limited but I will try my best. A premium version, the [Piercer X](https://sb-creators.org/makers/Egomaniac/ship/Piercer%20X) is available for purchase on the [EGOTech Discord server](https://discord.gg/BKwVGvncmN). Please give the ship a "like" if you use and enjoy the ship. Designed by EGOTech. Join the [EGOTech Discord server](https://discord.gg/BKwVGvncmN). [Download the blueprint](https://starbase.egotech.space/ships/piercer/download/?ref=sss) Website: https://starbase.egotech.space/ships/piercer # Videos | Channel | Video | | --- | --- | | [Krawll Unchained](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCqloSZ0VHn0BCFhIlJNS8A) | [Starbase - Community Ship Showcase - The Piercer by Egomaniac - Surgical mining!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJVmU2bdvLA) | | [flexcreator](https://www.youtube.com/c/flexcreator) | [Moon Mining with Piercer \| Starbase](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obR1CmXiXhw) | # Features The ship has the following features: - 342 ore crates - Standard Cruise function - Turtle and Sloth functions with adjustable rates and preset profiles - Transponder system with ping function - Automated rotating drill with four mining lasers - Four ore collectors - Material scanner with display of materials in stacks - Approach and auto mine functions - Two external and two internal resource bridges - Auto generator rate script with adjustable minimum rate - 32 T2 generators with 12 T2 fuel chambers and 24 spare rods on racks - Radiators and heat sinks that provide more than adequate cooling - 12 large propellant tanks with 144,000,000 units of propellant - Estimated flight time of 6 hours and range of 3000km - Propellant time and fuel time panels - 130 batteries - 32 T2 box and 104 T2 triangle thrusters providing forward thrust - 32 T2 triangle thrusters providing braking thrust - 48 T2 triangle thrusters for maneuvers - Basic crafting bench to craft refills plus the tools bench - [NavGrid by StandPeter](https://github.com/pcbennion/starbase-navgrid) - Warning lights and alarm for obstacle detection and avoidance, powered by 31 rangefinders - Speedometer - Timer panel - Odometer panel - Many extra slots for YOLOL or memory chips - Top speed of 140m/s when empty

This is the ECO billboard, a simple simple to allow you to broadcast whatever text you want It has a 12x12 screen that has 3 different animations : - text wrap - color change - text wave It is easy to to use and does not require any kind of Yolol knowledge, simply change the progress bar named LineX ( X being a number ranging from 1 to 12 ) and make sure that your line is 12 characters long exactly ( use spaces if needed ) Everything is configurable without having to touch the Yolol ! You can download it for free here : https://discord.gg/KAqjK3W98z The link is a discord forum, you need to write the name of the ship in order to have the right post

This is Serdzas' endorsed Mk2 of the Percheron series. It offers 336 increased cargo containers (for a total of 1,336), an improved cockpit and console, upgraded YOLOL scripts, and an increased maximum speed of 150 m/s while dry and 67 m/s while at maximum mass (fully loaded with Lukium). Now updated with heatsinks. The generators need to be spooled up to fly properly though.

Perfect for short-term mining of rare resources in hazardous areas or comfortable mining in a safe area, 12 lasers allow you to mine medium and small asteroids at the push of a button. The simple cockpit interface is easy to understand even for a beginner. A simple aiming system will make it easy to aim at an asteroid for approach system. Specifications: - AVOID System - Approach System - Sweep System - 200 Ore crates - 135 m/s Empty - 95 m/s full - 2 large tanks - 6 medium tanks For mining, you must turn on (MININGMODE) and then click on the button (ML) To work (AVOID) you need a working speedometer. * if it does not work, you need to press the emergency start button in the chip compartment to the right of the fuel chambers.

The Trebler X is a premium version of the [Trebler](https://sb-creators.org/makers/Egomaniac/ship/%5BFREE%5D%20Trebler) with T3 generators, fuel chambers, enhancers and thrusters plus three extra mining lasers. Website: https://starbase.egotech.space/ships/trebler-x # Comparison | | Trebler | Trebler X | |---|---|---| | Thrusters | T2 | T3 | | Top Speed (empty) | 125m/s | 135m/s | | Spare Fuel Rods | 24 | 28 | | Batteries | 290 | 302 | | Heat Sinks | 28 | 26 | | Generators | 36 x T2 | 42 x T3 | | Fuel Chambers | 12 x T2 | 14 x T3 | | Enhancers | 36 x T1 & 36 x T2 | 42 x T3 | | Power Generation | 72,000eps | 94,500eps | | Mining Lasers | 3 x 3 | 3 x 4 | | Laser Convergence | Approximation | Precise | # Purchase Blueprint The blueprint is available for purchase on the [EGOTech Discord server](https://discord.gg/BKwVGvncmN).

this ship will allow you to fly for a long time without recharging and mine asteroids in the safe zone and not only. He has : 36 containers. 4 small fuel tanks. 2 fuel cells. 6 unit generators. 2 lasers 1 collector Speed empty 100 m/s 70 full . There is also a resource scanner, a ship life timer, an asteroid approach system, rangefinders for more convenient targeting of an asteroid, a generator energy saving script, a system for manual mining and auto mining of asteroids. discord channel (https://discord.gg/gy26uynU)

The marauder is a heavy fighter with a mean attitude It has 30 plasma cannons as main armament and is very, very heavily armoured The plasma cannons can be shot either 5 at a time or all at once The cockpit is at the top at the back and is behind vertical 144x576 glass The generators are protected by an extra layer of armour and heatsinks The max speed of the ship is 111 m/s You can check it out here : https://discord.gg/KAqjK3W98z The link is a discord forum, you need to write the name of the ship in order to have the right post

With this Fast Fighter and iconic look you wont fear the Dark you'll be the DARK! You can be the vigilantly the galaxy has needed. no crates 2 autocannons 2 generators w/ tier 2 Enhancers charodium plated from the underside mainly (for balance) sliding top entrance / exit as seen IRL version its fast but have yet to actually clock the speed 8 small batteries 3 heat sinks 8 rear triangle thrusters 1 box thruster extra room for yolol working on finding room for isan final paint scheme is Black with Grey/White accents (will customize upon request) message Jamsjelly #6931 on discord for purchase or inquiries

A _community_ center to improve your local Origin & show goodwill toward your fellow endos. Equipped with all crafting benches (two of the basic variant) & eight chairs, four of which are seated around the central meeting table. Comes complete with typo in the sign! (**Huge** thanks to NewoNZ#0931 & Railang#5753 for noticing that!) As I'm extremely lazy & had already taken the screenshots, uploaded the BP, printed the example, not to mention leaned into the joke: fixing it is left as an exercise to the printer. Or leave as-is for added character, charm & to be in on the joke. Flies incredibly slowly & the cockpit area is basic and terrible, but it gets the job done. Equipped with excessive battery capacity to keep the lights on. **Care & feeding**: if left within the open-space area of the SSC after logout, ships will despawn **very** quickly, so you'll need to stay with your commnity center to keep it alive and well. Furthermore, it uses hinges (a bad choice, admittedly) that are known to be buggy when your ship becomes hosted by someone else. All the more reason to stay close to your commnity center. As noted earlier the creator is lazy so the blueprint may be [downloaded immediately](https://faulty-industries.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/community_center.fbe) at no cost. For exactly the same reason, it is provided with absolutely no warranty or support. Instead, it's offered on a pay-what-you-believe-is-fair donation basis: the minimum is simply a request to send a message to the creator (`Fault` in-game or `Fault#9610` on Discord) if you end up printing & enjoying the ship. Live long & prosper. **Update**: Railang#5753 added light guards to theirs that do a great job of reducing the glare, but again I'm very lazy so won't be updating the blueprint for now. I _did_ manage to gin up enough motivation to fly to Origin 9 and to grab a photo of their additions to illustrate how it's done, which I've added here. Thanks a ton for this suggestion Railang, it's a really good one. (Wish I'd thought of it originally, frankly!)