I would love to say that the fighters were what I was aiming for :) In fact, the tail end of the fighters was something I stuffed up and just liked it ^_^ Thanks for the compliments... Right now I'm just "messing" around and learning as I go, but I need to start establishing some "basic" ways in which the Earth fleet will look... I don't know if I should go curve and round, or blocky and longer (ie, more like Wing Commander ships) tracy-ann