Sir Garnet - Thanks very much for that; I can already tell how useful it will prove... Hopefully this gets stickied, as I believe it'll be enormously helpful for new players. Thanks again...

Greetings all. I'm new to the game and am wading through every tutorial/introductory item I can find. I believe that I have something of a grasp of what needs to be done, in general. However, what is most daunting to me, so far, is merely getting off the ground. To that end, has anyone ever created ...