since we're using this lib still, spend a bit of time ebn'ing it:
* Private classes
* uninline things

it still needs a good amount of work, however. it's a fairly crufty class, but a great starting point.

btw, i wonder why in return of the jedi that one fight pilot dude got a crappy looking piece of flimsy purple plastic for a glare shield on his helmet while everyone else got nice solid ones made out of shooting glasses material? hum. some mysteries are beyond us.