How to edit/create EMP files

[Elowan]

Originally posted by DavidG:
As far as editing an emp file I think the only way to do this is in the game. Load the emp file and change it, then save it. I don't think it's possible to get the ship designs from another file. If you wanted to save some ship designs you would have to start a new game on high tech, design them and then save the empire file in game.

The latter point is one of my pet peeves. I'd like to be able to have an editable text file that includes my ship designs as well as my Fill Queues so that they can be transferred from game to game. MM needs to consider that many of us do not play PBW. Since the emp file is encrypted and includes all the basic empire stuff including starting conditions - cheating would still be avoided.