Reading through this thread, I saw a few people talking about collaborating on reviving this addon and getting the ball rolling on supporting the latest IC2 version and adding SMP support. I LOVE the idea of this addon, and I had a blast (no pun intended 
) messing around in the older version. While I don't have much Java/ modding experience myself, I do have a few friends with varying levels of Java experience who are interested in helping out, and I have a dedicated server that I would be happy to contribute for testing purposes. If anyone is trying to get things organized or has already started working on bringing the addon up to date, I would love to offer whatever support I can!