diff --git a/scripthandler.py b/scripthandler.py
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+"""
+This module is responsible for managing scripts and their connection to the
+Object class model. It is important to keep this as independent from the
+codebase as possible in order to allow for drop-in replacements. All
+interaction with actual script methods should happen via calls to Objects.
+"""
+
+# A dictionary with keys equivalent to the script's name and values that
+# contain references to the associated module for each key.
+cached_scripts = {}
+
+def scriptlink(scriptname):
+   """
+   Each Object will refer to this function when trying to execute a function
+   contained within a scripted module. For the sake of ease of management,
+   modules are cached and compiled as they are requested and stored in
+   the cached_scripts dictionary.
+   """
+   # The module is already cached, just return it rather than re-load.
+   retval = cached_scripts.get('scripts.%s' % (scriptname), False)
+   if retval:
+      return retval
+
+   modname = 'scripts.%s' % (scriptname)
+   print 'Caching script module %s.' % (modname)
+
+   try:
+      modreference = __import__(modname)
+      cached_scripts[modname] = modreference
+   except ImportError:
+      print 'Error importing %s.' % (modname)
+      return
+
+   # The new script module has been cached, return the reference.
+   return modreference
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diff --git a/scripts/basicobject.py b/scripts/basicobject.py
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+"""
+This will be the base object type/interface that all scripts are derived from by
+default. It will have the necessary outline for developers to sub-class and override.
+"""
+test = 123