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Another UI suggestion:

A feature "search", much like any windows application text search feature: when you call it up, you can enter either a commander name or an item name (perhaps there are two separate hotkey functions: Find Name and Find Item). The game then searches, and hits could be either listed in a small screen with clickable search results and/or the game simply highlights that Commander with a name found on the map screen (much like the "n" key currently), while if an Item is found the game selects the commander with that item on his or her person in his or her Inventory screen or simply shows the laboratory screen. If there are more than 1 commander or item of that name the successful hits will scroll through them.