[President_Elect_Shang]

Turning off the sort is the easiest way to get the effect you are after. That option is in Empires --> Display. I did implement a sort based on technology level in the SFTC so yes what you are describing is possible and worked very nicely I might add too. For Stock though I don't feel good about the idea. It would require a lot of work every time a new patch is put out that updates the Components.txt file. Also I think most people are used to the current sort options and finally we would need to come to an agreed upon standard that would allow new components to get sorted. In other words what makes a component an "A" or a "B", etc.