The BioShip Grid System is built primarily upon the Skeleton Boilerplate grid system. It also incorporates some aspects of other grid systems such as 960GS and Blueprint.
Rather than using shortcodes, content columns can be generated using simple <div> element classes.
Using outside margins for columns is problematic because it is unknown how many columns may be in a row. To resolve this problem, inner divs are used in each column to give inner padding instead of outside margins. Simply add a second div inside the column div with a class of inner to achieve the spacing effect. The grid stylesheet automatically applies the padding to the inner div to give the column spacing. eg.
Extra classes are available for column shifts and offsets, to help you position the grid columns. Outer margins of different column sizes are applied to achieve these column shifts and offsets. The below reference table shows you which of the numbered class names have what effect.
If you prefer, you can use the grid class syntax for 960GS or Blueprint classes by enabling either of those options in theme settings so the rules are added to the grid stylesheet also. For Foundation grid, simply enable the Foundation resources separately in theme settings tab for Foundation (Skeleton layer), and use that grid syntax as you normally would.