My Gods! Could it be? An actually sequel that's more than a page long?
But first, some ground notes. Because this is my take on the Thunderbirds universe, there's going to be a few minor tweaks and changes. One of the most major ones, I guess, is that I'm mixing and matching the Thunderbird craft from the series and movie – TB's 1, 2 and 3 are Series versions, whilst TB's 4&5 are movie versions. Mostly because I really like the slimmer design of TB5, with the external ring that seems to be a giant antenna itself, and also TB4 – to me, the movie version seems more like a rescue sub than the series version, which always looked like it should be squished by water pressure at any great depth.
I've also decided to throw the automatic camera detector out the window,as I couldn't figure out a reasonable explanation as to how it works. Instead, pictures of the TB craft do exist, but the craft themselves contain highly advanced stealth systems to prevent tracking.
As for the uniforms the boys wear,I gave them an overhaul. Now, they consist of a tight fitting padded and armored bodysuit, with the sash and belt fixed into it. There's an 'IR' badge – like on the hats – on the left upper arm, and another hand-on-globe logo patch on the right upper arm. The suits have built in knee and elbow pads.
Instead of the little peaked caps, the guys now wear full faced crash style helmets, each with a built in radio link, heads up display and torch. The helmets contain a limited ten minute air supply.
An optional extra for the uniforms is a removable utility belt. Whilst this belt has a gun holster, it does not hold a gun – instead, it contains a small power generator in a gun handle shape, with optional snap on work units, such as a drill, clamps, laser cutter or a small pair of the jaws of life.
The family also don't call each other by name during operations – instead, Scott is Rescue One, Virgil Rescue Two, Alan Rescue Three, Gordon Rescue Four and John Rescue Five. Tracy Island is known as Rescue Command or Rescue Control, and Jeff is Rescue Commander.
Brains is still... Brains.
