Thunderbird Academy

## Overview:

Thunderbird Academy, also known as its old name, "Pearl of the Sea", is Cameron's hometown after it was converted into a schoolship and became an international development between the United States and Japan.

## Ship:

Based on the USS Ronald Reagan, Thunderbird Academy is a large, sprawling schoolship. Most of the deck space is occupied by the agriculture department The extensive farmland is symbolic of the Texas coastal plains where Thunderbird Academy was originally placed.

## Logo:

The Thunderbird Academy logo consists of a red bird insignia with a thunderbolt in it. (created by Camera\_Guy\_Gnu9)

## School Motto:

"They give us an inch and we will take the whole damn mile!"

## Sensha-do:

### Overview:

Thunderbird Academy has poured a lot of money into its sensha-do programs, so the school's armored force does not accurately represent the rest of the school's finances.

### Strategy:

Thunderbird Academy mostly uses the same strategies as would be seen in football, just modified for use with tanks. Close-range brawls are not a suggested way to combat the Thunderbirds as they take advantage of their thicker armor to push through cramped areas and brawl using force. However, long range engagements are difficult due to some of the heavier armor, but possible.

### Nomenclature:

Heavy tanks are known as "Ospreys"

Assault tanks are known as "Albatross"

Medium tanks are known as "Eagles"

Light tanks are known as "Owls"

Assault guns are known as "Harriers"

The commander's vehicle is always named "Sparrow"

The flag tank, if not also the commander's vehicle, is named "Finch"

### Tanks:

#### Heavy tanks (Ospreys):

1 - T32

2 - M4A3E2

5 - M26 Pershing

#### Medium tanks (Eagles):

18 - M4A3

6 - M4A3E8

1 - M4A3E8 "Thunderbird VII" (student-made recreation of Thunderbolt VII)

1 - M4A3E1 (automatic transmission M4A3 used for training)

1 - T23E3

#### Light tanks (Owls):

10 - M5A1 Stuart

12 - M22 Locust

4 - M24 Chaffee

#### Out-of-service:

1 - T29E3 (Given to Saunders University)

10 - M4A1

1 - Jagdpanzer 38(T) (don't ask how they got it)

#### Utility/Non-sensha-do:

5 - M29 Weasel

2 - M7B1 Priest

60 - Ford GPW Jeep

25 - Dodge WC51

20 - Brockway B666

10 - Diamond T 980

1 - SdKfz. 251 (don't ask how they got it)

## History:

\*note: I'll be very general so y'all don't dox me, but these do follow the timeline of events for my town.

Originally a train track switching site made in the mid 1800s, the town that will later become known as the home of the Thunderbirds has a modest history as it went from a simple place to change what track a train will go on to a international schoolship.

When the American population was moved away from Saunders, which was land-based at the time, the United States lost an important city. In 2001, it was decided by the United States and Japanese governments to take Thunderbird Academy and its town, known as "Pearl of the Field" at the time, and transfer it onto a pre-built schoolship hull. There was resistance from the traditional townsfolk, so only half of the town was transferred onto the schoolship hull. The remaining space that was planned to be used on the ship was converted into fields that are used by the agriculture department.

## School themes:

\*note: The part after the some of the first colons is the quote that might relate to that song.

Fight song: https://youtu.be/gj7nR73XXyc

Battle theme 1: "Roll Out!": https://youtu.be/ZlpNATmNAE0

Battle theme 2: "Enemy Spotted!": https://youtu.be/Dqocy8sXCDE

Battle theme 3: "Engage!": https://youtu.be/ksHV5owq8wI

Battle theme 4: "Use the Rolling Thunder." aka "We are demolishing the enemy!": https://youtu.be/E9MrRWsSK5g

Battle theme 5: "Watch out!": https://youtu.be/pdiB0UwksDk

Battle theme 6: "Be careful moving forward": https://youtu.be/jINMIoorW0s

Battle theme 7: "Enable EPS, I'm going in": https://youtu.be/3GSbJkU9Lmw

Battle theme 8: "This foe in particular is more difficult than the others": https://youtu.be/YoahflXCiSw

Battle theme 9: "Victory is Near!": https://youtu.be/BSWXDBcC4No

Battle theme 10: "Let's Take the whole mile!": https://youtu.be/v2AC41dglnM

Victory/dance theme: https://youtu.be/EsMuOeOg4lo

Defeat theme: "We gave it our all.": https://youtu.be/B2W4fxHscJQ