Thunderbird 6

Thunderbird 6 is International Rescue's first medical spacecraft and orbital station. Manned by Blake Adams, Little Timber and/or EOS, it can also manned by Delilah if Blake and/or Little Timber are absent. Its design is similar like Thunderbird 5 and it moored in a geostationary orbit 22,400 miles above the Pacific Ocean. It has two major roles: the first is to help Thunderbird 5 monitor the planet for potential disasters and receive distress calls when these arise, and as such, TB6 is equipped medcenters for the treatment of anybody's in space is wounded.

TB6's utility does not end once a rescue is set in motion, since the station's second role is to provide medical assistance and has aexistential purpose is to save the lives of people who are in mortal danger outside of the atmosphere for extended operations away from Earth. It can also docked with Thunderbird 3, Thunderbird 5 and the space rover so they can provide any assistance.

## Design

Though not a vehicle in the conventional sense, Thunderbird 6 can, like many space stations, move under its own power. Thrusters allow TB6 to raise or lower its orbit and then resettle into a geostationary situation behind or ahead of its normal mooring point. Smaller RCS jets allow the satellite to alter its attitude or to move to any point above the Earth.

TB6, however, typically in a geostationary orbit directly above the earth to facilitate the best contact with International Rescue's headquarters, and thus it primarily acts as a spacecraft/cruiser for International Rescue to even function as a lifesaving organisation, although some were modified for long-range search-and-rescue operations.

While the full extent of TB6's abilities is unknown, it is clear that it can access the Internet and it has the ability to extend it command bridge outward while the rear opens up in four sections to allow loading and unloading of various cargo.

The central structure of TB6 is shaped rather like a microphone. Around what would be the "grill" is a toroidal structure containing most of the station's rooms and facilities. This ring spins around in order to generate artificial gravity. For unexplained reasons, the ring can rotate at a much faster speed than is needed to generate 1G of gravitational force, allowing it to easily go above 25g.

### EOS

A childlike, yet clever artificial intelligence within the computers of Thunderbird 5, who keeps John company and occasionally helps on his tasks. EOS uses cameras around the satellites interior and exterior to observe and assist, and often supplements TB5's already powerful systems with her own capabilities.

### Space Elevator, TB3, TB5 and the Space Rover's Docking Port

The outside of the ring is also the place to look for Thunderbird 6's Space Elevator allowing Blake and/or Little Timber to visit home at will provided TB6 is in geostationary orbit above it. This means that the orbital craft is equipped with (and can store) at least 22,500 miles of cable. EOS comments that this cable is incredibly thin, though Blake and/or Little Timber expresses faith in its safety given Brains' tendency to over-engineer everything he designs to ensure near-absolute safety. It is likely, within the 2060 context, that the cable is some form of carbon nano-wire or some material of similar traits or strengths.

Thunderbird 3, Thunderbird 5 and the Space Rover is also capable of travelling to and docking with Thunderbird 6, with the three ships dock at the center of the gravity ring. Three secondary docking ports allow them to secure in place more firmly

The elevator is surrounded by several small boosters and has a claw on the end, allowing it to directly interact with large objects in space (or far down below on Earth) with precision should it ever need to. This allows Blake and/or Little Timber, and/or Delilah to easily travel to and from Earth as well as deliver supplies to TB6.

## Technical Data

* **Crew:** One Pilot/Medic along with 5 crew members
* **Drive System:** Hybrid single Ion Drive Converter Warp engine with 4 x Variable Geometry Field Projector Panels, and a Ion-drive particle accelerator

* **Maximum speed:** Full Impulse (Folded Projectors), Warp 7+ (Projectors Deployed)

* **Height:** 112 feet
* **Length:** 177 feet
* **Wingspan:** 80 feet

### Equipment:

* Med-bay with X-ray screen, med pod to provide emergence medical aid to a disaster zone. It can be able to rebuild broken bones, aging hair or facial wrinkles, even cancer and rebuilding a normally fatal injury as long as the brain remains intact. It is even said to be able to reverse the aging process. However, if the brain and central nervous system are damaged, the victim is beyond the capacity of the Med-Bay to heal, so, the victim has to be taken in Thunderbird 3, Thunderbird 5 and the Space Rover before proceeding to the hospital.

### Specifications:

* 4 x Heavy duty hydrolics on each field projector panels

* Passive sensor arrays.
* Tracking sensor arrays.
* Anti-radiation screen on the bridge.
* Artificial gravity control system.
* Anti-G crew compartment.
* Multi Deflector Shields pods with quick charger.

* Defensive anti radar and sensor jammers.
* Multi function Advanced Data Link (MADL) communication system
* Advanced Mission Computer.