recursal/Fanatic-Fandom huggingface dataset:
Enigma

The **Enigma machine** is an encryption device developed and used in the early- to mid-20th century to protect commercial, diplomatic and military communication. It was employed extensively by Nazi Germany during World War II, in all branches of the German military.

Enigma has an electromechanical rotor mechanism that scrambles the 26 letters of the alphabet. In typical use, one person enters text on the Enigma's keyboard and another person writes down which of 26 lights above the keyboard lights up at each key press. If plain text is entered, the lit-up letters are the encoded ciphertext. Entering ciphertext transforms it back into readable plaintext. The rotor mechanism changes the electrical connections between the keys and the lights with each keypress. The security of the system depends on a set of machine settings that were generally changed daily during the war, based on secret key lists distributed in advance, and on other settings that were changed for each message. The receiving station has to know and use the exact settings employed by the transmitting station to successfully decrypt a message.

While Germany introduced a series of improvements to Enigma over the years, and these hampered decryption efforts to varying degrees, they did not ultimately prevent Britain and its allies from exploiting Enigma-encoded messages as a major source of intelligence during the war. Many commentators say the flow of Ultra communications intelligence from the decryption of Enigma Lorenz and other ciphers, shortened the war significantly, and may even have altered its outcome.

## Enigma's Connection to the Convict Commandos Saga

In late November 1944, as part of his plan to prove to German Intelligence that the Allies were able to read intercepted German signals encoded by Enigma, Axel der Adlerhof, the 19 year old nephew of Konigstein's ruling prince, arranged for Enigma signals to include fake information, regarding German plans for the occupation of the alpine regions of German speaking Switzerland, to act as the bait in a trap designed to ensnare an allied inteligence agent.

## Notes

1. ↑ This model "Enigma I", used during the late 1930s and during the war, is displayed at Museo scienza e tecnologia Milano, Italy

## Sources

1. ↑ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Enigma\_(crittografia)\_-\_Museo\_scienza\_e\_tecnologia\_Milano.jpg#/media/File:Enigma\_(crittografia)\_-\_Museo\_scienza\_e\_tecnologia\_Milano.jpg
2. ↑ Deadly Enigma
Guy Tenby

*This article about* **Guy Tenby** *is a Character stub. You can help the* **Convict Commandos Wikia** *by expanding it.*
**Guy Tenby** is the founder and leader of the Convict Commandos.

# Skills

Fluent in German, Tenby is a qualified pilot, capable of handling both Axis and Allied aircraft.

# Notes

1. ↑ Refered to as Captain Tenby during the events of the first story

# Sources

1. ↑ Target America
2. ↑ Hard Trouble
Colt M1911

The **M1911** is a single-action, semi-automatic, magazine-fed, recoil-operated pistol chambered for the .45 ACP cartridge. It served as the standard-issue sidearm for the United States Armed Forces from 1911 to 1986. It was first used in later stages of the Philippine–American War, and was widely used in World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. The pistol's formal designation as of 1940 was Automatic Pistol, Caliber .45, M1911 for the original model of 1911 or Automatic Pistol, Caliber .45, M1911A1 for the M1911A1, adopted in 1924.

Modified M1911 components were used in the De Lisle Carbine
Dresden

Dresden after the bombing raids

## [Source]

**Dresden** (German pronunciation: [ˈdʁeːsdn̩]; Czech: Drážďany, Polish: Drezno) is the capital city and, after Leipzig, the second-largest city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe, near the border with the Czech Republic.

Dresden has a long history as the capital and royal residence for the Electors and Kings of Saxony, who for centuries furnished the city with cultural and artistic splendor, and was once by personal union the family seat of Polish monarchs. The city was known as the Jewel Box, because of its baroque and rococo city centre. The controversial American and British bombing of Dresden in World War II towards the end of the war killed approximately 25,000 people, many of whom were civilians, and destroyed the entire city centre. After the war, restoration work has helped to reconstruct parts of the historic inner city, including the Katholische Hofkirche, the Zwinger and the famous Semper Oper.

Dr. Mallory and Jelly were in Dresden during the night of February 13–14 1945, on a mission to locate secret papers stolen by Ulrika Strom, and witnessed the RAF Lancaster bombing raid against the city.

# Notes

1. ↑ Designated by article 2 of the Saxon Constitution.

# Sources

1. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20080131113213/http://www.landtag.sachsen.de/slt\_online/de/infothek/volksvertretung/popup\_verfassung.html
2. ↑ http://www.leipzig.de/news/news/leipzigs-einwohnerzahl-knackt-die-570-000/
3. ↑ Wikipedia entry
4. ↑ Web of Fire
Wolf Warriors

## Back Cover Summary

The Convict Commandos are back and in trouble again!

Jelly Jakes, Titch Mooney, Dr Jane Mallory, Smiler Dawson and Major Guy Tenby are in the thick of it once more — this time in Nazi Germany itself! In a headlong retreat behind their own borders, the Germans were desperate to halt the American advance and destroy the Ludendorff Bridge at all costs. But with a pinch of mind control, and some dabbling in mind-altering procedures, the Convict Commandos would face up to their strongest foe yet… the Wolf Warriors!
Chapter 21: Deductions and Extrapolations

This page lets you know in which locations the chapter takes place, the new characters introduced, the story arcs that are present and also the brief summary of the chapter.

## Locations of Chapter Twenty One

This section lists the different locations the story is set in.

1. Orbit of Virgon, private yacht Ad Astra
2. Virgon, Westfield, Duchess Iona Chase Memorial Medical Center
3. Orbit of Sagittaron, Battlestar Hydra
4. Orbit of Machimos, Meropis Alpha, Meropis Cluster, Meropian Communion, Gunstar Proioxis
5. Beyond the Cyrannus System, Orbit of Ripley's Star's unnamed 3rd planet

## Characters Introduced

This section lists the new characters mentioned / met in the chapter.

1. Ben Stark - Bomber
2. Tamonetti - Plenny employee - Storming heaven
3. Commander Van Bovee - Hydra Actual
4. Colonel Andy McGregor - Hydra XO
5. Jacobsen, - Hydra supply officer
6. Admiral Stanislaw - supply
7. Belinda - FCIS
8. Spence, our old supply officer
9. Colonel Alistair Tremblay - "Ali" - MC officer - Proioxis Acutal
10. Commander Dixon Ives - "Dix" - MC officer - Aether Acutal
11. Lieutenant Teresa Blaine - MC Dradis officer - Proioxis
12. Admiral Giovanna Cassidine - MC officer - Epiales Acutal
13. Equal Geonova - MC
14. Corporal Sipe - MC Marine - Aether
15. Kyra - Dixon'a Wife
16. Emma, Minerva's EWAC
Frenzy of Fear

***Frenzy of Fear** is a stub article. You can help the Convict Commandos Wikia by expanding it.*

## Back Cover Summary

With the exception of Private Jelly Jakes - the unit's resident coward - the Convict Commandos were among the most fearless fighters in the British Forces. So why were they running in terror from a unit of Germans leaving their quaking comrade behind in their haste?

Something was badly awry, something had happened to throw the Convict Commandos into a

FRENZY OF FEAR

## Story

### Prologue

On a moonlit night in the middle of the Second World War, German troops were advancing towards the ruins of a Greek temple on an island in the Aegean. Their approach had already been spotted by the very frightened eyes of Private Jelly Jakes, whose report of the enemy approach resulted in his normally fearless associates - Major Guy Tenby, Corporal Smiler Dawson and Private Titch Mooney - to run for their lives, resulting in Jelly coming face to face with the Germans, and thinking back to how he had ended up in this situation.

## Misc

The inside front cover features the CRDA Cant Z515 floatplane.
Le Cirque Magnifique

## [Source]

 *This article about the* **Le Cirque Magnifique** *is a Group stub. You can help the* **Convict Commandos Wikia** *by expanding it.*
**Le Cirque Magnifique** was a travelling circus that operated throughout Europe before World War 2. Following the Geran invasion of France, the circus escaped to Switzerland.

Titch Mooney worked with the circus before enlisting in the army, appearing as a strongman.
Blohm und Voss BV 138

### Engine

3 × Junkers Jumo 205D opposed piston diesel engine with 12 pistons in 6 cylinders, 647 kW (868 hp) 880 PS each

### Speed

Maximum: 285 km/h @ 6,000 m (177 mph @ 19,700 ft)
Cruise: 200 km/h (124 mph)

### Armament

2 × 20 mm MG 151 cannon, one in a nose turret and one in the rear fuselage covering upper rear area, 1 × 13 mm (.51 in) MG 131 machine gun in open position behind the central engine, covering the top rear area

## Usage

### Role(s)

Maritime patrol
Long-Range Reconnaissance

### Appears in

Bad Vibrations

The **Blohm & Voss BV 138** Seedrache (Sea Dragon), but nicknamed Der Fliegende Holzschuh ("flying clog", from the side-view shape of its fuselage) was a World War II German trimotor flying boat that served as the Luftwaffe's main seaborne long-range maritime patrol and naval reconnaissance aircraft. A total of 297 BV 138s were built between 1938 and 1943.

# Notes

1. ↑ Some aircraft would also have 1-3 × 7.92 mm MG 15 machine guns and up to 6 x 50kg bombs or 4 x 150kg depth charges under starboard wing root only
2. ↑ Pilot, Navigator, Radio Operator, Nose Gunner, Rear Gunner, Upper Rear Gunner
3. ↑ Used by the Germans in their attempt to fly Lazlo Sarkozy to Germany, the aircraft is destroyed when Titch uses a sea anchor to rip off one of the wingfloats to prevent it taling off.

# Sources

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blohm\_%26\_Voss\_BV\_138
Safe Shallows

## Safe Shallows

The **Safe Shallows** is a biome encountered in the Subnautica dimension.

## Description

no available description

* Blue Palm Seed
* Copper Ore
* Coral Sample
* Purple Brain Coral Sample
* Quartz
* Salt Deposit
* Silver Ore
* Table Coral Sample
* Titanium
* Veined Nettle Seed
* Writhing Weed Seed
* Blue Palm
* Spotted Reeds
* Veined Nettle
* Writhing Weed
* Boomerang
* Holefish
* Floater
* Garryfish
* Gasopod
* Peeper
* Purple Brain Coral
* Coral Shell Plate
* Slanted Shell Plate
* Table Coral
Special Boat Service

The **Special Boat Service** (SBS) is the special forces unit of the Naval Service of the United Kingdom. Together with the Special Air Service, Special Reconnaissance Regiment and the Special Forces Support Group, they form the United Kingdom Special Forces and come under joint control of the same Director Special Forces.

A unit of the SBS delivered the Convict Commandos to Phobos.

# Notes

1. ↑ At that time the unit was known as the Special Boat Section in 1940. They became the Special Boat Squadron after the Second World War and the Special Boat Service in the 1980s.

# Sources

1. ↑ Wikipedia entry
2. ↑ Frenzy of Fear
Cambridge

**Cambridge** is a university city and the county town of Cambridgeshire, England, on the River Cam approximately 55 miles (89 km) north of London.

## Details

Cambridge became an important trading centre during the Roman and Viking ages, and there is archaeological evidence of settlement in the area as early as the Bronze Age. The first town charters were granted in the 12th century, although modern city status was not officially conferred until 1951

The University of Cambridge was founded in 1209. The buildings of the university include King's College Chapel, Cavendish Laboratory, and the Cambridge University Library, one of the largest legal deposit libraries in the world. The city's skyline is dominated by several college buildings, along with the spire of the Our Lady and the English Martyrs Church, and the chimney of Addenbrooke's Hospital. Anglia Ruskin University, which evolved from the Cambridge School of Art and the Cambridgeshire College of Arts and Technology, also has its main campus in the city.

Prior to World War 2, Jane Mallory studied at an un-named college in Cambridge. One of her tutors was the Danish scientist Ulrika Strom

## Sources

1. ↑ Cairns, Richard (1 October 2011). "What it takes to make it to Oxbridge". *The Daily Telegraph* (London). https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/universityeducation/8793862/What-it-takes-to-make-it-to-Oxbridge.html. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
2. ↑ Web of Fire
Convict Commandos

## Back Cover Summary

There you are - stuck in a military prison in Singapore when the Japanese smash into town. You know that if being a prisoner of the British is bad being a prisoner of the Japanese will be ten times worse.

So if a man in British officer's uniform was to offer to get you out if you'd work for him, you'd agree to anything he ordered, wouldn't you?

The Convict Commandos did... and probably wished they hadn't!

## Notes

First story to feature Tenby, Smiler, Titch and Jelly
The Devil's Shadow

***The Devil's Shadow** is a Story stub. You can help Convict Commandos Wikia by expanding it.*
*This entry is about the Convict Commandos story. For information about the individual known as The Devil's Shadow, see the entry for Levranty Kichkin.*

## Back Cover Summary

Without peering into a mirror, it's not often you find yourself looking at your double, but that's what the quivering Jelly Jakes of the Convict Commandos was doing. He didn't like it one bit, especially as the man facing him was backed with four T34 tanks and about 20 heavily-armed Soviet infantrymen.

To make matters just that little bit worse, the man whose face he was staring at was justly known as…

THE DEVIL'S SHADOW
Evil in the East

## Back Cover Summary

The jungle can be a hostile place, besides the strength-sapping heat and humidity, dangerous animals and plants abound.

This counts double if you’re a confirmed coward, born and raised in London, separated from your comrades and being pursued by a deadly assassin.

That was the position that Jelly Jakes of the Convict Commandos found himself in. let’s be honest, he had every right to be terrified.

## Misc

Inside front cover feature - War Bikes - Part 4 Norton Big 4 (WD) (Britain 1942-45) Art by Gordon Livingstone
Lethal Attraction

## Back Cover Summary

It seemed a simple job; hop across to Belgium and find out what was causing strange magnetic field disturbances in the Ardennes region. So simple did it seem, that the Convict Commandos thought they might have time for a bit of relaxation along the way.

Trouble, though, followed Britain’s most dangerous special missions unit like seagulls follow a trawler, and it wasn’t long before they were caught in a net thrown by advancing German forces.
Fatal Mission

## Back Cover Summary

Luck had been with the Convict Commandos since they had escaped from the Japanese in 1942. They had carried out the most perilous of missions with little more than bumps and bruises to show for it.

But luck has a habit of changing suddenly, especially when it is pushed, and it certainly changed for the Convict Commandos as they flew to their next target. They had passed through dangerous skies before, but none quite as dangerous as those over Arnhem.
Office of Strategic Services

OSS Insignia

## [Source]

The **Office of Strategic Services** (OSS) was a wartime intelligence agency of the United States during World War II, and a predecessor of the modern Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). The OSS was formed as an agency of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) to coordinate espionage activities behind enemy lines for all branches of the United States Armed Forces. Other OSS functions included the use of propaganda, subversion, and post-war planning.

## OSS and the Convict Commandos

During the liberation of Paris, US Ranger Tenman Tyrell was one of a number of US soldiers sent to assasinate General De Gaulle, as part of a plot masterminded by General Manning, head of a rogue OSS group who believed that the French leader was as dangerous to the Allies as Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin.

Following his flight from Europe to New York in a V-3 Rocket, Spider Mackay was recruited by OSS, and sent to apprehend Ulrika Strom, after the latter had stolen a set of secret papers from a secret project based in New Mexico.

# Notes

1. ↑ Coordinator of Information
2. ↑ Director for Intelligence
3. ↑ Eventually replaced by Central Intelligence Agency
4. ↑ Depicted in Target America.
5. ↑ This is presumably the Atomic Bomb research carried out as part of the Manhatten Project.

# Sources

1. ↑ See Paris...And Die!
2. ↑ Web of Fire
Cooked and Cured Boomerang

**Cooked Boomerang** and **Cured Boomerang** can be obtained by crafting with salt or smelting Raw Boomerang. They restore the same amount of hunger, except for their saturation. All cooked Minenautica food has a saturation of 6 and all Minenautica cured food has a saturation of 12. Cooked food has charred marks on it, and cured food is slightly more pale.
Grave Secret

***Grave Secret** is a Story stub. You can help Convict Commandos Wikia by expanding it.*

## Back Cover Summary

Private Titch Mooney, the Convict Commandos' man-mountain - ex-circus strongman and ferocious fighter - had no problem destroying a V2 rocket site in the face of a hail of lead fired by vengeful Germans as flames licked about his heels.

But this solid granite character began to shake as he, Guy Tenby, Smiler Dawson, and Spider Mackay made their way through a Dutch graveyard. Was it superstition or was there a grave secret hidden there?
Convict Commandos Wikia

Wordmark

**Welcome to the Convict Commandos Wikia!**
**New pages • Recent changes • Wanted pages • Short pages • Stub articles • Category pages • Uncategorized Pages • Pages without images • Pages without links**
This wiki is about the Convict Commandos - the elite World War Two Squad featured in D.C Thomson's Commando adventure stories, written by Alan Hebden and illustrated by Manuel Benet.

The series starts in January 1942, when a trio of soldiers escape from military prison during the Japanese invasion of Singapore, and decide to accept an offer from an officer to work for him, using their abilities to aid the war effort, in exchange for their freedom.

TenbyDawsonMooneyJakesMackayProfessor Mallory
Normandy

Normandy is one of the 18 regions of France, roughly corresponding to the historical Duchy of Normandy.

During the Second World War, following the armistice of 22 June 1940, continental Normandy was part of the German occupied zone of France. The Channel Islands were occupied by German forces between 30 June 1940 and 9 May 1945. The town of Dieppe was the site of the unsuccessful Dieppe Raid by Canadian and British armed forces.

The Allies, in this case involving Britain, the U.S, Canada and Free France, coordinated a massive build-up of troops and supplies to support a large-scale invasion of Normandy in the D-Day landings on 6 June 1944 under the code name Operation Overlord. The Germans were dug into fortified emplacements above the beaches. Caen, Cherbourg, Carentan, Falaise and other Norman towns endured many casualties in the Battle of Normandy, which continued until the closing of the so-called Falaise gap between Chambois and Mont Ormel. The liberation of Le Havre followed. This was a significant turning point in the war and led to the restoration of the French Republic.

The remainder of Normandy was only liberated on 9 May 1945 at the end of the war, when the Channel Island occupation effectively ended.

During late June 1944, prior to the liberation of Paris. The Convict Commandos were sent to Normandy to eliminate Horst Fleischer.

# Notes

1. ↑ (/ˈnɔːrməndi/; French: Normandie, pronounced [nɔʁmɑ̃di], Norman: Normaundie, from Old French Normanz, plural of Normant, originally from the word for "northman" in several Scandinavian languages)

# Sources

1. ↑ Wikipedia
2. ↑ The Killing Cage
Mask of Death

## Back Cover Summary

The Convict Commandos - Jelly Jakes, Smiler Dawson, Titch Mooney - and their leader Guy Tenby are back in action. This time they are planning to snatch a scientist from under the noses of the Nazis in occupied Europe.

It's no easy job and, with treachery afoot, the prison sentences they're trying to avoid begin to look a very tempting alternative.
Cossack Vengeance

***Cossack Vengeance** is a Story stub. You can help Convict Commandos Wikia by expanding it.*

## Back Cover Summary

Once more the Convict Commandos’ latest mission had placed them in grave danger.

The Germans, in league with a Russian traitor and a horde of fearsome, renegade Cossack warriors, had concocted an assassination plot that would turn the tide of the war.

Now all Jelly Jakes and the rest of the Commando team had to do was foil the enemy plan…but that was easier said than done.
Banquet of Blood

***Banquet of Blood** is a Story stub. You can help Convict Commandos Wikia by expanding it.*

## Back Cover Summary

Budapest, 1945.

Why is Doctor Jane Mallory poised to attack her cowardly colleague, Jelly Jakes?

The answer is at the heart of the latest mission for the Convict Commandos. They must uncover a dangerous secret which turns normal soldiers into crazed, ravenous hordes capable of killing anything – or, indeed, anyone – who gets in the way of their desire to eat.

Is this the Commandos’ most terrifying adventure yet? Jelly definitely thinks so!
Jelly Jakes

Jelly

 *This article about* **Jelly Jakes** *is a Character stub. You can help the* **Convict Commandos Wikia** *by expanding it.*
**Jelly Jakes** is the original safecracker for the Convict Commandos

## History

Jakes was born and brought up in the Whitechapel area of London.

Shortly before the war, Jakes teamed up with Spider Mackay to crack a safe. Unfortunately, Mackay's excessive use of explosives led to the building collapsing, and Mackay getting caught, while Jelly escaped.

In January 1942, Jakes and his best friend Titch Mooney were in military prison in Singapore at the time of the Japanese invasion.

## Skills

* Safecracking
* Lockpicking
* Languages (Target America onwards)

## Notes

1. ↑ Shown briefly at the end of Grave Secret
2. ↑ Jelly recounted the tale to Titch, during their reunion in Target America, when the latter explained about Jelly's replacement.
3. ↑ He has a special lockpicking kit stored in the heal of one of his boots, which he uses in Nature of the Beast
4. ↑ This ability is the result of his near death experience during Operation Market Garden
Brigada Politico-Social

## [Source]

 *This article about the* **Brigada Politico-Social** *is a Group stub. You can help the* **Convict Commandos Wikia** *by expanding it.*
The **Brigada Politico-Social** was the secret police that existed during the Franco dictatorship, in charge of pursuing and repressing all movements of opposition to Franco. Juan Delgardo, the man in charge of the abduction of Guy Tenby, was a member of the BPS.

## Sources

1. ↑ https://marrietabarturen.blogspot.co.uk/2015/09/brigada-politico-social-la-social-la.html
2. ↑ Dungeon of Doom
Hunting Mussolini

## Back Cover Summary

The Convict Commandos - Jelly Jakes, Titch Mooney, Smiler Dawson - and their commander Guy Tenby had been given another job. This time they were to hunt down Mussolini in his hide-out. Easier said than done when they weren't the only ones doing the same.

Guy, as usual, had a plan…but it wasn't supposed to include Jelly hanging from the undercarriage of an airborne Fieseler Storch!
Web of Fire

***Web of Fire** is a Story stub. You can help Convict Commandos Wikia by expanding it.*

## Back Cover Summary

In early 1945 the skies above Dresden burned brightly with the fire of an almighty Allied bombing raid that would go down in history.

Unfortunately for Jelly Jakes of the Convict Commandos, he happened to be on a secret mission in the heart of the German city that fateful night when all hell broke loose.

If he managed to survive the relentless bombardment he would also have to contend with a blast from the Commandos’ past.
Tenman Tyrell

***Tenman Tyrell** is a stub article. You can help the Convict Commandos Wikia by expanding it.*
**Tenman Tyrell** is a US Ranger, similar in many respects to Titch Mooney

## Military Service

### See Paris...And Die!

A week before the Convict Commandos travelled to Paris, Tenman was withdrawn from his unit by General Manning and selected, along with a number of others, to assassinate General De Gaulle, in what Tyrell had believed was an official OSS operation, during which he threw Jelly Jakes from a viewing platform near the top of the Eiffel Tower. On learning the truth, Tyrell pursaded Manning to reveal the names of the other assasins - by dangling the General out of a high window!
Convict Commandos (Group)

The initial Convict Commandos - Jakes, Mooney, Tenby and Dawson

## [Source]

*This entry is about the group known as the Convict Commandos. For details of the similarly named story, see Convict Commandos. For details of each member, see their individual entries.*

## Members

* Guy Tenby - Leader.
* Smiler Dawson - Marksman/Knife expert.
* Jelly Jakes - Safecracker.
* Titch Mooney Ex-circus strongman. Skilled at Hypnosis
* Spider Mackay - Safecracker. Briefly replaced Jelly when the latter was believed dead in Fatal Mission.

## Known Associates

* Gunnar Norvik - Norwegian Resistance.
* Doctor Jane Mallory - Special Agent with O.S.I.
* General Dimitri Zhadov - NKVD Officer
Jane Mallory

## Other information

### Appears in

Deadly Enigma, Lethal Attraction, Brilliant Death, Nature of the Beast, Hard Trouble, Banquet of Blood, Cossack Vengeance, Web of Fire, Nemesis of the North, Wolf Warriors

Dr. **Jane Mallory** is a scientific advisor with the Office of Scientific Intelligence.

## Biography

Little is known about Jane's childhood, beyond her membership of the Girl Guides, where she learnt the importance of being prepared.

In 1936, while in her teens, Jane accompanied her father on a trip to Budapest, during which the pair shared a meal at the Fat Hussar.

At some point, Jane attended an unnamed college in Cambridge, where she first encountered Ulrika Strom.

## Skills and Abilities

Dr Mallory is a skilled circus performer, speciallising in trapeze work and knife throwing. She is also an expert rock climber.

Like Guy Tenby, she is a qualified pilot, and is fluent, to varying degrees, in a number of languages, including Polish, which she learnt from a Polish Great Aunt, Russian and Old Norse.

## Sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cossack Vengeance
2. ↑ Banquet of Blood
3. ↑ Web of Fire
4. ↑ Deadly Enigma
5. ↑ Brilliant Death
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Nemesis of the North
7. ↑ Nature of the Beast
T34

*This* **T34** *article is a Vehicle Stub. You can help the* **Convict Commandos Wikia** *by expanding it.*

The **T-34** was a Soviet medium tank that had a profound and lasting effect on the field of tank design. Although its armour and armament were surpassed later in the war, it has been often credited as the most effective, efficient and influential tank design of the Second World War. At its introduction, the T-34 possessed an unprecedented combination of firepower, mobility, protection and ruggedness. Its 76.2 mm (3 in) high-velocity tank gun provided a substantial increase in firepower over any of its contemporaries; its heavy sloped armour was difficult to penetrate by most contemporary anti-tank weapons. When first encountered in 1941, the German tank general von Kleist called it "the finest tank in the world" and Heinz Guderian confirmed the T-34's "vast superiority" over existing German armour of the period.

The T-34 was the mainstay of Soviet armoured forces throughout the Second World War. Its design allowed it to be continuously refined to meet the constantly evolving needs of the Eastern Front: as the war went on it became more capable, but also quicker and cheaper to produce. Soviet industry would eventually produce over 80,000 T-34s of all variants, allowing steadily greater numbers to be fielded as the war progressed.

# Sources

1. ↑ Achtung Panzer! - T-34
2. ↑ McFadden, David Frederick. Two ways to build a better mousetrap. 2002. Ohio state university. page=11
3. ↑ Stahel, David. Operation Barbarossa and Germany's Defeat in the East. 2009. Cambridge university press. Cchapter 5 Page 169. ISBN 978-0-521-76847-4
4. ↑ Guderian, Heinz. Panzer Leader. 2000. Penguin classics. Chapter 6 Page 233. ISBN 0-141-39027-1
5. ↑ Caidin, M. (1974). 14 The incredible T-34 tank. In The tigers are burning (2nd ed., p. 162). Los Angeles: Pinnacle Books.
6. ↑ Wikipedia entry
V-3 Rocket

The **V-3 Rocket** was a two stage balistic missile, developed by Nazi Germany towards the end of World War 2.

# Description

The V-3 comprised a cockpit equipped V-2 Rocket placed on top of a larger booster.

## History

In late 1944, the only completed example transported Spider Mackay to New York, guided by signals from U Boats in the North Atlantic, as part of a plan to bring the devestation of war to the United States. The attempt was foiled by Spider, who managed to stear the rocket into the harbour before bailing out. According to a document found by the other Convict Commandos during their escape, and translated by Jelly using his new found language skills, the decision to cancel the project, in favour of the continued V-2 production, had apparently been made shortly before Spider's inpromptu flight.

In early 1945, while en route to a mission in Dresden with Jelly, Jane Mallory briefly mentioned the rocket flight, in response to Jelly asking if she knew Spider.

# Errata

The V-3 designation was, in the real world, used for a German World War II supergun. The two stage rocket featured in Target America is actually a piloted version of the A-9/A-10 missile.

## Sources

1. ↑ Target America
2. ↑ Web of Fire
3. ↑ Wikipedia
4. ↑ Astronautix
Hawker Typhoon

A Hawker Typhoon Mk IB of No. 486 Squadron RAF in flight, in 1943

### Engine

1 × Napier Sabre IIA, IIB or IIC liquid-cooled H-24 piston engine, 2,180, 2,200 or 2,260 hp (1,626, 1,640 or 1,685 kW)

### Speed

Maximum: 412 mph (663 km/h) at 19,000 ft (5,800 m) with Sabre IIB & 4-bladed propeller, Stall: 88 mph (142 km/h) IAS with flaps up

### Armament

4 × 20 mm Hispano Mk II cannon, pluse either 8 × RP-3 unguided air-to-ground rockets or 2 × 500 lb (227 kg) or 2 × 1,000 lb (454 kg) bombs.

# History

The **Hawker Typhoon** (Tiffy in RAF slang) is a British single-seat fighter-bomber, produced by Hawker Aircraft. It was intended to be a medium–high altitude interceptor, as a replacement for the Hawker Hurricane, but several design problems were encountered and it never completely satisfied this requirement.

The Typhoon was originally designed to mount twelve .303 inch (7.7 mm) Browning machine guns and be powered by the latest 2000 hp engines. Its service introduction in mid-1941 was plagued with problems and for several months the aircraft faced a doubtful future. When the Luftwaffe brought the formidable Focke-Wulf Fw 190 into service in 1941, the Typhoon was the only RAF fighter capable of catching it at low altitudes; as a result it secured a new role as a low-altitude interceptor.

The Typhoon became established in roles such as night-time intruder and long-range fighter. From late 1942 the Typhoon was equipped with bombs and from late 1943 RP-3 ground attack rockets were added to its armoury. With those weapons and its four 20mm Hispano cannon, the Typhoon became one of the Second World War's most successful ground-attack aircraft.

# Notes

1. ↑ Late with 4-blade propeller. Early Typhoons were 1.5 inches (3.8 cm) shorter
2. ↑ Late production; early Typhoons were 14 ft 10 in (4.52 m) high
3. ↑ With two 1,000 pounds (450 kg) bombs
4. ↑ The top speed of the Typhoon was reduced by some 15 mph (24 km/h) by the non-jettisonable rocket rails. Rockets and rails reduced the speed by 38 mph (61 km/h).
5. ↑ With two 500 lb bombs; 690 miles (911 km) "clean"; 1,090 miles (1,754 km) with two 45 imp gall drop tanks.
6. ↑ A flight of Typhoons are diverted at Guy's request, in order to attack the airport at Emerainville, thus preventing the escape of Kessler's engineering unit.

# Sources

1. ↑ By Devon S A (Mr), Royal Air Force official photographer - http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib//60/media-60775/large.jpg. This is photograph CH 11578 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=24464961
2. ↑ Thomas, Chris and Christopher Shores. The Typhoon and Tempest Story. London: Arms and Armour Press, 1988. ISBN 0-85368-878-8. pp. 25–26
3. ↑ Thomas and Shores 1988, p. 25.
4. ↑ Thomas and Shores 1988, Page 16
5. ↑ Thomas and Shores 1988, pp. 35–36.
6. ↑ Thomas and Shores 1988, p. 34.
7. ↑ Thomas and Shores 1988, pp. 23–26.
Eiffel Tower

The **Eiffel Tower** (/ˈaɪfəl ˈtaʊər/ EYE-fəl TOWR; French: Tour Eiffel, pronounced: [tuʁ‿ɛfɛl]) is a wrought iron lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France. It is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower.

Constructed in 1889 as the entrance to the 1889 World's Fair, it was initially criticized by some of France's leading artists and intellectuals for its design, but it has become a global cultural icon of France and one of the most recognisable structures in the world. The Eiffel Tower is the most-visited paid monument in the world.

Jelly Jakes was thrown from the tower by Tenman Tyrell during the Convict Commandos' mission to Paris in late 1944. While experiencing a temporary delusion, caused by a sliver of bamboo which had pierced his skull, Titch Mooney would remind Tyrell of this incident when they met during a mission in the Ardennes in December 1944.

# Sources

1. ↑ Wikipedia entry
2. ↑ See Paris...And Die!
3. ↑ Lethal Attraction
Blood Money

***Blood Money** is a stub article. You can help the Convict Commandos Wikia by expanding it.*
## Back Cover Summary

If there was one thing the Convict Commandos - Jelly Jakes, Smiler Dawson, Titch Mooney - liked, it was easy money. Unfortunately the money their leader Guy Tenby had them chasing wasn't easy, it was very difficult indeed. For it was in Occcupied Norway and the Nazis didn't want them to get anywhere near it.

## Trivia

Titch and Smiler would refer to this mission during their return to Norway in September 1944, when they, Tenby and new member Spider Mackay were dispatched to ensure the pioneering radar jamming work of Lazlo Sarkozy, a Hungarian engineer and physicist living in Sweden, did not fall into German hands.
Office of Scientific Intelligence

Dr. Jane Mallory, an agent of the O.S.I.

## [Source]

 *This article about the* **Office of Scientific Intelligence** *is a Group stub. You can help the* **Convict Commandos Wikia** *by expanding it.*
The **Office of Scientific Intelligence** (O.S.I.) - also known as the Office of Scientific Investigation - was a British secret service department.

Jane Mallory was an O.S.I. agent.
Patrick and Tillie

## Patrick

Patrick and Tillie are Twin Border Collic Pups.

## Persona

Patrick and Tillie are dim-whitted, mischievous, but kind and faithful twin pups. They always seen to know the way to places, like Manchester and Liverpool. Sometimes, they try so hard to be helpful, it leads to trouble.

The two pups go by the words "No one in important."
Brilliant Death

***Brilliant Death** is a Story stub. You can help Convict Commandos Wikia by expanding it.*

## Back Cover Summary

The Convict Commandos are not known to do things the conventional way. Titch Mooney, Jelly Jakes, Smiler Dawson and Guy Tenby – not forgetting their ruthless confederate Dr. Jane Mallory – always get the jobs where conventional is not an option.

Even by their standards, though, a boat chase through the centre of Venice was a bit extreme.

You really have got to read this tale.
Singapore

**Singapore**, officially the Republic of Singapore, and often referred to as the Lion City, the Garden City, and the Red Dot, is a global city and sovereign state in Southeast Asia and the world's only island city-state. It lies one degree (137 km) north of the equator, south of the southernmost tip of continental Asia and peninsular Malaysia, with Indonesia's Riau Islands to the south. Singapore's territory consists of a diamond-shaped main island along with 62 other islets.

The founding members of the Convict Commandos were incarcirated in a military prison in Singapore during the Japanese invasion on the island in January 1942.
Vickers Wellington

The damaged Wellington from Lethal Attraction

### Armament

6–8× .303 Browning machine guns: 2× in nose turret, 2× in tail turret and 2× in waist positions plus 4,500 lb (2,041 kg) bombs

## Usage

### Appears in

Lethal Attraction

The **Vickers Wellington** was a British twin-engined, long-range medium bomber. It was designed during the mid-1930s at Brooklands in Weybridge, Surrey, led by Vickers-Armstrongs' chief designer Rex Pierson; a key feature of the aircraft is its geodetic airframe fuselage structure, principally designed by Barnes Wallis. Development had been started in response to Air Ministry Specification B.9/32; issued in the middle of 1932, this called for a twin-engined day bomber capable of delivering higher performance than any previous design. Other aircraft developed to the same specification include the Armstrong Whitworth Whitley and the Handley Page Hampden. During the development process, performance requirements such as for the tare weight changed substantially, as well as the powerplant for the type being swapped.

The Wellington was used as a night bomber in the early years of the Second World War, performing as one of the principal bombers used by Bomber Command. During 1943, it started to be superseded as a bomber by the larger four-engined "heavies" such as the Avro Lancaster. The Wellington continued to serve throughout the war in other duties, particularly as an anti-submarine aircraft. It holds the distinction of being the only British bomber to be produced for the duration of the war and of being produced in a greater quantity than any other British-built bomber. The Wellington remained as first-line equipment when the war ended, although it had been increasingly relegated to secondary roles. The Wellington was one of two bombers named after Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, the other being the Vickers Wellesley.

A larger heavy bomber aircraft designed to Specification B.1/35, the Vickers Warwick, was developed in parallel with the Wellington; the two aircraft shared around 85% of their structural components. Many elements of the Wellington were also reused in a civil derivative, the Vickers VC.1 Viking.

# Notes

1. ↑ 4× from Mark III onwards
2. ↑ deleted from Mark III onwards
3. ↑ This minesweeping aircraft was damaged by the colossal repulsing magnetic force from a recently landed meteor, after an electrical failure led to the loss of navigation signals, resulting in the aircraft flying over the Ardennes.
Nemesis of the North

***Nemesis of the North** is a Story stub. You can help Convict Commandos Wikia by expanding it.*

## Back Cover Summary

Smolenskaya Ostrov, a small island in the Barents Sea, was feared by the Russians, who had given it a much more ominous name — the Island of Death. This inhospitable place was uninhabited, apart from the packs of the ferocious polar bears who roamed its barren wastes.
Now, “Jelly” Jakes, Titch Mooney and the rest of the Convict Commandos were tasked with preventing the outbreak of a deadly virus — if they could survive long enough to complete their mission.
Switzerland

## [Source]

**Switzerland** (/ˈswɪtsərlənd/), officially the **Swiss Confederation**, is a federal republic in Europe. It consists of 26 cantons, and the city of Bern is the seat of the federal authorities. Situated in Western-Central Europe, it is a landlocked country geographically divided between the Alps, the Swiss Plateau and the Jura, spanning a total area of 41,285 km2 (15,940 sq mi) (land area 39,997 km2 (15,443 sq mi)). While the Alps occupy the greater part of the territory, the Swiss population of approximately eight million people is concentrated mostly on the plateau, where the largest cities are to be found: among them are the two global cities and economic centres Zürich and Geneva.

In late November 1944, as part of his plan to prove to German Intelligence that the Allies were able to read intercepted German signals encoded by Enigma, Axel der Adlerhof, the 19 year old nephew of Konigstein's ruling prince, arranged for Enigma signals to include fake information, regarding German plans for the occupation of the alpine regions of German speaking Switzerland, to act as the bait in a trap designed to ensnare an allied inteligence agent.

## Notes

1. ↑ Referred to as "federal city". Swiss law does not designate a *capital* as such, but the federal parliament and government are located in Bern, while the federal courts are located in other cities.
2. ↑ There are several definitions.

## Sources

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland
2. ↑ Deadly Enigma
Operation Overlord

**Operation Overlord** was the codename for the Battle of Normandy, the Allied operation that launched the successful invasion of German-occupied Western Europe during World War II. The operation was launched on 6 June 1944 with the Normandy landings (Operation Neptune, commonly known as D-Day). A 1,200-plane airborne assault preceded an amphibious assault involving more than 5,000 vessels. Nearly 160,000 troops crossed the English Channel on 6 June, and more than two million Allied troops were in France by the end of August.

The decision to undertake a cross-channel invasion in 1944 was taken at the Trident Conference in Washington in May 1943. General Dwight D. Eisenhower was appointed commander of Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF), and General Bernard Montgomery was named as commander of the 21st Army Group, which comprised all the land forces involved in the invasion. The coast of Normandy was chosen as the site of the invasion, with the Americans assigned to land at sectors codenamed Utah and Omaha, the British at Sword and Gold, and the Canadians at Juno. To meet the conditions expected on the Normandy beachhead, special technology was developed, including two artificial ports called Mulberry harbours and an array of specialised tanks nicknamed Hobart's Funnies. In the months leading up to the invasion, the Allies conducted a substantial military deception, Operation Bodyguard, using both electronic and visual misinformation. This misled the Germans as to the date and location of the main Allied landings. Adolf Hitler placed German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel in charge of developing fortifications all along the Atlantic Wall in anticipation of an invasion.

The Allies failed to accomplish their objectives for the first day, but gained a tenuous foothold that they gradually expanded when they captured the port at Cherbourg on 26 June and the city of Caen on 21 July. A failed counterattack by German forces on 8 August left 50,000 soldiers of the 7th Army trapped in the Falaise pocket. The Allies launched an invasion of southern France (code-named Operation Dragoon) on 15 August, and the Liberation of Paris followed on 25 August. German forces retreated across the Seine on 30 August 1944, marking the close of Operation Overlord.
Airblast

Airblast is a Grey Power, indicating it is a Power that can reduce enemy stats or hinder their progress in some way, shape, or form. It also may cause a minuscule amount of damage.

Airblast is used by the following characters:

* Pyro

## Usage and Statistics

When activated, Airblast will create a blast of air near the center of the screen that will grow in size and head towards the team opposite of the one that spawned it. Upon spawning, it will decrease enemy stats in the range that follows:

 ATTACK Reduction
Professor Mallory

*This article about* **Professor Mallory** *is a Character stub. You can help the* **Convict Commandos Wikia** *by expanding it.*
**Professor Mallory** was the father of OSI agent Jane Mallory.

In 1936, the professor and Jane visited the Fat Hussar resteraunt in Budapest. During their flight to Budapest for a mission in early 1945, Jane recounted her memory of the visit to the Convict Commandos.
Flare Shot

### Description

Fire a flare, flamboyantly filling enemy health with fiery damage, especially if they're frantically on fire.

### Damage Per Hit

Maximum 30, minimum 15, and 90 on Critical Hit.

### Number of Hits

1

Flare Shot is an Orange Power, meaning it is an attack that causes repetitive damage over time and/or applies an ailment to the enemy that drains their health.

Flamethrower is used by the following characters:

* Pyro

## Usage and Statistics

Flare Shot will grant the character that fires it invulnerability for the duration of the attack. In the attack, the character will fire a single flare projectile that will deal a random amount of damage to a single target as follows:

 On Critical Hit

\*remember, damage from any attack, unless otherwise specified, is affected by the ATTACK of the attacker and the DEFENSE of the victim.

The flare has a 10% chance of performing a Critical Hit. Also, if the character the flare hits is on fire, a Critical Hit will automatically take place. The flare will light enemies on fire for 5 seconds, or extend the amount of time of a current flame to 5 seconds if it has less than 5 seconds of life left in it.
Flamethrower

### Damage Per Hit

Maximum 12, or 36 on Critical Hit. Drop-off over distance, minimum 11, or 33 on Critical Hit.

### Number of Hits

Random (1 out of 4 chance of firing another heat wave after every shot.)

Flamethrower is an Orange Power, meaning it is an attack that causes repetitive damage over time and/or applies an ailment to the enemy that drains their health.

Flamethrower is used by the following characters:

* Pyro

## Usage and Statistics

Flamethrower will cause your character to jump over to a random target on the enemy team. There, they will launch flames in the form of a small heatwave that will do damage as follows:

 On Critical Hit

\*remember, damage from any attack, unless otherwise specified, is affected by the ATTACK of the attacker and the DEFENSE of the victim.

Critical Hits for this attack are random, based off a 10% chance. If that chance is met, the Critical Hits will be active for the rest of the duration of the attack. The duration of the attack is also based on random chance, which in this case is 25%. If that chance is met, another projectile will be fired 0.5 seconds later. Theoretically, this could continue on forever, but the chances of that happening are astronomical. Each flame will light enemies on fire for 10 seconds, or extend the amount of time of a current flame to 10 seconds if it has less than 10 seconds of life left in it.

It is also worth noticing that this attack may never hit minimum damage, since the character is never far enough away for the full distance drop-off to be carried out.