Cloudbase
Spectrum Cloudbase, often shortened to Cloudbase, is the fictional skyborne headquarters of the international security organisation Spectrum from Gerry Anderson's science-fiction television series Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons (1967–68). In the 2005 computer-animated remake, Cloudbase is re-imagined as Skybase.
| Cloudbase | |
|---|---|
| Captain Scarlet vehicle | |
Cloudbase as seen in Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons | |
| First appearance | "The Mysterons" (29 September 1967) |
| Information | |
| Affiliation | Spectrum Organisation |
| Combat vehicles | Angel Interceptors |
| Auxiliary vehicles | Spectrum Passenger Jets Spectrum Helicopters Magnacopters Gyroscopic escape capsules |
| General characteristics | |
| Propulsion | Hover combines Anti-gravity compensators Jet cloud conversion engines for horizontal flight |
| Power | Nuclear reactor Solar energy panels |
| Mass | 87,000 tons or 4,520,000 pounds (2,050 tonnes) |
| Length | 630 feet (190 m) |
| Width | 330 feet (100 m) |
| Height | 130 feet (40 m) |
| Population volume | 593 personnel |
In both series, the base's design is that of an airborne aircraft carrier, stationed in either Earth's high troposphere (in the original series) or low stratosphere (in the remake).
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