THE WORLD OF CAPTAIN SCARLET
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To maintain Spectrum's efficiency as Earth's leading security organisation, the organisation must regularly recruit new agents, In that optic, the Spectrum recruitment office keeps a constant monitoring of all other World Government services (World Army Air Force, Universal Secret Service, World Government Police Corps, the WASP, etc.), as well as various other fields of special interests (ingeneering, electronics, computers, medicine, piloting etc.) and even military training academies in order to find potential candidates. Recruits come from various fields of expertise. The offer to join Spectrum only comes to those with outstanding capacities, knowledge or experience, with an emphasis to those exhibiting wide-range abilities. Only the best, the more motivated and most loyal are recruited in order to become a Spectrum agents. Training includes classes in different fields, drills to improve physical fitness, endurance and survival skills (bootcamp), training in martial arts, weapons and handing of various craft and equipment, etc. The cadets are ruthlessly drillled into efficiency, during the course of their training. Whatever his or her level of training, the candidate joining Spectrum must follow a mandatory training period at a Spectrum training facilities. There are four of them, all focusing on specific fields of expertise:
In addition to the training facilities listed above, Spectrum can also count on other World Government facilies - such as W.A.A.F. Sahara Camp - for further training, or for refreshing courses, if ever there a need for it. Of the four Spectrum training facilities, Koala Base was the first created for the organisation. It is also the most known and the one we have the most information about, as it was featured in the TV episode 'Traitor'. It is also known that it's there that the colour-coded Captains from the higher staff followed their own training before taking their responsabilities within the organisation, as per information taken from an official source mentioning that they went to 'Australia to complete training.'
The information below concerns Koala Base exclusively, but it is speculated the other training facilities share some features with their Australian counterpart. Koala Base's exact location is mostly secret, except within Spectrum itself. What the public knows about it is that it's situated somewhere in the deepest parts of the Australian outbacks, surrounded by miles and miles of desert, away from prying eyes. It's within Koala Base that the Spectrum Hovercraft are built and tested. The craft's hangars and workshops are situation on Bloc C of the complex. As part of their test, the Hovercraft are used to patrol the rough grounds within the Base and around it. Koala Base's perimeters broadened themselves on an extensive distance - which would seem logical considering that the Training facility must dispose of a large ground to well-prepare its agents. Koala Base's current commander is Major Stone. He overviews the whole operations for the base, the training for the cadets, and supervised construction for the Spectrum Hovercraft. Major Stone is a loyal officer of Spectrum who helds the colour-coded officers in high regard, especially Captain Scarlet, whom he considers an heroic figure and a model to follow for his cadets. Principal building (Bloc D)
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(Sources: TV Century 21 material (Annuals, books and magazines), Engale Marketing's Century 21 magazine, Issue 15, Winter 1995, Fleetway Magazines, Captain Scarlet & the Mysterons book by Chris Drake & Graham Bassett, Complete Book of Captain Scarlet by Chris Bentley… all related to TV Century 21 material.) |
SPECTRUM ORGANISATION - CAST OF CHARACTERS - CRAFT, VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT - THE MISSIONS - KOALA BASE
CHRONOLOGY OF THE CAPTAIN SCARLET UNIVERSE - THE BRITISH DICTATORSHIP
ORGANISATION CHART OF THE WORLD'S PEACE-KEEPING FORCES
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