Rank and File Angels and others

[The Secretive Bus]

Captain Magenta is the sixth Angel.

[DartBrat701]

Which would make Captain Ochre the seventh.

No but seriously, Captain Ochre would probably be a very competent fighter pilot. He was a licensed pilot before joining Spectrum.

[chrisbishop]

I think they probably all are - after all, they are senior officers in an hovering headquarters base! They would need to know how to fly to get there - and to depart from it for their missions - The way we see Blue and Scarlet do all the time!

[Prismatic Avatar]

I thought I would put my ten cents worth in. Please bear in mind that this is only very loosely based on the show and is more along the way I would evolve the show. (Ah, to be given that chance.... )

Judging from 'Flight to Atlantica', Spectrum is a relatively young organisation and it was originally evolved to cope with a world that wasn't at war. Five Angels could very well have been the right number for the level of activity Spectrum's creators would have envisaged for them. With the Mysteron War of Nerves starting up, that would have changed but I would hazard a guess that red-tape being what it is, it would take a little time for any request for additional manpower to go through the channels. I mean there was no move to replace the three Captains lost in the early days and these were field agents! Myself, I added two Angels to the main rota, plus created the Cherubim and Archangels for other duties.

As for rank... My instinct is to give them Captain or Lieutenant rank. Most of the time it wouldn't come up as any Angels dispatched to the scene would automatically come under the command of the field commander, which would likely be one of the Captains from Cloudbase. At risk of sounding a little biased, the Angels were a support facility, rather than command personnel, so there would rarely be a chance for conflict. Unless you're Symphony Angel, that is. Destiny seems to be Angel Prime so maybe she's a Captain and the others are Lieutenants?

[DartBrat701]

Actually P.A., I think the Angel Pilots are all technically "Captains" in rank.

According to some CS annals, Destiny & Melody both often act as "Pack Leaders". In addition, Melody & Symphony are also helicopter pilots.

Now, experiencewise, Melody & Harmony have extensive backrounds in flight. Melody was a pilot in the World Army Air Force. Whereas Harmony, ran her late father's air-taxi service.

[Marion]

The matter of whether all Spectrum Agents are competant pilots was one that I've been considering recently.
As DartBrat says: "Melody & Harmony have extensive backrounds in flight. Melody was a pilot in the World Army Air Force. Whereas Harmony, ran her late father's air-taxi service"
But Melody was only in the WAAF for 2 years and a year of that she spent marooned on a desert island.
Destiny was also a WAAF pilot - ."not knowing just what career to go for, Juliette decided on joining the World Army Air Force (2060) as a “fill-in” job. Because of her unusual qualifications and few job interests, (she) was moved to the WAAF intelligence corps. There she became so enthusiastic in her work that she decided to make intelligence her career after all. As another part of the job Juliette began training as an aircraft pilot and soon made a name for herself amongst WAAF officials for her flying skills..."
So Destiny was a pilot by accident!
Both Rhapsody and Symphony learn to fly as part of doing another job, and decide they like it.
Ochre learned to fly and being denied a commission in the WAAF went into the police force. Presumably he flew when he wanted to still - but he would not have been flying military standard planes.
Blue - as a test pilot - and Scarlet - as a WAAF colonel - must've flown state of the art craft. Its possible Grey did too - Troy Tempest flies planes in 'Stingray' and Bradley Holden was in the WASPS as well.
Magenta - well - nothing is said about him flying before he joined Spectrum. He may not have been able to fly - or fly very well - but even so, I am sure Spectrum could have arranged tuition for him - and anyone else who needed bringing up to the mark - once they were on the books.
Maybe this is why - if Spectrum is a 'relatively young organisation' as has been suggested, we don't see any of the others flying planes (that I can remember, anyway). Ochre drives the yellow fox tanker - but even in his finest hour (Flight to Atlantica) he is given the task of 'bombadier' while Blue flies the plane (somewhat haphazardly ) Melody and Symphony fly the helicopters...

[MMK]

How DID you work out the Angel's rota? Indigo?
My head was spinning just trying to understand what you had written... very interesting and detailed...
Very good

[Matt Crowther]

I realised, belatedly, that as continuing characters in my FF's I've done the Guardian Angels...and I've done five. Looking at this forum it might've been better to do six.

[Marion]

I have always thought six made more sense - I have 6 pilots in my 'standby Angels' (as they appear in 'This Other Eden') and the next generation of Angels in 'Valediction', and a theory about why there are only 5 original Angels...
But it's a plot bunny - so I'm not going to tell you

[Matt Crowther]

I'm intrigued about the plot bunny. But I understand.

[Silverback]

As part of my adaptation of Captain Scarlet to a roleplaying system I investigated other possible Angel names:

Amity
Amnesty
Ardency
Ascendancy
Bounty
Capability
Charity
Clemency
Courtesy
Dignity
Divinity
Ecstasy
Empathy
Equity
Eternity
Fidelity
Fortuity
Generosity
Glory
Heavenly
Humility
Impunity
Inifinity
Integrity
Intrepidity
Liberty
Majesty
Mercy
Ministry
Mystery
Nobility
Piety
Polyphony
Prophecy
Purity
Sagacity
Sanctuary
Serendipity
Serenity
Sincerity
Sympathy
Tranquility
Trinity
Unity
Veracity
Verity
Victory
Viridity
Virtuosity
Visionary
Vitality
Vivacity

Not all of them are that great as names!

As for their ranks I've always thought of them as Lieutenant or possibly Lieutenant Commander for Melody.

[Matt Crowther]

I seem to have used five names for my Guardian Angel pilots that aren't in that list.

[Silverback]

I seem to have used five names for my Guardian Angel pilots that aren't in that list.

Charity was in the list , When compiling that list I wanted to keep to the theme of Angels code names being 'positive' words that also ended in the letter Y.

[Matt Crowther]

Faith, Hope, Justice, Fortitude and I assume I had Charity too...yes, only the one ending in Y. Oh well, I was working on short time for names.

[Cpt.Lilac]

There is a picture card in one of the CS card collections from the 1960's that mentions a 'Modesty' Angel.
Was this a mis-print, do you think?