Cloudbase
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Not to be confused with Cloud base.
Spectrum Cloudbase, often shortened to Cloudbase,[2] 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).[5] In the 2005 animated remake, Cloudbase is re-imagined as Skybase.
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Cloudbase | |
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Captain Scarlet vehicle | |
First appearance | "The Mysterons" (29 September 1967) |
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Affiliation | Spectrum Organisation |
Combat vehicles | Angel Interceptors |
Auxiliary vehicles | Spectrum Passenger Jets Spectrum Helicopters Magnacopters Gyroscopic escape capsules[1] |
General characteristics | |
Propulsion | Hover combines Anti-gravity compensators Jet cloud conversion engines for horizontal flight[2][3] |
Power | Nuclear reactor Solar energy panels[2][3] |
Mass | 87,000 tons[4] or 4,520,000 pounds (2,050 tonnes)[3] |
Length | 630 feet (190 m)[2][4] |
Width | 330 feet (100 m)[2][4] |
Height | 130 feet (40 m)[4] |
Population volume | 593 personnel[2][4] |
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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).