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Spectrum have instigated phase 1 of "Operation Sword", their first strike back against the Mysterons. The objective, to land a probe on Mars's moon Phobos undetected and take detailed photographs of the Mysteron complex and relay them back to the K14 observatory, specially built in the Himalayas.

All goes according to plan but minutes before the probe can transmit it's telemetry back, Captain Scarlet and Blue realise one of the observatory staff has been Mysteronised. As they leave the base to pursue, a bomb in the receiver dish detonates destroying the Observatory, antennae and all. The probe starts to transmit its precious information back, but theres no-one left alive to listen...

A "marmite" episode for a lot of people but one that really amazes me for several reasons. Spectrums plan is actually really complex. Well thought out and well described but really would have gone right over my head as a 4 year old.

And... they loose, not the first time this has happened in the show but still surprising none the less. Whats worse is that the bombs in place for most of the second act. The audience knows its there and its hard to watch the Observatory crew literally push the buttons towards their own destruction.

CLOUDBASE MOVES! Like, finally you actually get the feeling their on an aircraft carrier and not just a flying version of Marineville. Some cool Barry Gray music to go with it.

What is "Operation Sword"? it gets a few mentions here and there but is never really elaborated on. Unless it's spectrums plan to send a signal to the Mysterons but wouldn't that be better named "Operation Olive branch", "Operation White Flag" even?

Personally I like the episode and my friend AC sums it up very well in 5 seconds here : [link]

This is actually an old one which I never got round to uploading. Took a few weeks to do and get right, had a false start by trying to do the Aztec temple from Inferno. K14 ended up looking better. My SPV model is also awful and needed to be pretty much redone in Photoshop.

Made with:
The mostly ambiguous power of the Mysterons.
Vue 10
Simply 3d
Photoshop
Google Sketchup

Description
Spectrum have instigated phase 1 of "Operation Sword", their first strike back against the Mysterons. The objective, to land a probe on Mars's moon Phobos undetected and take detailed photographs of the Mysteron complex and relay them back to the K14 observatory, specially built in the Himalayas.

All goes according to plan but minutes before the probe can transmit it's telemetry back, Captain Scarlet and Blue realise one of the observatory staff has been Mysteronised. As they leave the base to pursue, a bomb in the receiver dish detonates destroying the Observatory, antennae and all. The probe starts to transmit its precious information back, but theres no-one left alive to listen...

A "marmite" episode for a lot of people but one that really amazes me for several reasons. Spectrums plan is actually really complex. Well thought out and well described but really would have gone right over my head as a 4 year old.

And... they loose, not the first time this has happened in the show but still surprising none the less. Whats worse is that the bombs in place for most of the second act. The audience knows its there and its hard to watch the Observatory crew literally push the buttons towards their own destruction.

CLOUDBASE MOVES! Like, finally you actually get the feeling their on an aircraft carrier and not just a flying version of Marineville. Some cool Barry Gray music to go with it.

What is "Operation Sword"? it gets a few mentions here and there but is never really elaborated on. Unless it's spectrums plan to send a signal to the Mysterons but wouldn't that be better named "Operation Olive branch", "Operation White Flag" even?

Personally I like the episode and my friend AC sums it up very well in 5 seconds here : [link]

This is actually an old one which I never got round to uploading. Took a few weeks to do and get right, had a false start by trying to do the Aztec temple from Inferno. K14 ended up looking better. My SPV model is also awful and needed to be pretty much redone in Photoshop.

Made with:
The mostly ambiguous power of the Mysterons.
Vue 10
Simply 3d
Photoshop
Google Sketchup