Brains (H.K.H)

How about 10?

Nothing like an easy, lighthearted question is there 😏 okay, this might be an essay…

One year?

Plans: Actually get started on that boat of mine and maybe get it finished within the year. I’m also really excited about the initiatives we’ve got starting in the next twelve months at Tracy Industries too, it’s gonna be busy.

At least three surfing trips.

Dive at least three new spots (as a hobby, not as work)

Hopes: that we’re all still together, happy and healthy. That International Rescue continues to keep the world safe and sound.

That family camping trip would be awesome…

Dreams: I’d settle for a decent vacation and some diving for fun, honestly. Continuing to feel as content as I currently do!

An uninterrupted Christmas with everyone would be awesome!

Virgil lets me fly Two entirely voluntarily.

Five years?

Plans: Villa of my own and have it built. There’s this perfect spot on the easterly side of the island and the first run of plans looked awesome (under the sea kitchen with a glass roof, under the sea kitchen with a glass roof) and there’s a great space for a dock and a little beach… gotta speak to the gang about it.

Expand the Tracy Industries third sector and conservation portfolio, including all the projects we’ve currently got sitting in the very early stages of thinking about. I'd also love to have continued to build on our team at TI that's doing work none of us could've achieved on our own!

Hopes: that we’re all still together, happy and healthy. That Alan’s back from college. That International Rescue is still doing what we do best.

That I am doing a huge amount of learning (not a PhD, before a certain two people start). There is so much I’d like to learn, to get proficient in. There is always something to learn!

Dreams: That aside from the work, I get a bit more time to enjoy together with my family. Especially my favourite travel partner (it’s unlikely but hey, dreams right? 🙂‍↔️). Getting to see a lot more of the world together. Would like to sail the ring, y’know, all the way around the globe in aforementioned own boat.

And hopefully another kind of ring too, that answers that question about forever…

Virgil lets me fly Two entirely voluntarily.

Ten Years?

(And no, ten years is not too far out to have plans, thank you very much. But also it’s a very long way out for some things so…)

Plans: to still be doing all of this; swimming, diving, rescuing. The work will always matter to me, building things that outlast me, y’know? Own villa will be very finished and very much home by that point. Still be giving Four her weekly manicure.

Hopes: that we’re all still together, happy and healthy. I hope International Rescue is still out there doing what we do best.

I hope Tracy Industries has helped make ocean conservation boring, and I mean that in the best possible way. I hope restoring reefs, protecting marine habitats and cleaning up coastlines have become so normal that people wonder why it was ever considered something we had to actually think about doing. I hope we’re still pushing the boundaries of what’s possible.

Dreams: An enormous coral reef that you can view from the living room of my villa, flourishing obviously. The piranha tank for my enemies 👹

Truth is... my favourite adventures have never really been about places. They've always been about people. So still having my siblings and family, the people I love, close, and all our usual shenanigans continuing.

The next Tracy Family Adventure. A couple of little rescue scouts who think Uncle Gordon is hilarious would also be great, thank you big bros.

Maybe adding one of my own to add to the party. Who knows.

Oh, this is actually very easy. I know everybody says grandmas shouldn’t have favourites, and that it must be very difficult to choose, but I confess it’s actually quite easy…

It’s MAX ☺️ he is a sweetheart!

Not in a literal way - weather is mild so the blast doors are wide open and the birds are having some kind of screech-off out there. Virg has been playing piano most of the morning and there are worrying crashing noises coming from the kitchen which I suspect are Grandma related.

It’s just… still quiet somehow.

‘Quiet’ and ‘peaceful’ are very different things - here at least - and this ain’t the latter by any means as it’s always especially busy when we have two off rota at once. Been out in Three one time, Four twice as well as four situations attended in One so it is by no means un-busy y’know? Just… quiet.

Obviously I don’t want them to have to cut their trip short in any way, that would be bad and I would hate that. I’m just saying this kind of “quiet” isn’t exactly something I’m desperate to cling to for all I have to accept it’s likely to become more commonplace in the future as they all stretch their wings and find their own way in life

Or for setting off fireworks outside certain people’s windows at 3am 🙂‍↔️

It isn’t a boy’s trip if you don’t rent something good… ✨

And let the man of the hour drive, of course 🙂‍↔️ If I die, blame Parker for his driving lessons.

It isn’t a boy’s trip if you don’t rent something good… ✨

And let the man of the hour drive, of course 🙂‍↔️ If I die, blame Parker for his driving lessons.

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You… uh you guys know we really only have the capacity for rescues within the nearer half of the solar system right? (Except for that one Oort Cloud rescue but we aren’t making a habit of that). Europa was quite a stretch.

I would say that very much depends on what type of apocalypse. If it's the sun exploding then I don't think any of them would survive. If it was a zombie apocalypse then I think they would all survive, mostly because I don't think zombie bites would do anything to vehicles.

If we're talking about which Thunderbird would be best in aiding your own survival then I think it's a little more complicated. Again it depends on the type of apocalypse. But I would have to choose Thunderbird 5. It's designed to be somewhere you could live for a long time so has all the resources you would need already on board. Also, by orbiting the Earth you'd most likely avoid any danger entirely.

Thunderbird 3 is a similar story. It is designed with living areas in order to support the pilots during deep space journeys, and it's ability to travel into space would also keep you safe from any dangers on Earth. Additionally, with Maximum MAX, it would have some defence against any dangers it might face.

Thunderbirds 4 and Shadow, whilst they would have their benefits in an apocalypse, are a lot smaller in size and therefore don't have the same benefits in supporting life long term. Although I suppose you could live in Thunderbird 4 at the bottom of the ocean for a little while to evade any danger.

Thunderbirds 1 and 2 fall somewhere in the middle. Both are capable of storing equipment that would aid in an apocalypse, and are large enough to provide comfortable living space (especially TB2), even if they weren't designed with that in mind.

I would say that very much depends on what type of apocalypse. If it's the sun exploding then I don't think any of them would survive. If it was a zombie apocalypse then I think they would all survive, mostly because I don't think zombie bites would do anything to vehicles.

If we're talking about which Thunderbird would be best in aiding your own survival then I think it's a little more complicated. Again it depends on the type of apocalypse. But I would have to choose Thunderbird 5. It's designed to be somewhere you could live for a long time so has all the resources you would need already on board. Also, by orbiting the Earth you'd most likely avoid any danger entirely.

Thunderbird 3 is a similar story. It is designed with living areas in order to support the pilots during deep space journeys, and it's ability to travel into space would also keep you safe from any dangers on Earth. Additionally, with Maximum MAX, it would have some defence against any dangers it might face.

Thunderbirds 4 and Shadow, whilst they would have their benefits in an apocalypse, are a lot smaller in size and therefore don't have the same benefits in supporting life long term. Although I suppose you could live in Thunderbird 4 at the bottom of the ocean for a little while to evade any danger.

Thunderbirds 1 and 2 fall somewhere in the middle. Both are capable of storing equipment that would aid in an apocalypse, and are large enough to provide comfortable living space (especially TB2), even if they weren't designed with that in mind.