Spectrum File

COLONEL WHITE, Supreme Commander-in-Chief of Spectrum, is the major factor in Earth's security.
Educated at King's College, Canterbury, and Norwich University, he gained first class honours in computer control, navigation and technology. On graduation, Gray entered the British Navy. He soon proved his ability. Service in destroyers, submarines and JTB's in such trouble spots as S.E. Asia in 2040, the Iceland dispute in '42, the Panama Isthmus rebellion in '42-'43 left him a young veteran of many campaigns. When British Civil War broke out in 2047, Gray was the Captain of a destroyer in the Atlantic. He immediately sided with the rebels and raced to Britain to help them overthrow the military dictatorship which had ruled the island since the 2028 Atomic War. The fighting was soon over, and the revolutionary Government made Gray Admiral of the Fleet.
Then, suddenly he announced his retirement — but only to camouflage the next step in his career — the U.S.S. After two years as a U.S.S. agent, Gray was promoted to the Organisation and Control Section. As head of the British corps of the U.S.S. he turned a disorganised collection of agents from inefficient despair to a compact fighting machine. Now, as first head of Spectrum, he faces the toughest task of his career!

SEYMOUR GRIFFITHS, eldest of a family of nine, learnt the hard way.
When he was twelve, his parents were killed in an air disaster, leaving him to bring up the family. Seymour realised that to survive, the family must organise. Dividing the heavier work among the three older brothers, and the housework and the care of the three babies to his two sisters, Griffiths, himself dealt with the welfare authorities who were determined to disperse the family among different foster homes.
His success in keeping his family united is a measure of the courage and determination that found such expression in later life.
Working in various jobs during the day, to earn enough money to keep the family, Seymour attended night education at the local high school and later, Kingston University, Jamaica, and gained degrees in music, tele-communications and technology.
As soon as his brothers were able to fend for themselves, Griffiths enrolled in W.A.S.P. as a hydrophones operator. After an advanced course in communications W.A.S.P. promoted him i/c Marineville Control Tower. He was an obvious choice for Spectrum. when the Selection Board sought a communications chief.
Gay and boisterous off duty Lieutenant Green delights his Spectrum colleagues with his guitar playing.

BORN a year after the formation of the World Government, at a time when the world was still recovering from a bitter atomic war, Svenson was fortunate in that his father was a wealthy financie — for in those troubled times, money spoke louder than anything.
Svenson had the best of everything — and an education which developed his brain fully. After a brilliant career at Harvard with degrees in economics, technology, computer control, applied mathematics and aerodynamics, Svenson joined the World Aeronautic Society to train as a test pilot. He did his job with such success that he soon won a transfer to the U.S. Security Department to become an active secret agent.
With a force of 20 hand picked agents, he set about revolutionising his command — with such success that Bereznik, first to notice the improvement, attempted to kill him on three occasions, but each time Svenson managed, by his ingenuity and quick thinking to save himself.
But times were changing — the need for a 'super' security force was at hand and Spectrum was formed. It needed agents — and Adam Svenson was among the first chosen. Off duty he is a keen athlete, whose main hobbies are deep sea diving and water ski-ing.

CONRAD TURNER was educated at Manchester Technical Academy, where he studied physics, space navigation and international law. At an early age, after the deaths of his father and mother in the nuclear war of 2028, he became something of a lone wolf, developing the single-minded drive and ambition that was to take him to the top in his chosen career.
At the age of eighteen, after completing his studies, Turner joined the British Airforce. When Britain was plunged into civil war in 2047, his flair for independent action soon enabled him to make a name for himself as a fearless and deadly combatant.
Turner joined the World Space Patrol as Commander of Fireball XL3. But his achievements had been noted in high places. Turner was seconded from the World Space Patrol after several years' service to become a member of Spectrum, under the code name of Captain Black.
With Spectrum, he once again distinguished himself to the point where he was an automatic choice to head the Zero X expedition. Exactly what happened on Mars we shall never know, but the talents bestowed on Black by the Mysterons are now used against the world he formerly served so well.