Having discovered a whole new feast of a late evening, cheese on toast with Worcester sauce and a glass of cold Guinness, I can ponder life's conundrums to my heart's content.
I was wondering about Project SWORD as an organisation. In the real world what would it look like? NASA?
SWORD's mission varies depending on which publication you read. In parts Mining Operation, Liberation Force and Space Explorers, the side of Project SWORD, which I find the hardest to pin down is its role in quashing the rebel forces of the Casuals and the Rejects. But isn't the rebellion justified given that only the chosen few will get to leave a dying Earth? Wouldn't we rebel?
This oppressive SWORD sits uncomfortably with the innocent zing of children's toys and casts a dark cloud over their mission. This tyranny sets it clearly apart from the altruism of Thunderbirds and places it beyond even the shadowy worlds of SPECTRUM and SHADO.
Perhaps it was SWORD's role in quelling repressed insurgents that ultimately put paid to it getting beyond comics and toys and onto the telly? Who knows.
I do think though that my earlier comparison with NASA should really be changed to say a military arm of a government like an Air Force.
What do you think readers? Have I got SWORD all wrong?
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