Paul Travers

Captain Paul Travers was in command of the Zero X.

According to a report dated 4 February 2067, Space Navigator Brad Newman was in sole control of Zero X because the captain and the rest of the crew were missing on the surface of Mars. It was noted that he would have to consider them deceased if radio contact had not resumed by the time the oribital schedule ran out. (PROSE: Stingray Storm!)

Travers was back in command by 25 February. After a six week journey from Mars, Zero X was ordered to cancel atmosphere re-entry procedure and change course for orbital satellite 158. Officials of the Solar System Exploration Centre only revealed that Travers has been instructed to pick up sealed orders but rumours suggested that his new mission had something to do with revolutionary new rocket engines too dangerous to be tested on Earth. (PROSE: Ambush!)

In April 2067, Travers was sentenced to death for breach of discipline. A week after his sentence on 22 April, he hijacked Zero X at Glenn Field by overpowering its new commander Colonel Jennings and bundling him from the spacecraft. Officials were unsure if the rest of the crew were forced to obey Travers' orders or whether they had joined the mutiny freely. (PROSE: Mars Ship Hi-Jacked)

Behind the scenes
Captain Travers debuted in the 1966 film Thunderbirds Are Go and subsequently became a main character of the TV Century 21 comic spin-off Zero X.