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In International Rescue's space station, John returned to his conversation with Jeff. "Thunderbird 5 to base."

"Base here, Thunderbird 5. Report."

John relayed Dianne's report to his father. Jeff snorted at his wife's comment about walking and chewing gum at the same time. Brains listened intently to what John had to say, especially about the station-keeping problem. He took notes in his PDA. When John was finished and had signed off, Brains sighed and faced Jeff.

"I think you are right, Mr. Tracy. We do need more personnel. The workload has increased as we get more and more calls. We needed all hands for the rescue today so we couldn't even send out Thunderbird 1."

"Yes, Brains," Jeff sat back in his chair, steepling his fingers. "It's time for some new blood. We were lucky with Dianne. Dianne didn't know she would become CMO of IR when she took on the position of family physician. She's enabled us to save more lives on the field as well as allow you to focus solely on your engineering. But we've got to find the right kinds of people to help us now. The right pilots, astronauts, aquanauts, engineers, what have you. We can't just cast out a net and take in anybody. I want to work from personal referrals and have all candidates cleared by our security."

Brains nodded. "Our latest security upgrade was very successful. Outsourcing security for Tracy Industries was a wise idea. And as part of that, International Rescue has benefited from their new ideas and designs. The security office will help us screen any candidates we may find to help out IR." He pulled out his PDA. "Where do you want to start, Mr. Tracy?"

"An astronaut, I think. That would free up John and Alan for rescues. John can get in touch with his NASA contacts while I look into the WSA, but if we can hire from in-house at Tracy Industries, that would be great. The personnel would already be screened."

Brains spoke up. "Dianne could definitely use some help as well. You heard her comment. She has a point. A nurse or EMT would be helpful not only in IR but here in the sickroom as well."

"True, she was run ragged during that last round of flu. Add a nurse or EMT to the top of the list, Brains." Brains made notes with his stylus.

"And, tell me, Brains, could you and Tin-Tin use some help in maintaining the Thunderbirds and the auxiliary equipment? Lady Penelope has a mechanic that she thinks would be up to the challenge."

Brains tapped his stylus on his chin. "Possibly, Mr. Tracy. I know that we could use a mechanic to work on the family fleet of planes and boats. If he could also pick up some of the responsibilities with the auxiliary equipment, that would be helpful. As for the Thunderbirds, we'll see how things go once we get Thunderbird Eight online."

Jeff nodded. "Once Eight is on line, we'll need another aquanaut as well. And this rescue really shows us the need for more pilots, too." He made a couple of notes on a computer padd. "I'll start networking with some of my friends from my Air Force days about pilots, and have Scott do the same. Gordon will have to contact his old commander for me so we can see if there's an aquanaut there for us. Again, I want to hire from in house wherever possible for security reasons. Maybe I'll give Dianne's uncle, Andrew Carmichael, another call. He did well by us in bringing Dianne to my attention." Jeff grinned. "Did well by me in more ways than one."

Jeff looked at his vidphone. "I'll speak to our security firm about some new 'needs' for Tracy Industries. Needs that are actually need for IR. Come to think of it, could you and Tin-Tin use some help in the engineering end of things? I know that you've got a lot on your plate with Thunderbird Eight's design and construction."

"Possibly. Though the mechanic may lighten things up for us. Tin-Tin's had more time to devote to R and D since... the break up."

Jeff shook his head. "Alan is an idiot for breaking things off with Tin-Tin. But it's probably better for her that he did."

"Yes. She's been working almost non-stop on that blend of Penelon and Kevlar. She thinks she's close to a breakthrough."

Jeff nodded, "It would be good for our people to have a uniform that's both lightweight and virtually bullet-proof. In a different, more versatile design as well." He sighed. "Another thing for Tin-Tin to work on."

Brains looked at this PDA. "This is a big step we're taking, Mr. Tracy, bringing in this many people in such a short time. I just hope things don't backfire on us."

"So do I, Brains. So do I," Jeff replied as he sipped his coffee and listened to the talkback from the still unfinished rescue.

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