Milo (A 'Brains' or 'Q' style character)
A short man, about 5 foot 5 inches, in his mid twenties with unkempt brown hair and piercing blue eyes. He is responsible for the gear the Cube Team members used. A genius who graduated from Oxford at the age of fourteen and developed electronic equipment for military suppliers and toy companies before being brought into Cube 1.

Mr. Blonde (a criminal mastermind, of unknown origin so far)
Gold lion motif logo, wore by himself, and his men.

Dr. Neil Anderson (chemical weapons scientist. forced to do Mr. Blondes work, for fear his daughter Katie would be killed)
He is a government scientist commissioned to research chemical weapons, in the hope that an antivirus can be engineered that will render them harmless. Dr. Anderson was slightly shorter than Stephanie, about 5 foot 7. He was thin as a rake, with wispy white hair and tortoise-shell glasses. He looked like he was in his mid sixties, although it was impossible to tell. Dr. Anderson usually wears a lab coat with pockets full of pens, notebooks, scraps of paper, and at least one spare pair of specs.

Katie Anderson (Dr. Anderson's daughter, held hostage by Mr. Blonde on a yacht)
5' 6" redhead college student, 19 years old, large brown and fawn-like eyes, 34B, 26, 32. Long flame red hair to the middle of her back. Double agent. Seduces Milo before drugging and kidnapping him.

Capatin James Thomson (Captain of HMS Invincible.)
Hands like paws. Huge. 6 foot 4 and verging on 16 stone. He was a powerful man, and everyone looked when he entered a room, you couldn't help it. He had a presence bigger than himself. His face was weatherbeaten and his steel grey eyes sat under bushy brows, the left cleaved in two by a scar that ended halfway down his cheek.

Simon Jones (Cube team member)
A former MI6 agent who usually performed stealth reconnaissance, and computer hacking operations.

Captain Mark Smith (commander of a stolen United States Ohio class submarine, the USS Florida)

Daniel(50's graying, 6' 3". head of Stephanie's unit, somewhat like M)
Well built. A former SAS officer who joined Cube 1 at it's inception and now controls operations. In his mid-fifties but still looked good. His body was firm from years of constant exercise and his graying hair was neatly cropped. His face displayed more lines than it used to and creases were apparent when he flashed his smile. He acted like a father to his team, never pushing them to take risks, never shouting without good reason, always discreet.

Miss Charlotte Gray (head of Network Solutions, the terrorist's business front.)
In her mid 30's, about 5 foot 6, with light brown hair. Like Stephanie she had green eyes, which were behind half-glasses. She spoke with a cut-glass English accent.

General Pasha Mishkin
Ex Chemical Weapons Chief. Calculating and ruthless. Decorated in battle, and commands a loyalty in his troops no other leader has been able to break. 6 foot 1, with light blonde hair and brown eyes. His nose has been broken, a result of a boxing match when he was younger. 45 years old.

Vehicles and Gadgets
Jump ship (next generation vertical takeoff jet.)
Based on the Harrier jump jet, this small craft carries two flight crew and has a load space capable of holding six to eight people plus equipment. Powerful directional jet turbines provide the maneuverability and hover capabilities. It can even fly backwards. The jump ship looks like a helicopter with small stubby wings and no rotor blades. Can be fitted with long range fuel tanks for increased distance.

Omega Ladies Seamaster 300 M Automatic
18ct. yellow gold on black leather strap, White mother-of-pearl dial. Date window. Retractable Garrotte wire.

Rolex Submariner
Stainless Steel Rolex Submariner, with date-display and black dial with matching unidirectional bezel. Contains a standard garotte wire. GPS tracker. The bezel rotates like a compass, pointing towards the signal. It's activated by pushing down on the bezel. Self-destruct. Use the timer on the watch, and when it reaches zero, bang. Contains enough explosive to open a safe, or a blast door.

Sniper rifle(high-powered, silenced, with infra-red or night vision long range scope)
ACCURACY INTERNATIONAL PM After evaluating several weapons, the SAS decided on the L96A1 bolt-action rifle with a plastic stock, a light bipod under the barrel and a monopod under the stock so that the rifle can be laid on the target for long periods without tiring the firer, and a Schmidt & Bender telescopic sight providing accuracy out to a range of 1000m (3280ft). The caliber is 7.62mm and it weighs 6.5kg (14.3lb) empty. It is 1.124m (3ft 5in). The feed hold 10 rounds. The muzzle velocity is 914m (2998ft) per second.

Machine gun(can be silenced)
The Heckler & Koch MP5 machine pistol has become one of the most widely used weapons of its type. When SAS stormed the Iranian Embassy in London in 1981, TV viewers in the UK saw it in action for the first time. British airport police were also issued with the MP5 in 1986 following the terrorist attacks in Rome and Vienna. Firing from a closed bolt, the MP5 is probably the most accurate sub-machine gun in production today. It is manufactured in a number of variants, including silenced or cut-down weapons for clandestine operations and is available with telescoping or fixed stocks.< Although the MP5 is more complex and considerably more expensive than most other SMG´s, its accuracy means that it is the favoured weapon of special operations and hostage rescue around the world
Specification: Cartridge: 9-mm parabellum; Weight:3 kg; Length: (stock folded) 49 cm; Cylic rate of fire: 800 rounds per minter; Magazine; 15 or 30 round box; Effective range: 200m.

Silenced ASP pistol
Although it s a couple of decades old, it s still a revolutionary gun today. It is an exclusive, individually hand finished gun with a fascinating origin. It was designed by Paris Theodore at the request of the U.S. government for concealed carry by Secret Service Embassy staff world wide. Theodore had a holster making business called Seventrees, Ltd. in Washington D.C. At night he'd pull down the blinds and get to work on his less public sideline. Hand modifying a Smith & Wesson semi-auto into the most revolutionary
high quality covert handgun ever made. He was given a clean slate to come up with the best gun he could for the purpose. And he took bold aggressive steps that flew in the face of orthodoxy. Some of his ideas have become the new orthodoxy, others have still to find acceptance. But they all came together in the ASP. He started by chopping down the size of the slide and grip of the larger gun to create a concealment sized version. He was the first to add the finger swell at the front of the trigger guard that allows the index finger of the supporting hand to get a better grip, and one that is farther forward on the gun to better control muzzle flip. Of course back then most shooters still shot one handed. Theodore was radical for the time in designing features specifically for a two handed grip. That trigger guard spur became standard on the glut of new gun designs that came along in the 1980's. Next he smoothed and radiused all the curves, sharp edges and angles to make a gun that positively would not snag on clothing during a speed draw. He chopped of the spur of the hammer< completely. If you want to manually cock the hammer back you have to pull the Double Action trigger slightly to bring the hammer back a bit to where your thumb can catch it. One of his boldest steps was to design the gun in 9mm. In the U.S. of A. at that time .45 caliber was practically a religion! 9mm allowed for a thinner grip, higher magazine capacity and let the shooter tap into the world wide ammo availability of the globe s most common caliber. This also meant unequaled variety of bullet styles and weights. Today 9mm has become the deity that .45 caliber was back then. There is no front sight Look at the rear sight. Looks odd. It should. It s a gutter sight (A.K.A. Ramp sight). The tapering bottom and two sides of the gutter appear foreshortened to the shooter as three triangles. When the gun is aimed straight the three triangles all appear the same size. The eye and the brain achieve this instinctively. Like with the rear peep sight and tall front sight post on the M-16 rifle and others. The eye and brain line things up without conscious effort. No need to match up a front sight post within a V notch rear sight while also adjusting for height. Look at the photo again. Look at the grip of the gun. It's smooth. Most guns boast about all the checkering they offer to keep the gun from sliding around in the hand. Paris Theodore knew better. Here's why. When drawing the gun quickly in a stress situation it is important not to waste time fumbling for a proper grip. It has to be right the first time. You don't have time to waste adjusting your grip. You could be dead. But that first grab on the gun as you draw it is rarely exactly right. All that checkering really does keep the gun from sliding, just as it's designed to do. But that mean s that your initial, wrong, grip stays wrong. Now that checkering is working against you. Theodore knew that a well designed gun naturally fits properly in the hand. With smooth grips all you have to do to get the gun to slide into just the right hold is simply squeeze your hand. With no checkering to keep it from moving a proper grip comes easily. Notice the other significant thing about those grips. They're transparent. And inside the grip the side of the ammo magazine has been cut away. Hey, you can actually SEE how much ammo you've got left. It's sort of like a bar graph. In a fire fight no one can really count how many rounds have been fired. The brain doesn't work that way. Study after study shows that to be true. So how can you tell if you're about to run dry? Conventional wisdom says you can't. The FBI advises their agents that at the first lull in a shooting engagement they should dump the magazine and load another. That advice means you could be throwing away a considerable portion of your ammo. Ammo that you may need later. Wouldn't it be nice to tell at a glance how much ammo you've got left? Paris Theodore made it possible when nobody else did. Today the Austrian Main Battle Rifle, the Styer AUG, comes standard with translucent polycarbonate magazines that allow the shooter to see the amount of ammo left. Nice that someone else finally followed Paris Theodore's example of common sense he's shown years earlier. The original ASP was hand made to high standards in very small numbers exclusively for government agent covert carry. It was known as the best gun not seen anywhere!

building scanner (invented by Milo.)
An essential piece of reconnaissance kit. A cross between an infra-red camera and an x-ray machine, it is designed to let agents 'see' into buildings. The only drawback to the machine is it's size. Mounted in a helicopter or pickup truck, the cumbersome nature of it rules out it's use in fast deployment or remote location missions.

Stephanie's Jaguar XKR Coupe
The 370-horsepower supercharged AJ-V8 engine takes the coupe from 0-60 in 5.2 seconds, British racing green with Connolly tan leather interior, alarm, eighteen inch wheels, twin caliper 17 inch disc brakes all round, Continental low profile tires. twin exhausts, hidden compartments. 5-speed auto gearbox. Electronically controlled anti-lock braking system (ABS plus) with yaw control. Vacuum-power-assisted 4-wheel ventilated disc brakes. Traction and stability control with engine and braking intervention. Power-assisted, speed-sensitive, variable ratio rack-and-pinion steering. Front suspension- Sport-tuned with Computer Active Technology Suspension (CATS). Fully independent with twin wishbones. Coil springs with adaptive telescopic dampers. Anti-dive geometry providing longitudinal stability under heavy braking. Anti-roll bar. Rear suspension - Sport-tuned with Computer Active Technology Suspension (CATS). Fully independent with lower wishbones and driveshafts acting as upper links. Coil springs with adaptive telescopic dampers. Anti-roll bar.

Monaco yacht(used by the terrorists to keep Katie captive)
  Sunseeker Manhattan 74 Flybridge Motoryacht. Length (LOA): 74ft 7ins, Beam: 18ft , Draft: 3ft 1ins , Berths (crew / owner and guest): 2/8. Spacious and luxurious accommodation combined with economical performance, make this an ideal choice for long distance cruising in style and comfort. The Manhattan 74 offers palatial cruising in all weather conditions. This refined motoryacht dramatically demonstrates some of the spectacular results of new building technology and materials. It is the beautifully furnished large twin-level saloon that first takes the breath away and the exceptionally spacious master stateroom, which occupies the full width of the boat, providing sumptuous accommodation in the quietest and most convenient location aboard As well as a further three cabins there is the two-berth crew cabin aft. The use of specialist composite materials and innovative construction techniques ensures a construction process which is even stronger than traditional methods can achieve. On a boat of this size, savings in weight naturally translate into a reduced power-to-weight ratio which, combined with advanced drive systems, allows high performance to be attained as economically as possible. Powered by a choice of two shaft-driven MAN diesel engines the Manhattan 74 delivers impressive speeds and a wide cruising range. The Manhattan 74 undeniably combines familiar Sunseeker performance with a level of style and attention to detail that helps redefine the concept of luxury.

The Shuttle
 A modified Falcon 20 jet, specially adapted for trans-Atlantic flight. Able to seat 9 passengers. It featured the latest in Stealth technology, including disguised engine emissions, and had jets installed for vertical take-off. Able to land on aircraft carriers. The outer skin of the craft was painted in the livery of Universal Exports, the company which acted as a front for Cube operations, allowing the plane to land inconspicuously at any airport in the world. Has fold-up wings to allow the plane to be stored in small places e.g carrier deck, or hidden hanger. The Falcon 20 is a highly desirable, versatile and remarkably efficient airplane. The cabin if the Falcon provides more room than most business jets in its class. With an advanced wing design the Falcon can take off and land at slower speeds on shorter runways. Therefore, it is capable of utilizing thousands of rural airports. The Falcon cruises at speeds over 500 MPH and at an altitude of 35,000 feet. The luxurious executive pressurized cabin is designed for maximum comfort and space efficiency. Enroute to your destination, you can conduct business meetings, enjoy meals or relax without any worries of bad weather. The quiet cabin allows for undisturbed in-flight business and private conversation in elegant comfort and style.

MG XPower SV
  High performance sports car. Following development of the original X80 concept, the MG has been radically evolved, is lighter and has increased levels of power with up to 965bhp. So extreme is the performance that all models will be marketed under the MG Sport Racing XPower brand.
Commenting on the project, Peter Stevens said, "I've been working with a small team of experts and enthusiasts to ensure we produce an MG car that will deliver the ultimate in driving exhilaration. The MG XPower SV is a car with appeal to passionate sports car drivers who will relish its extraordinary racetrack performance characteristics. MG is all about having fun, extending the boundaries of excitement and generating visual entertainment for a wider audience. The MG XPower SV delivers this objective in a forceful manner, demonstrating the immense potential for MG."
The exterior styling of the two-seater MG sports car owes much to the demands of airflow management required for competition cars. These elements give the car an aggressive and overtly sporting stance implying its potential for high performance. Targeted at the premier driving enthusiast, the new MG XPower SV will become the icon of the MG brand with opportunity for both road and track exploitation.< Peter Stevens, MG Rover Group's world renowned product design director, previously with McLaren, Lamborghini and Lotus, has been appointed managing director of a new company specially formed to produce the MG XPower SV.
As part of the projects weight reduction objectives, all body panels are made from lightweight carbon fibre. The flat underfloor and inbuilt front and rear diffusers manage the aerodynamic airflow for high-speed stability. Suspension geometry has been designed in collaboration with Steve Randle, responsible for the dynamic set-up of the McLaren F1 road car. Rollover protection is provided by a tubular structure designed to comply with current FIA competition specifications. A rigorous development programme including high-speed stability tests at the Nardo circuit in Southern Italy saw the MG XPower SV regularly exceed 200mph (320kph). The MG XPower SV is a part of a unique range of products, which will ultimately be available with some of the most extreme levels of road performance ever offered.
The MG XPower SV range starts with a car powered by a 326bhp 4.6-litre quad-cam V8 engine. Weight is forecast at 1450kgs, which will provide approximate performance figures of 0-62mph (0-100kph) in 5.0 seconds and a top speed of around 170mph (273kph). More specification details will be released during the spring of 2003.

Porsche 911 GT2
Silver, with red leather interior. Top speed of 196mph with 0-62 in 4.1 s. 6 cylinder, 3.6L engine, producing 462 bhp at 5,700 rpm. Rear-wheel drive with 6 speed manual gearbox. Front axle McPherson-strut suspension with anti-roll bar. Rear axle LSA multi-link suspension with anti-roll bar. Steering Power-assisted, hydraulic Brakes PCCB, 6-piston monobloc fixed calipers at front, 4-piston monobloc fixed calipers at rear, ceramic/carbon fibre discs internally vented and cross-drilled. ABS Bosch ABS 5.3 Wheels Front: 8.5J x 18 (offset: 40), Rear: 12J x 18 (offset: 45). Tyres Front: 235/40 ZR 18, Rear: 315/30 ZR 18. Unladen weight 1,420 kg.