HMS Thunder Child HMS Thunder Child HMS "Thunder Child" is a fictional ironclad torpedo ram of the Royal Navy, destroyed by Martian fighting-machines in H. G. Wells' "The War of the Worlds" whilst protecting a refugee rescue fleet of civilian vessels. Torpedo rams were constructed in the 1870s and 1880s after the ramming and sinking of the "Re d'Italia" at the Battle of Lissa in 1866 by the Austrian flagship, "Ferdinand Max". Despite the Italian warship being stationary at the time, the successful attack influenced naval thinking for the next few decades. The result was specially designed low profile, fast, armoured vessels equipped
Sci-Fi (G.I. Joe) Sci-Fi, he is seen watching "The Transformers". Sci-Fi appeared in DiC's "" cartoon. Jerry Houser reprises his role as Sci-Fi in this cartoon. Sci-Fi is a supporting character in the Joe novel 'Fool's Gold'. His simulation training pays off as he pilots the space shuttle, the USS Defiant, through several maneuvers that end up saving the Earth from a doomsday weapon. He is also a supporting character in 'Serpentor and the Mummy Warrior'. Sci-Fi's figure is briefly featured in the fiction novel "6 Sick Hipsters". In the story, the character Paul Achting spent four years collecting G.I. Joe figures to