 On some occasions, he, is joined on board "Thunderbird 3" by Scott or Kayo (the series' counterpart of Tin-Tin).Alan's equipment includes an orbital conveyance platform which lets him get closer to things such as the Sat-Mine machine in episode 3 "Space Race".Alan's immaturity is shown by his near-constant need to play some sort of zombie apocalypse computer game (shown in the episode "Slingshot") in "Thunderbird 3", and a constant addiction to sleep.