Tom Swift III

Tom Swift III (born c. 1960s) is an American inventor, scientist, and engineer. Presumably the son of Tom Swift Jr. and grandson of Tom Swift Sr., he is often referred to as the son of "the great Tom Swift."

Biography
Unlike his predecessors, Tom Swift III is more of an explorer than an inventor. Early in his life, Swift reversed engineered part of an extraterrestrial probe to create a faster-than-light drive, which is used to power his spacecraft, Exedra. With his friends Benjamin Franklin Walking Eagle and Anita Thorwald, he extensively explored the universe with the Exedra in the early 1980s. During this time he spends most of his time in space, but occasionally returns to a Swift Enterprises facility in New Mexico.