POWER RANGERS SAURIAN STRIKEFORCE
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Pre-titles narration spoken at the beginning of every episode.
(First version.)
CAPTAIN SKYHEART (V.O.)
The Earth was saved from destruction, but a cosmic disturbance sends five teenagers to another world, where dinosaurs rule and humans live above the clouds. I am Captain Skyheart, saurian pilot of the city of Heavenfront, and I have gathered these five -- Haruka, Al-Mal, Breno, Manny and Joséphine -- to defend their new home from King Nord, a monster bent on turning it into a frozen wasteland. Using the mysterious Power Cells, they fight together as the Power Rangers Saurian Strikeforce!
(Second version, utilised after Robbie, Skyheart and Cruz have formally joined the team.)
CAPTAIN SKYHEART (V.O.)
On an alien world, in a distant reality, humans and saurians live together in peace, but an evil from the north threatens to annihilate both races by burying them forever under snow and ice. My name is Captain Skyheart, pilot of the city of Heavenfront, and I have gathered five brave teenagers -- Haruka, Al-Mal, Breno, Manny and Joséphine -- along with their newfound friends, to defend their new home from the ruthless King Nord. Using the mysterious Power Cells, we fight together as the Power Rangers Saurian Strikeforce!
The crew of Ranger Station battled desperately to protect their base against the Master Algorithm and his Genocybers, while Nimda transformed himself into the Nega Red Ranger and dragged the All-Star team into cyberspace in order to end their long conflict on his own terms. The Master’s ultimate plan caused ruptures in the fabric of reality to open across the world, and although both villains were eventually defeated and the balance of the universe restored, there still existed severe consequences. Large portions of several cities, along with the people living in them, had vanished from the face of the Earth. Among them were five people who, having previously discovered five alien relics, fell through a dimensional fold and found themselves transported to another world. The missing districts had been merged into a single, new, tiered city called Heavenfront, and floated above the world of Ultima Panterra, inhabited by societies of intelligent, half-saurian entities, a few of whom have migrated to live alongside humans, creating a cultural melting pot.
Several weeks pass, over the course of which the city finds a degree of stability, but it is soon discovered that there exists a threat to both human and saurian life as we know it. The monstrous Northlanders, led by King Nord, have set their evil sights on covering the planet in snow and ice, creating a perfect environment for them but rendering it uninhabitable to most other species. They also seek to use Heavenfront as the seat of power for a new empire. Captain Skyheart, the pilot of the city, locates the five relic-holders and takes them to a hidden room deep inside Heavenfront, where he reveals that the artefacts, which he dubs Power Cells, are a source of fantastic energy and hold the secret to summoning the ancient protectors of the saurians. As the Northlanders begin their campaign to plunge the world into eternal winter, Haruka, Al-Mal, Breno, Manny and Joséphine bring the legacy of the
Power Rangers into a new frontier!
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SAURIAN STRIKEFORCE POWER RANGERS
“Ancient power awaken! Power Rangers Saurian Strikeforce!”
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Name: Haruka Fujimoto
Designation: Saurian Strikeforce Red Ranger
Age: 19
Ethnicity: Japanese
Appearance: see Rising Sun entry. Typically seen dressed in a dark brown hooded jacket with red interior, dark gold trim and the kanji for fire printed on the back, over a red knee-length dress, black leggings, and dark red boots with blue cuffs.
Bio: Haruka spent her life in the service of the Kusanagi family. She has served its current head, Daichi Kusanagi, first as a masked servant and then as a host-body to his spirit while his own was ailing, during which time she served in part as a temporary Red Ranger, and finally became his personal assistant at Ranger Station. After finding the Tyrannosaurus Power Cell and falling through a fold in the fabric of the universe, she found herself in Heavenfront as the only member of her old household, leaving her void of her former purpose. She was now free to pursue her own life, but became lost and unsure what to do with herself. Over the weeks spent founding some kind of order in the chaotic city, she was able to secure a place behind the counter at a smoothie bar on Genelle Street, and while not to her usual tastes, she is starting to make herself at home there, although a number of customers have noted a persistent level of delicacy and preparation on par with traditional Japanese tea ceremonies, a source of intrigue and exasperation for her new boss. Being thrust into the role of leader of the new Saurian Power Rangers, Haruka combines her mastery of martial arts with what she has learned from Daichi, implementing her own spin on his stern style and recalling the tactics she has observed him take advantage in the past, but as someone more used to taking orders rather than giving them, she turns to Captain Skyheart frequently for guidance. Haruka’s chance to prove exactly how great a warrior and leader she was against Akabake, a samurai-themed Northlander who was kidnapping children in order to hypnotise them to commit acts of violence against innocent people. She condemned the monster, stating that though he wore the armour of a samurai, he would never have the honour or power of them, and upon reciting Daichi’s speech about the seven virtues of bushido, fought him together with an impressed Skyheart and slew him, breaking the spell over the children.
Items: Dinovolver, Deino Chaser, Tyrannoforce Armour
Power Cells: #1 Tyrannosaurus, #11 Deinonychus (shared), #13 Kentrosaurus, #16 Diplodocus
Weapons: Strike Sabre, Force Gun, Strikeforce Blaster, Red Tyrant Fang, Tyrannovolver, Tyrannoforce Blaster
Zords: Tyrannosaurus Saurianzord
Name: Yigal
“Al-Mal” Malik
Designation: Saurian Strikeforce Black Ranger
Age: 17
Ethnicity: Indian
Appearance: brown eyes, short, spiky black hair. Typically seen dressed in a white hoodie, grey vest, black jogging bottoms, and white trainers. Bespectacled.
Bio: known exclusively as Al-Mal to his friends, he originally lived with his family in a town called Stonevale, until he found the black Power Cell inside of a fossil and was displaced to Heavenfront. He quickly made friends with a young stray named Diesel Stringer, and together they formed the Outrunners, a gang of teenagers and younger children who were separated from their families and promised to protect and support each other. Although committed to Diesel and his new family, Al-Mal was selfish, opportunistic and dismissive of both the Rangers and his duty as one of them. He was extremely rude to Breno and Manny and patronising to Haruka and Joséphine. His cutting remarks led to bouts of in-fighting on more than one occasion, and his carelessness was so dangerous that he would even refer to his teammates by their real names when they were in their battle armour. When the three street gangs of Heavenfront were arguing over the fate of a valuable gem called the Garnet of Life, Al-Mal failed to save Diesel from being struck down by the monster Hoodwing, which shattered his feelings of invincibility. With his last words, Diesel told Al-Mal he was a good guy and that he should never give up. Fuelled by anger and sadness, Al-Mal stood up with renewed strength, finally joining the other Rangers to vanquish Hoodwing, then shattered the Garnet of Life to keep it out of evil hands. Although he is still prone to rudeness and a lack of patience, Al-Mal has learned to take his responsibilities as the Black Ranger more seriously, and continues to honour Diesel’s beliefs as leader of the Outrunners. The gang act as his best source of information from across the city, and he looks to both them and the Rangers as his new family. When the spirit of the Meridian Ranger took over Diesel’s corpse, he first believed his friend had somehow survived, and was devastated by the idea that the body was simply being treated like a suit. He often argued with the spirit, but although they never became friends, he learned to tolerate the new Ranger because he was fighting for the same goal as himself.
Items: Dinovolver, Deino Chaser
Power Cells: #2 Parasaurolophus, #11 Deinonychus (shared), #12 Deinosuchus
Weapons: Strike Sabre, Force Gun, Strikeforce Blaster, Black Hadro Laser, Maxillators
Zords: Parasaurolophus Saurianzord
Name: Breno Castile Pereira, Jr.
Designation: Saurian Strikeforce Blue Ranger
Age: 17
Ethnicity: Brazilian
Appearance: wavy, dark brown hair and goatee, blue eyes. Typically seen dressed in a grey fedora hat with a blue band, a blue windcheater with silver buttons, over an asparagus green T-shirt, khaki shorts, and beige hiking trainers.
Bio: originally a native of Rio de Janeiro, Breno loved sports and often played football with other kids in the streets, with aspirations to one day play professionally and even bring home the World Cup. One day, while travelling with some friends through the Tijuca Forest, he found the blue Power Cell on a stone in the middle of a river and was transported across the dimensions to Heavenfront. After recovering from the initial shock, he made himself useful by offering his services in whatever way he could. As a jack-of-all-trades but master of none, he often cites his father’s experience as whatever job he is called upon to perform, leading to several jokes about Breno Sr.’s true occupation. Although his grasp of English is not perfect, Breno is smart enough to understand what others want with his keen powers of observation. He is best friends with Manny, playing pranks on others together, and is usually the most welcoming of new teammates. One of Breno’s quirks is a penchant for intentionally butchered English and terrible puns, which always elicit rounds of groaning from the others. Breno continued to fulfil his athletic dreams by helping put together Heavenfront’s first football team, of which he was voted as captain.
Items: Dinovolver, Deino Chaser
Power Cells: #3 Stegosaurus, #11 Deinonychus (shared), #18 Iguanodon, #22 Fukuiraptor
Weapons: Strike Sabre, Force Gun, Strikeforce Blaster, Blue Stego Shield
Zords: Stegosaurus Saurianzord, Ankylosaurus Saurianzord
Name: Manny Magister
Designation: Saurian Strikeforce Green Ranger
Age: 18
Ethnicity: Jewish American
Appearance: see Earth Defence entry. Typically seen dressed in a green Hawaiian shirt, open over a white T-shirt, a black band on his right wrist, a digital watch on his left, Zubaz shorts, and black trainers with green toes and yellow cuffs. Wears a gold, manta ray-shaped pendant on a chain around his neck.
Bio: back on Earth, Manny dreamt of being an Olympic-class swimmer, and served as a one-time Green Ranger for the Earth Defence team in order to save Oliver Nelson. The transformation caused a negative reaction, leaving him in hospital while he recovered from his injuries. Upon his release he quickly went back to training, and achieved renown in a number of nation-wide competitions, placing himself among one of the fastest swimmers in the United States. Arriving on Ultima Panterra, Manny was excited to be a part of the new team, and he was quick to make friends with the native Panterrans, and generally maintains a laid-back air that borders on the blasé. His connection to the water remains as strong as ever, and so spends his free time in the city’s swimming bath when it is mobile, and in the rivers and lakes that dot the land below when it is stationary. Manny exhibited a natural affinity for wielding a Strike Sabre, and with training from both Haruka and Skyheart, and inventing his own variations of their teachings, he has developed into a truly superb and hard-to-predict swordsman.
Items: Dinovolver, Deino Chaser
Power Cells: #4 Velociraptor, #11 Deinonychus (shared), #23 Futabasaurus
Weapons: Strike Sabre, Force Gun, Strikeforce Blaster, Green Veloci Claw
Zords: Velociraptor Saurianzord
Name: Joséphine Navarre
Designation: Saurian Strikeforce Pink Ranger
Age: 17
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Appearance: see All-Stars entry. Typically seen dressed in a black vinyl jacket with a furred collar, over a pink scarf, carmine top, black mini-skirt, tights, and pink go-go boots with black trim and heels. Wears sunglasses, glossy pink lipstick and nail varnish, and silver pearl earrings.
Bio: Joséphine was born into a high-class environment, and she enjoyed the luxuries this afforded her, however she found the socialites that her parents consorted with to be irritating and, in some cases, abusive towards those whom they considered to be beneath them. Out of spite, she donned a mask and assumed an alias; “French Rose,” gentlewoman burglar. The Rose’s activities led her to cross paths with the All-Star Rangers on one occasion, when she intended to amend a mistake that potentially put all of Fairbridge at risk. Once the danger had passed, she parted ways with the team on relatively good terms, and was not heard from again until she stole a valuable fossil from a museum of history in another city. This fossil contained the pink Power Cell, and she found herself transported to Ultima Panterra, conveniently accompanied by Du Lac, her butler and bodyguard. Although still a student attending the new Heavenfront High, she has been able to support herself by selling off some of her accumulated trophies on the black market and using the profits to involve herself in trade between the city and the land-bound Panterran settlements. Joséphine is a practical sort who prefers not to do anything unless she gets something out of it in return, however this conflicts with her simultaneous need to do what she knows is the right thing regardless of the reward, a sentiment she has harboured ever since Fairbridge.
Items: Dinovolver, Deino Chaser
Power Cells: #5 Triceratops, #11 Deinonychus (shared), #14 Styracosaurus, #19 Tupandactylus
Weapons: Strike Sabre, Force Gun, Strikeforce Blaster, Pink Tricera Horn
Zords: Triceratops Saurianzord, Pachycephalosaurus Saurianzord
Five-way morphing sequence.
The zig-zag pattern on the Rangers’ sashes closes over the screen like two rows of teeth, then reopens to reveal each of the five teens, already clad in their jump-suits, posing in front of a coloured outline of their main primary dinosaur symbol as their helmet snaps on. First is Joséphine, followed by Manny, Breno, Al-Mal and finally Haruka. We CRASH ZOOM IN on her visor. FLASH! They are now the SAURIAN POWER RANGERS.
Name: Robbie Ramirez
Designation: Saurian Strikeforce Cyan Ranger
Age: 16
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Appearance: dark eyes and long, curtained black hair, slightly pudgy build. Typically seen dressed in a sleeveless, light brown, hooded utility jacket, open over a cyan, long-sleeved shirt with white collar, buttons and cuffs, faded grey trousers, and white-and-green trainers.
Bio: Robbie never really stuck out on Earth. He was a nice, well-meaning guy who suffered through schoolyard problems like bullying with a soft smile and gentle heart. Socially crippled by his chronic shyness, he was deeply fond of animals and spent most of his free time in the woods near his home or aiding at the local animal shelter. After being transported to Ultima Panterra, Robbie was deeply affected by the separation from his family and took to camping on the outskirts of Heavenfront, too shaken with fear to ingrain himself in the strange new community. When Heavenfront landed in a mountain range for a resource-gathering mission, Robbie spotted Joséphine and fell in love with her on sight. He followed after her into the mountains, and following a series of mishaps, they both discovered the Ankylosaurus Saurianzord under the influence of Klot the Unkillable. Joséphine used her recently obtained #19 Tupandactylus Power Cell to help Robbie get inside and fight off the monster’s virus. This act of bravery granted Robbie the #7 Ankylosaurus Power Cell, and he joined the team as the Cyan Ranger. Robbie’s bumbling antics served to both hinder and help the Rangers in their battles, and he would often stumble into a victory before even realising what he had done. He continues to harbour feelings for Joséphine, but decided to put her on a pedestal rather than risk ruining their genuine friendship. After Cruz received a vision of the Meridian Ranger while meditating, Robbie agreed to accompany him in search of the holder of the #10 Brachiosaurus Power Cell. They set out the very next day, leaving the team just before the arrival of its ninth member, Aether Amphitron. Robbie was a victim of the poison from the Krawlaterror plant unleashed by King Nord, and despite being in intense pain, he told Cruz to return to Heavenfront to help the rest of the team. An antidote to the poison was dispensed through the city’s water system, and Robbie was restored to health, allowing him and Cruz to continue their search.
Items: Dinovolver, Deino Chaser
Power Cells: #7 Ankylosaurus, #11 Deinonychus (shared), #17 Oviraptor
Weapons: Strike Sabre, Force Gun, Strikeforce Blaster, Cyan Ankylo Hammer
Zords: Ankylosaurus Saurianzord
Six-way morphing sequence.
The zig-zag pattern on the Rangers’ sashes closes over the screen like two rows of teeth, then reopens to reveal each of the six teens, already clad in their jump-suits, posing in front of a coloured outline of their main primary dinosaur symbol as their helmet snaps on. First is Robbie, followed by Joséphine, Manny, Breno, Al-Mal and finally Haruka. We CRASH ZOOM IN on her visor. FLASH! They are now the SAURIAN POWER RANGERS.
Name: Captain Skyheart
Designation: Saurian Strikeforce Apex Ranger
Ethnicity: Ultima Panterran
Appearance: Skyheart’s body is covered from head-to-foot with dark blue, scaly skin, and his head resembles that of a pteranodon, with a smaller beak and two shorter crests in place of a single, large one. The tip of the foremost crest down to the top part of his beak are patterned with scarlet markings, while the sides of his face and his neck bear white tribal markings. Amber eyes under fierce, white brows. Hands and feet are clawed, so like all Ultima Panterrans does not ordinarily wear shoes. Typically seen dressed in a black uniform to denote his position, with gold trim and white buttons, designed to allow full freedom for his wings and tail.
Bio: one of the first Ultima Panterrans to arrive in Heavenfront, and now its official pilot, answering only to the City Mothers and Fathers themselves. Skyheart is the last surviving member of his tribe, as well as the next in line to become chieftain before they were wiped from the planet by Northlanders. He was privy to much of the history regarding the Power Cells and the ancient, slumbering gods whose essences they contained. He made it his mission to destroy Nord and his armies, and set about collecting the Power Cells. Believing that a position in Heavenfront would allow him to scour greater areas for the relics more quickly, he was surprised to discover five of them had bonded with human teenagers, and immediately brought them together to fight the Northlanders and awaken the guardians. He was initially hesitant to entrust them with such a hefty responsibility, but the group quickly proved themselves worthy in his eyes, and he was content to act as their guide for the time being, training them in the lore of their incredible inheritance, and the ways of Ultima Panterra. He connected especially with Haruka, who sought his wisdom as a means of combatting her own doubts as a leader. Through training and meditation, Skyheart encouraged her growth, and she in turn helped him to better understand the similarities between humans and Ultima Panterrans. As more Power Cells turned up all over Heavenfront and the team expanded, Skyheart began to wonder if the city itself might not be as important to the ultimate fate of both peoples as the Rangers. Eventually, Skyheart began receiving visions of the Pteranodon Saurianzord, and went alone to its resting place at the Dark Mountain, in the heart of his lost homeland, Hajivana. He found Nord enacting a spell to forcefully summon the Pteranodon with a corrupted Power Cell, and although he fought with all his might, he was unable to prevent Nord from achieving his goal. When Nord’s top warrior Kalagha appeared in possession of the Cell and the Zord, it was revealed that the warrior was once Skyheart’s friend and bond-brother, until his obsession with strength turned him into the raging, spite-fuelled beast he had now become. The two battled, once more, the whole time Kalagha howling that he had become greater than a mere Ultima Panterran, and he seemed to dominate the fight, almost killing his opponent while barely reacting to his own injuries. Skyheart, however, emerged triumphant, with a purified Power Cell and the Pteranodon Saurianzord at his command. He is revered as the true leader of the Saurian Power Rangers, but has no qualms about deferring to Haruka.
Items: Dinovolver, Deino Chaser
Power Cells: #6 Pteranodon
Weapons: Apex Ptera Wing, Apex Lightning Glaive
Zords: Pteranodon Saurianzord
Seven-way morphing sequence.
The zig-zag pattern on the Rangers’ sashes closes over the screen like two rows of teeth, then reopens to reveal each of the seven heroes, already clad in their jump-suits, posing in front of a coloured outline of their main primary dinosaur symbol as their helmet snaps on. First is Skyheart, whose extra armoured plating and forearm-mounted Ptera Wing also appear, followed by Robbie, Joséphine, Manny, Breno, Al-Mal and finally Haruka. We CRASH ZOOM IN on her visor. FLASH! They are now the SAURIAN POWER RANGERS.
Name: Cruz Walcott
Designation: Saurian Strikeforce Grey Ranger
Age: 15
Ethnicity: Afro-Caribbean
Appearance: dark eyes and frizzy, black hair. Typically seen dressed in a light grey track-suit jacket with black sleeves, orange stripes across the chest and around the biceps, open over a purple T-shirt, blue jeans, and pale yellow-and-red trainers. Wears a gold chain around his neck.
Bio: Cruz, like many other young people taken to the city of Heavenfront, found himself separated from his family by a distance that was a matter of dimensions instead of miles. After wandering for days, he came across kindly old Mister Wu, a martial arts master who took him under his wing and gave him a home at the small school he had established. Cruz was greatly skilled, but could not overcome his violent urges and use of his fists to solve his problems. Rather than run to safety or to help others, Cruz tried to fight during a Northlander attack and was almost killed, saved only through the intervention of his master, who morphed into the Grey Ranger. Cruz was shamed by his failure and attempted to train to be stronger, but when he saw his teacher and father figure in trouble, he understood what the old man had attempted to teach him, and ran to his rescue, all but ignoring the oncoming waves of enemies in order to save him. He received the #8 Pachycephalosaurus Power Cell and morphed into the Grey Ranger, officially joining the Saurian Strikeforce. Some time later, Cruz came to discover that he would better serve the cause away from the rest of the team, having been overcome by a vision while meditating alone. The vision was of a Ranger in a silver uniform, trapped in a distant place and in need of help, so with Robbie in tow, Cruz set out to retrieve this last Ranger and his Saurianzord. When King Nord’s Krawlaterror plant infested Heavenfront and sprayed poison onto the landscape below, Cruz was able to escape harm and put his quest briefly on hold to help Haruka and Aether form the Pliosaur Megazord for the first time.
Items: Dinovolver, Deino Chaser
Power Cells: #8 Pachycephalosaurus, #11 Deinonychus (shared), #20 Ammonite
Weapons: Strike Sabre, Force Gun, Strikeforce Blaster, Grey Meteor Flail
Zords: Pachycephalosaurus Saurianzord
Eight-way morphing sequence.
The zig-zag pattern on the Rangers’ sashes closes over the screen like two rows of teeth, then reopens to reveal each of the eight heroes, already clad in their jump-suits, posing in front of a coloured outline of their main primary dinosaur symbol as their helmet snaps on. First is Skyheart, whose extra armoured plating and forearm-mounted Ptera Wing also appear, followed by split-screens of Cruz and Robbie, Joséphine and Manny, Breno and Al-Mal, and finally Haruka by herself. We CRASH ZOOM IN on her visor. FLASH! They are now the SAURIAN POWER RANGERS.
Name: Aether Amphitron
Designation: Saurian Strikeforce Purple Ranger
Age: 17
Ethnicity: Ultima Panterran
Appearance: Aether’s body is covered from head-to-foot in dark tan, scaly skin, and her head resembles that of a plesiosaurus, with a smaller snout a neck slightly longer than a human being’s, and dark brown stripes from the base of her skull down to the ends of her limbs and tail. Violet eyes under stencilled, white eyebrows. Hands and feet are clawed and webbed, so like all Ultima Panterrans does not normally wear shoes. Typically seen dressed in a lightweight, white coat with short sleeves and purple interior, open over a brown top that covers her chest but exposes her midriff, an amber, teardrop-shaped gemstone suspended on a silver belly-chain, and black trousers designed to allow full freedom for her tail, fastened by criss-crossing, dark red belts with cursive, purple patterning and brass buckles.
Bio: a proud daughter of the Amphitron people, a tribe of Ultima Panterrans that prospered on the beaches along the coast of the Neitala Sea. Aether arrived in Heavenfront shortly after Cruz and Robbie left to find the Meridian Ranger. Her father, a shaman, had foreseen the beginning of a doomsday prophecy, coinciding with a huge meteor falling into the sea. This meteor contained fragments of a mineral identical to the Garnet of Life, which it attracted like a magnet, and resurrected three Northlanders -- Balomimus, Klot, and Xulub. The Plesiosaurus, patron spirit of the Amphitrons, was the only thing capable of reaching the spot where the meteor had landed, its radiating waves preventing the three monsters from being destroyed again by instantly bringing them back to life each time. Aether was considered worthy of the responsibility, and given the #9 Plesiosaurus Power Cell. She morphed into the Purple Ranger for the first time, and using her newly awakened Saurianzord, utterly destroyed the meteor, although not before Syndrie, Dauberon and Gullywag were able to mine a sizeable chunk of the unique mineral within it for King Nord’s experiments, resulting in the birth of the deadly Krawlaterror plant. The plant dug its roots deep into Heavenfront and threatened to tear the city apart, while its towering avatar brutally attacked the Rangers in their Megazords. Eventually, Aether and Haruka, with help from a briefly returned Cruz, combined their powers to create the Pliosaur Megazord, and annihilated the monster.
Items: Dinovolver, Deino Chaser
Power Cells: #9 Plesiosaurus, #11 Deinonychus (shared), #21 Archelon
Weapons: Strike Sabre, Force Gun, Strikeforce Blaster, Purple Plesio Blaster
Zords: Plesiosaurus Saurianzord
Note on Aether and the Amphitrons.
The name of the sea besides which Aether’s people live is a pormanteau of the Hindi words for blue, “nīlā,” and abyss, “rasātala.” The name of her tribe is derived from the goddess Amphitrite, a Nereid and wife of the sea-god Poseidon in Greek folklore.
Nine-way morphing sequence.
The zig-zag pattern on the Rangers’ sashes closes over the screen like two rows of teeth, then reopens to reveal each of the nine heroes, already clad in their jump-suits, posing in front of a coloured outline of their main primary dinosaur symbol as their helmet snaps on. First is Skyheart, whose extra armoured plating and forearm-mounted Ptera Wing also appear, followed by split-screens of Aether, Cruz and Robbie, Joséphine and Manny, Breno and Al-Mal, and finally Haruka by herself. We CRASH ZOOM IN on her visor. FLASH! They are now the SAURIAN POWER RANGERS.
Name: unknown (referred to initially as “Diesel” by Al-Mal and later as “the spirit”)
Designation: Saurian Strikeforce Meridian Ranger
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Appearance: blue eyes, and short, spiky brown hair and stubble. Initially seen dressed in a dishevelled black funeral suit, he later abandons the jacket, tie and shoes, favouring fingerless white gloves, black boots, a dark red headband with intersecting sharp teeth designs, and a brown-and-green serape he uncovered in a dumpster.
Bio: the first mortal to wield the power of the ancient Saurianzords many centuries ago, this unnamed spectre was a courageous adventurer and a king to many of the Panterran tribes scattered across the planet. He befriended the Brachiosaurus Saurianzord and battled against the forces of evil, until eventually he sacrificed himself to protect the Saurianzords from a terrible fate by channelling their essences into the Power Cells. He was aided in his efforts by a small order of warrior-shamans who acted as his followers. He fell into a kind of living death and the order returned him to the subterranean kingdom of his native tribe, where he was entombed. The order, one-by-one, died out and the kingdom emptied, until only the ghost of the last guardian remained to watch over him. The Rangers brought together the shards of a powerful crystal known as the Meridian Stone, and the spirit of the Meridian Ranger lived once more. He possessed the body of Al-Mal’s deceased friend, Diesel Stringer, who had owned one of the thirteen fragments and thus left an impression on the spirit when he awakened. The resurrection was not popular with the other Rangers, particularly Al-Mal, driving a wedge between the pair of them as the spirit refused to give up its host, which the Black Ranger saw as disrespectful. The spirit exhibited a vengeful and destructive attitude, even willing to kill both Syndrie and Gullywag after they had both defected from the Northlanders. This eventually culminated in his attempting to abandon the rest to fight on his own, but Haruka confronted him outside the city. He attacked her mercilessly, revealing in an emotional outburst that he was angry with himself for not being there to defend his world when it needed him. Haruka convinced him that he no longer needed to bear the weight of an entire world anymore. He would never open up to his new teammates entirely, keeping much of his past and even his true name a secret, but he accepted what Haruka said and vowed to fight alongside her and her team for better or worse.
Items: Dinovolver, Deino Chaser
Power Cells: #10 Brachiosaurus, #11 Deinonychus (shared), #15 Allosaurus
Weapons: Force Gun, Meridian Crystal Sword
Zords: Brachiosaurus Saurianzord
Ten-way morphing sequence.
The zig-zag pattern on the Rangers’ sashes closes over the screen like two rows of teeth, then reopens to reveal each of the ten heroes, already clad in their jump-suits, posing in front of a coloured outline of their main primary dinosaur symbol as their helmet snaps on. First is the spirit, followed by split-screens of Aether, Cruz, Robbie, and Skyheart, then Joséphine, Manny, Breno and Al-Mal, and finally Haruka by herself. We CRASH ZOOM IN on her visor. FLASH! They are now the SAURIAN POWER RANGERS
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Dinovolver: the Saurian Rangers’ transformation device, manifested by the user placing their hands behind their back and then bringing it forward. It activates when a Power Cell is placed inside and user speaks the name of their dinosaur followed by the phrase,
“Dinovolve now!” after which it transfers to the front of their belt. The Rangers invoke the powers of different saurian protector spirits by placing Power Cells inside their Dinovolvers, and each device can store up to three at any one time. They can also function as a form of long-distance communication between the team and the computer at their secret headquarters.
Strike Sabre: a short-sword carried by the core five Rangers. Inserting a Power Cell causes the edge to vibrate, allowing the wielder to deliver a lethal slashing attack that is often enough to slay human-sized Northlanders with a single hit.
Force Gun: a ray-gun carried by the main five Rangers. Its ammunition and rate of fire are augmented by loading different Power Cells into a chamber under the barrel. When combined with the user’s Strike Sabre, it becomes the
Strikeforce Blaster, a larger, deadlier two-handed firearm, or with the Red Ranger’s Tyrannovolver to form the
Tyrannoforce Blaster.
Saurian Power Weapons: each of the Saurian Rangers wields a special weapon individual to them. The
Red Tyrant Fang, Black Hadro Laser,
Blue Stego Shield,
Green Veloci Claw and
Pink Tricera Horn can combine using the Kentrosaurus Power Cell to form the
Saurian Power Spear, an enormous, serrated weapon that cleaves easily through Northlander armour plating. A second set of Power Weapons also exists, wielded by the auxiliary Rangers and fashioned in a similar manner, but with a very different method of combination. Using the Allosaurus Power Cell, the
Cyan Ankylo Hammer,
Grey Meteor Flail,
Purple Plesio Blaster and
Meridian Crystal Sword combine into the
Strikeforce Cannon, with the Meridian Ranger’s Force Gun as its trigger mechanism.
Note on the secondary Power Weapons.
This second set of Power Weapons would be original creations for Saurian Strikeforce, although the Plesio Blaster might share some similarities with the rocket-like weapon KyoyruRed wields in Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger: It’s Here! Armed On Midsummer Festival while the Crystal Sword might be a stand-in for Torin’s Feather Edge.
Deino Chaser: called on and energised using the Deinonychus Power Cell, these motorcycles provide the Rangers with added speed and mobility for traversing the complicated landscape of the tiered city.
Apex Ptera Wing: a wrist-mounted sidearm worn by the Apex Ranger, the Ptera Wing possesses a wing-shaped blade on its outer side that unfolds for slashing attacks, and can shoot bolts of light when a Power Cell is loaded into it, similar to the other Rangers’ Force Guns. It can be linked with the Lightning Glaive for a deadly lightning strike attack.
Apex Lightning Glaive: the Apex Ranger’s primary weapon-of-choice. The Lightning Glaive can absorb and channel static electricity from the air, turning it into a white hot thunderbolt. Its strength and sharpness can be enhanced by inserting up to three Power Cells into the sockets located underneath the blade. It can be linked with the Ptera Wing for a deadly lightning strike attack.
Maxillators: twin weapons wielded by the Black Ranger. These teeth-lined gauntlets extend up to his shoulders and not only grant the wielder extra punching and chopping power, but allow him to initiate a mid-air spinning attack, and dig through solid surfaces at intense speeds.
Vertex Doomerang: the Vertex Ranger’s primary weapon-of-choice, this device allows its wielder to force control over the Zords of the other Rangers by playing it like a flute. When a Power Cell is inserted, it fires deadly, boomerang-shaped bolts of light that burn through solid surfaces with ease, or explode upon contact. When extra Cells are attached, it can augment the properties of these projectiles and engage a, ‘hunting system,’ in which the boomerangs follow the intended target until it hits them or is destroyed, erupting in a violent explosion.
Tyrannovolver: a secondary firearm wielded solely by the Red Ranger, fashioned in the likeness of the Tyrannosaurus Saurianzord. Aside from turning her Force Gun into the double-handed Tyrannoforce Blaster, it can imbue her with the essence of the Zord when the command, “Tyrannovolve now!” is spoken. This generates the Tyrannoforce Armour.
Tyrannoforce Armour: a suit of armour that can be worn by the Red Ranger wielding the Tyrannovolver, the Tyrannoforce Armour consists of a large, ornate red-and-gold cuirass resembling the head of the Tyrannosaurus, with integrated spiked pauldrons, vambraces, gauntlets, greaves, and a feathered plume for her helmet. It also changes the appearance of the user’s original suit and increases her strength, stamina and dexterity. Inserting different Power Cells into the barrel of the Tyrannovolver while the armour is active augments it further, creating human-scale versions of the Stegosaurus’ sword, Triceratops’ drill, Parasaurolophus’ cannon, Velociraptor’s claws, Ankylosaurus’ war-hammer, Pachycephalosaurus’ spiked flail and the Spinosaurus’ boomerang and shield.
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ZORDS
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Ancient warriors that once protected the inhabitants of Ultima Panterra, the re-christened Saurianzords have been reborn as machines to lend their raw might and ferocity to their new masters, the Saurian Power Rangers. When energised by the Power Cells, they rise from their underground slumber to do battle with the forces of evil by combining their bodies into giant Megazords.
The Pteranodon is capable of converting into an agile Warrior Mode, in which it attacks with lethal electrified talons. Similarly, the Plesiosaurus possesses a bulkier Warrior Mode which wields an arm-mounted Plesio Pulsar cannon, and a unique, third Rocket Mode for aerospace travel. The Brachiosaurus’ Warrior Mode is the largest and sturdiest of the lot, armed with a humungous Brachio Buster poleaxe.
Saurian Megazord: the fusion of the
Tyrannosaurus with any two other Saurianzords. Its default state is armed with a spiked shield and Stego Sword from the
Stegosaurus and drill-tipped spear from the
Triceratops. Like some previous Megazords, it is adaptable. It can combine with other Saurianzords by switching out its arms, obtaining different weapons, tools and energy-based attacks each time. The Parasaurolophus equips it with a cannon, the
Velociraptor with shredding claws, the
Ankylosaurus with a war-hammer and the
Pachycephalosaurus with a spiked flail.
Pterasaur Megazord: the combination of the Saurian Megazord and the Pteranodon Saurianzord, taking the immense bulk and ferocity of the former and allowing it to do battle with foes that would normally be safely out of its reach on the ground.
Pliosaur Megazord: the combination of the Plesiosaurus Saurianzord with the Tyrannosaurus and Pachycephalosaurus Saurianzords. The Pliosaur Megazord uses its flail to facilitate its melee combat needs, and can fire a wave from its chest that slows its target’s movements, holding them in place long enough to unleash a triple-charged beam of light from its Plesio Pulsar. Although the Grey Ranger is required to pilot the Pachycephalosaurus Saurianzord properly, it can be summoned to complete the formation by remote if its designated pilot is unavailable. This proved extremely beneficial to the rest of the team while Cruz and Robbie left on their quest to locate the imprisoned Meridian Ranger.
Saurian Strikeforce Ultrazord: the combination of the Brachiosaurus, Tyrannosaurus, Parasaurolophus, Stegosaurus, Velociraptor and Triceratops Saurianzords. The Ultrazord brings the full fury of the prehistoric past and harnesses it into an unstoppable arsenal of weapons. The crest on its head can extend to strike foes from a distance, while its shoulder-mounted cannon launches devastating blasts of combustible energy, and the super-charged edge of its Power Poleaxe can rip monsters apart. It annihilates its opponents with a barrage of light fired from the gemstones embedded in its chest-plate, pouring the combined might of the Rangers and their Saurianzords into a single all-out assault.
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NORTHLANDERS
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Name: King Nord
Appearance:
--as Northlander: identical to Many-Faced High Priest Chaos from
Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger.
--as mutant: identical to Transcendenterfly Deboth from
Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger.
Bio: as cold and ruthless as the kingdom from which he hails, King Nord’s goal is to cover Ultima Panterra in permanent winter, bringing an end to all other life on the planet and allowing his kind to sweep across it like a plague. When the flying city of Heavenfront appeared in the skies, he became convinced that it would be the perfect place to establish his seat of power and from there expand his frozen empire to other worlds, eventually covering the universe in snow and ice. He commands his armies from a fortress of ice hidden in a mountain range, using a series of enchanted scrying-spheres, each in a different colour, in order to spy on his enemies or simply observe what is happening miles away, even on the streets of Heavenfront, although he cannot look into their homes or personal lives. This drawback is a source of constant frustration to him as it prevents him from finding out the secret identities of the Power Rangers. He is methodical and callous in his schemes, content to sacrifice lives on both sides to reach his goals, and will not hesitate to slay his own men if they displease him. He rules by fear, as his followers can never be sure when he will execute them or worse, change them into Kallikant slaves. Despite Skyheart’s efforts to intercept him, King Nord was able to get his hands on the Pteranodon Power Cell at the Dark Mountain to utilise in battle. He entrusted this Cell to Kalagha.
Following the loss of the Pteranodon and the arrival of the Apex, Grey and Purple Rangers, King Nord grew frustrated, and began work on a new plan, which saw fruition when a meteor containing the same mineral as the Garnet of Life, which had been previously lost to the Black Ranger, landed in the ocean. The meteor was destroyed, but Nord managed to obtain a fragment of the mineral, which he used to stimulate the growth of a plant created in his laboratory, the
Krawlaterror. Spreading through the city’s water supply, the plant paralysed much of Heavenfront, and its roots dug so deep as to cause serious foundational damage, before pouring its poison all over the landscape below. Only the formation of the Pliosaur Megazord allowed the Rangers to destroy the plant’s main body, but the city did not come away from the battle unscathed. The damage done to it by the
Krawlaterror would take weeks, if not months to repair, and it would have to land in order to refill its dwindling water supplies, which were depleted from pouring antidote-laced water onto the ailing surface of the planet. In spite of the defeat, Nord discovered the
Krawlaterror’s spores could stimulate heightened cellular regeneration, and began work on a new plan.
Unfortunately, his forces were still depleted, forcing him to call upon his older half-brother Stouth, who had led the Northlanders’ campaign of conquest at the South Pole. The brothers despised one another, but Nord was willing to acknowledge Stouth’s capacity for leadership, and proposed they pool their remaining soldiers under the general’s command. Nord cared little for Stouth’s coercing of his subjects, not even when his own sister was on the receiving end. He was surprised to learn Kalagha had absorbed the general, believing him to have perished during the battle at Christmas, but took heart in the fact that he could continue working on his new project. His plans were seemingly derailed, however, when the Power Rangers successfully reunited the Meridian Stone, an ancient artefact which had been broken into thirteen fragments, one of which was the Garnet of Life possessed by the Black Ranger. He unleashed one of his early experiments, Prototype Zero, in order to overcome this new threat, using the time bought to hasten his ultimate goal, the installation of several secret genesis pits all around Heavenfront. The formula inside, augmented using the
Krawlaterror cells, would produce monsters of greater strength and at a faster rate.
While the Rangers and their allies were spread across the city, dispatching the invasion force, evacuating citizens and targeting the secret genesis pits, Nord retreated to his castle. Haruka followed him, and in the ensuing duel, plunged the Northlander ruler into one of his own pits. Saturated with the bubbling formula inside, Nord absorbed the cells of many different Northlander species, eventually rising as a bizarre mish-mash of plant, insect, mammal, amphibian and mineral. The maddened creature beat the Red Ranger into submission and initiated the final stage of his plan, activating a self-destruct sequence in the pits that would flood the floating city with freezing liquid. The destruction would result in the eradication of every human, Panterran and Northlander within. In spite of her pain, Haruka recalled every encouragement she had been given by her friends, by Skyheart, and by her former master Daichi Kusanagi. The Red Ranger made one last-ditch effort, and overcharged her Tyrannoforce Armour, destroying Nord utterly. He died cursing the Rangers, experiencing no epiphany the way his deceased followers had. The resultant explosion of his mutant body also consumed his castle.
Name: Kalagha
Bio: King Nord’s barbaric chief warrior, Kalagha is the deadliest hunter in the Northlands, but for reasons initially unknown, aided his master in taking over his once lush, warm homeland of Hajivana. When he was a boy, he stole the Sword of the Dark Mountain, in spite of the warnings from his tribe’s shaman. The weapon was forged for the purpose of pure evil, and could turn anyone who wielded it into a mighty warrior, but at a cost. Kalagha ignored the legends, but as the years went on, he came to discover exactly what kind of price he would have to pay for his power. The truth is that what others perceive as Kalagha is only a suit of armour, for the sword had slowly consumed him, and it was only his willpower that kept him from disappearing completely. The revelation terrified the people he had once called friends and family, and the shaman condemned him for his foolish actions. Driven to the brink of madness by this, Kalagha wandered, over hundreds of years becoming a demonic figure of legend, until he came into contact with King Nord, who was impressed by his strength and offered him a place within the hierarchy of the Northlands. Although his tribe were long gone, Kalagha bristled with hatred at the world, and especially the home and the people that had turned their backs on him, and personally spearheaded the destruction and conquest of both. Aside from himself, there was only one survivor -- the Ultima Panterran who would later become Captain Skyheart. Upon realising that Skyheart’s continued existence was evidence that he had failed to annihilate his people, Kalagha convinced King Nord to give him the corrupted Pteranodon Power Cell and Saurianzord, to ensure he finally accomplished his genocidal goal. He failed in this effort, and the drain on his energy made him reliant on Paleonite hosts, which could only be produced in a limited quantity. He sought a solution by merging with Professor Rokato’s new robot, MAXIMO, but was driven out of the machine when Rokato shut down its systems, paralysing it. A more successful merger would occur after he goaded Stouth into a battle where the general would be weakened by the Rangers, allowing Kalagha to absorb him as a new host. Although he was able to take over this new host’s body, Stouth’s sheer spirit proved indomitable, and the general was not only able to separate himself from Kalagha, but submitted him to such intense mental torture that the warrior’s spirit was totally broken. Kalagha served Stouth unquestioningly until the final assault on the city of Heavenfront, during which he and Captain Skyheart finally put aside their differences and killed the general. As the city crumbled all around them, Kalagha decided now was the time to end their enmity forever and forced Skyheart to face him in a one-on-one duel to the death. After an exhausting battle, Kalagha dealt the Apex Ranger a mortal wound, but Skyheart’s Lightning Glaive broke the Sword of the Dark Mountain, setting Kalagha’s soul free. His last words voiced his hopes of leading a more worthy life when he was reincarnated.
Note on Kalagha.
Kalagha’s name is a pormanteau of the Hindi words for black, “kālā,” and tiger, “bāgha.” I had originally wanted to name him in honour of Rudyard Kipling’s villainous jungle-cat Shere Khan. His arrival on the battle-field would be announced with a tune reminiscent of
the tiger’s theme music from the Jungle Book anime. The name of his homeland is also a uniting of Hindi words, in this case green, “harā,” and life, “jīvana,” to emphasise its state before it became part of the Northlands.
Name: Princess Syndrie
Bio: King Nord’s younger sister and a recently ascended female knight. Initially coming off as very shallow and hungry for attention, not to mention prone to fits of sulking when her plans were thwarted, Syndrie wears a mask of almost psychotic glee. She does not simply invest in the subjugation of the Ultima Panterrans as a way of expanding the Northlands across the entire planet, but seems to delight in it. She finds the new race known as humans to be intriguing, and often takes on a human disguise in order to mingle with them and learn about them. Although she discovers much conflict, fear and stupidity, she also finds kindness, loyalty and friendship that oddly strikes a chord with her. Syndrie is later revealed to be a rather lonely individual. Her brother was taken from her at a very young age to be groomed as the next king of the Northlands, and she had no other friends growing up. This drove her to invent an imaginary best friend based on a doll, which had been among the spoils retrieved from a conquered village. Toying with a book of spells stolen from her father’s private library, she was able to bring the doll to life. Although Syndrie was punished for the theft, the execution of which had to be carried out by her brother and left her with her distinct black face marking, she had gained a friend who would never leave her in Gullywag. Syndrie was bullied and manipulated by her half-brother Stouth upon his return to go along with his plans, and during a particular adventure was given help by Breno and his friend Rizzy. Confused about her loyalties, she returned to her own kind, but not before helping the Blue Ranger to defeat a mind-controlling Northlander, Romcomnibus. This would seal her fate in Nord’s eyes, as he believed her to be a liability and arranged for her to be assassinated. Dauberon helped her brother’s wrath, which would result in the cost of his own life. Spurred on by his sacrifice, Syndrie cut her ties with her family and joined the humans and Panterrans in their battle, even aiding the Meridian, Cyan and Grey Rangers in destroying Nord’s genesis pits.
Note on Syndrie.
Candelilla’s slit-mouth appearance, quite frankly, creeped me out. I had a lot of ideas I wanted to use for her name, some of which referenced Angelman syndrome, pejoratively known as happy puppet syndrome, but I wondered if it might be in poor taste to do so. In the end I focussed on the syndrome part, and thought she should have a light Scottish accent as a reference to her having a Glasgow smile, also known as a Chelsea grin. Due to their familial connection in this adaptation, it is most likely that both Nord and Stouth also possess Scottish accents.
Name: Dauberon
Bio: a venerable knight who served King Nord’s father many years ago, Dauberon is a wise, if rather morose and jaded figure, deeply respected by his peers. Due to an injury he sustained while protecting a young Nord and Syndrie during a civil war, he began to spend progressively less time in the field and now works behind the scenes as a tactician and orchestrator for the younger knights, many of whom grew up hearing of his exploits and wanting to be like him. Very few realise that Dauberon cares little for his own reputation, and references his past only when citing tactics that have worked against previous enemies. He and Kalagha argue frequently, but only because Dauberon has little patience for the hunter’s self-obsession and his reliance on sheer brute force in place of intellect and experience. To his mind, too much brawn and not enough brains has seen too many knights fall in a stupid, avoidable and dishonourable way. When Stouth arrived from the South Pole, Dauberon disliked him immediately as he saw his men only as tools and not as living creatures. Seeing a threat of dissention, Stouth used dark magic to take over Dauberon’s mind and fill him with bloodthirsty rage. The old knight was still self-aware, however, and began to fear for Nord and Syndrie. After learning that Nord planned to kill his sister for harbouring affection towards humans and Panterrans, Dauberon resisted Stouth’s control of him just long enough to get the princess to safety. While protecting her and Gullywag from Discordious, he pleaded for the Rangers to help them, but Stouth’s spell reasserted itself and drove him into a frenzy. He was finally cut down by Al-Mal, thanking the Black Ranger for freeing him as he lay dying. His death deeply affected Syndrie and Gullywag, cementing their defection from the Northlanders.
Note on Dauberon.
Dauberon’s name is based on the Irish word for sorrow, “dobrón,” in reference to Aigaron being the Knight of Sorrow.
Name: Gullywag
Bio: King Nord’s highly deranged court jester and the childhood friend of Syndrie, whom she also serves as a personal spy. Gullywag often bursts into fits of giggling regardless of her actual mood, and also seems to suffer some degree of difficulty maintaining her focus, becoming distracted from her task by the idea of playing with children. She does not share Nord’s passion about freezing Ultima Panterra, instead only acting towards her mistress’ interests. She uses a magical potion poured from a toy watering can to rejuvenate fallen Northlander monsters in giant form. Gullywag was originally Syndrie’s imaginary friend during childhood and was given life by a magical spell. Eventually, Nord’s research into cellular hyper-regeneration relieved Gullywag of her monster-restoring duties, and faced with the likelihood of being exiled or destroyed, she gave herself entirely to the mission to gather the thirteen fragments of the Meridian Stone, but failed in this as well. Syndrie helped the condemned doll to escape, sharing a heartfelt farewell. The pair were eventually reunited shortly before the death of Dauberon, prompting her to defect along with her mistress and lend a hand in the destruction of the genesis pits.
Note on Gullywag.
Gullywag’s name is a spin on gollywog, a type of doll.
Name: Kallikants
Bio: mindless foot-soldiers that constitute the majority of King Nord’s ground forces, the Kallikants are the result of a hideous operation carried out on those who displease their king. Deprived of their intelligence and free will, these mutants are the epitome of Nord’s wrath, and carry out his orders without question. Their new bodies are composed of a special gel held in place by their enchanted masks, and are able to pool themselves together into monstrous gestalts easily the size of a Megazord. In battle, they wield tooth-edged axes. The production of Kallikants was concluded when the Meridian, Cyan and Grey Rangers, aided by Syndrie and Gullywag, destroyed the genesis pits.
Note on Kallikants.
The Kallikants’ name drives from Kallikantzaroi, a malevolent spirit from Greek lore that thrives in the winter darkness.
Name: Paleonites
Bio: the result of King Nord’s more daring genetic experiments, Paleonites blend traits of various ancient creatures into a single entity, geared specifically to engage in extended and brutal warfare. Nord lacked faith in the military knightly orders favoured by his late father, and he sought to replace them with warriors that did not possess the weaknesses of their predecessors. Unlike Kallikants, the Paleonites do not have a universal ability to merge, but they come with superior strength, intelligence and endurance, and with a far greater array of abilities at their disposal. They emerge, fully grown, from the evolution pits underneath the ice fortress. Unfortunately, Paleonites can only be produced in a limited quantity each month, and with Kalagha depending on them to sustain him following the energy drain he suffered from losing to the Apex Ranger, they were considered a failure. The production of Paleonites was concluded when the Meridian, Cyan and Grey Rangers, aided by Syndrie and Gullywag, destroyed the genesis pits.
Name: Chief Leopold Taven
Designation: Vertex Ranger
Age: 45
Ethnicity: African-American
Appearance: dark eyes, high and tight black hair, black moustache and full beard. Typically seen dressed in the black cap and grey uniform of the military police with red-and-gold trim, gold pips and medals, over a white shirt, black tie, white gloves and black boots.
Bio: supreme commanding officer of Heavenfront’s military police force. Chief Taven distrusts the Rangers, but finds his attempts to officiate a warrant for their arrest for vigilantism and other damages thwarted by the intervention of Madame If and her council. He has a strict, black-and-white worldview, believing that all those who commit crimes should face the consequences. A policeman on Earth, Taven earned his current position as a reward for his efforts to bring order to the confusion that plagued Heavenfront after its immediate formation. If believes he has much in common with the Rangers as he acts only to do what he considers to be the right thing. Taven took this as an affront, and as his personal feelings had a greater and greater effect on his work, she began to ponder the possibility that she would lose control of him. Her fears were realised when Taven found the Spinosaurus Power Cell. Within it slept the essence of the Spinosaurus, the original leader of the Saurianzords of ancient times before the rise of the Tyrannosaurus. Its desire for destruction for destruction’s sake called out to his hatred of the vigilante heroes, transforming him into the Vertex Ranger. Using his new powers, Taven was determined to bring the Rangers to justice, as well as lend the military police the added might of the Saurianzords against the continued Northlander threat. To the horror and shock of the team, he easily overpowered them in battle, and took Robbie and Cruz as his prisoners. The pair escaped, but not before their Power Cells were taken from them and their spirits forced into submission by the inherent ferocity of the Spinosaurus, allowing Taven to utilise them, and their attached weapons, to use against their true masters. In a final confrontation that led them far from Heavenfront to the ruins of an ancient Panterran burial ground, the Rangers crippled the Extinction Negazord and Haruka battled Taven in a one-on-one fight to the finish. Both warriors brutalised to each other to the point they could barely even stand, but Haruka’s convictions were stronger and truer. Taven’s powers left him and he was imprisoned.
Items: Vertex Dinovolver
Power Cells: #0 Spinosaurus, #7 Ankylosaurus (stolen, temporary), #8 Pachycephalosaurus (stolen, temporary)
Weapons: Vertex Doomerang, glove-integrated retractable blades, Cyan Ankylo Hammer (stolen, temporary), Grey Meteor Flail (stolen, temporary)
Zords: Spinosaurus Saurianzord, Ankylosaurus Saurianzord (stolen, temporary), Pachycephalosaurus Saurianzord (stolen, temporary)
Name: Stouth
Bio: the older half-brother of King Nord and Syndrie, Stouth was given the responsibility of ruling over the Northlander territories at the South Pole. He led a highly successful campaign, and after hearing word of his sovereign’s difficulties against the Rangers, he arrived with two members of his personal guard, Discordious and Zatchmo. Although loyal to the crown, Stouth mocked Nord’s failures at every turn. He had never forgiven their father for favouring one over the other in spite of his superior military capabilities. He also had some knowledge of dark magic, and used it to manipulate Syndrie, Gullywag and Dauberon on a number of occasions to aid his plans to destroy the Rangers. After being weakened by Haruka wielding the Tyrannoforce Armour, he was absorbed by Kalagha and forced to become his host. Stouth warned Kalagha that he would regret his treachery, and while the people of Heavenfront celebrated the city’s first Christmas, he returned and subjected the warrior to intense mental torture, breaking his spirit and turning him into his personal slave. During the final assault on Heavenfront, Stouth ordered Kalagha to destroy Skyheart while the latter was injured. Believing it would be a hollow victory, Kalagha instead chose to help his former friend and the pair fought together, ending Stouth’s threat, as well as his life. Stouth died asking his siblings for forgiveness, envious that his slayers had been able to put aside their hatred of each other in a way he and Nord never could.
Name: Discordious
Bio: one of Stouth’s personal guard, Discordious was tasked with assassinating Syndrie after King Nord questioned her loyalty. When Dauberon helped the princess to escape, Discordious pursued them relentlessly, dealing the aging knight a mortal blow. He was able to deflect most of the attacks the Rangers threw at him, but was cut down by Al-Mal using Dauberon’s battle-axe.
Name: Zatchmo
Bio: another member of Stouth’s personal guard, Zatchmo served mainly as a brutal enforcer. He grew to giant size and was seemingly destroyed by the Plesiosaurus Saurianzord, but this was revealed to be false, as he then followed the Rangers back to their secret headquarters deep inside the city. He was beaten by the combined efforts of Al-Mal, Breno and Manny.
Name: Prototype Zero
Bio: the only survivor of King Nord’s earliest genetic experiments, the prototype was created from an Ultima Panterran gladiator who had been under the impression he would earn his freedom for defeating all of his opponents. Driven insane by the process, Zero went on a rampage through the kingdom until Nord was able to create a device to subdue it. It was during this debacle that Nord learned of his creation’s ability to depower weapons and machinery. Rather than destroy it, he stored it away in the vaults beneath the castle until he could learn to harness its terrible might for his own use. Years later, after the Power Rangers successfully reunited the fragments of the Meridian Stone and revived the Brachiosaurus Saurianzord, Nord decided that only Prototype Zero had sufficient strength to combat the new threat. He guessed correctly that the creature’s energy-draining abilities would work on the Rangers and their Saurianzords. It easily dispatched the Saurian Megazord and Pteranodon, but with the encouragement of their friends, the Rangers refused to give up. They put everything into a last-ditch attack, buying time for the arrival of the Meridian Ranger, who fused his Brachiosaurus Saurianzord with the others to form the Saurian Strikeforce Ultrazord. This ultimate combination destroyed Prototype Zero utterly. Unfortunately, the battle served only to keep the Power Rangers and the majority of the citizens distracted, as Nord’s minions carried out preparations to spawn enormous new genesis pits all over the lower levels of Heavenfront.
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MONSTERS
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BALOMIMUS
(Debo Hyogakki)
THE IRON-SKINNED WARRIOR
(Debo Peshango)
CAGE RAGER
(Debo Royaroya)
HOODWING
(Debo Doronbos)
CAVITEETH
(Debo Batissier)
KLOT THE UNKILLABLE
(Debo Viruson)
YUCKIMOULDO
(Debo Yakigonte)
THE LORD OF THE LABYRINTH
(Debo Kokodoko)
THE CLEROMANCER
(Debo Honenukky)
AKABAKE THE RED GHOST
(Debo Tangosekku)
SPLITZ ARMY KNIFE
(Debo Jakireen)
MISTER PEDAGORG
(Debo Kibishidesu)
PARAGOLD
(Debo Zaihon)
XULUB
(Debo Nagareboshi)
ADORABELLE
(Debo Kyawaeen)
CELESTIOR
(Debo Tanabanta)
THE
KRAWLATERROR PLANT
(Dark Species Deboth)
NARCOLISER
(Debo Akkumuun)
DUSKEDGE
(Debo Shinobinba)
SAFARI JOE
(Debo Karyudosu)
SEACIDE
(Debo Vacance)
GRAWL-BALL
(Debo Spokorn)
VILFIRE
(Debo Akidamonne)
FLOSEIDON
(Debo Tairyon)
CHARNOBOG
(Mad Torin)
ROMCOMNIBUS
(Debo Kantokku)
DEMON SANTAS
(Debo Yanasanta)
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NEGAZORDS
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With the power of the evil Spinosaurus Power Cell, the Vertex Ranger can call upon his very own Saurianzord, a huge, vicious predator that delights in acts of carnage. Long ago, it was the alpha of the Saurianzords, and used its might to bully the populace of Ultima Panterra and force its brethren guardians to carry out its will, until it was dethroned by the Tyrannosaurus, who took its place as the leader and transformation core. This Power Cell did not exist in the records of the ancient Ultima Panterrans and was not recognised by Captain Skyheart, meaning that it spent years in obscurity, waiting for its revenge, until it fell into the possession of Chief Leopold Taven. Revived in the modern era, it now seeks to plunge the world into chaos once again, and avenge itself on its fellow Zords.
Extinction Negazord: the combination of the Spinosaurus, Ankylosaurus and Pachycephalosaurus, resembling an evil reflection of the Saurian Megazord. It wields the arm-integrated hammer and flail of its stolen components, and also carries a deadly, bone-like Doomerang that launches from its dorsal fin.
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SUPPORTING CAST
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Name: Madame If
Age: 40
Ethnicity: Ukrainian
Appearance: long, black hair in an elegantly curled,
‘Jessica Rabbit,’ style, and violet eyes. Typically seen dressed in a smart, dark red or black dress suit with white trim and buttons, white gloves, dark tights and dark red high-heeled shoes. Wears silver earrings and a jewelled necklace.
Bio: the first chairwoman of Heavenfront’s city council, known by the populace as the City Mothers and Fathers. On Earth she was an actress and model, but exhibited unexpected talent when it came to organising the confused, panic-ridden humans that had been hurled into the new world. She opened communication with the natives, leading to the foundation of a mixed human-Panterran citizenry, and for her initiative and diplomacy was awarded the seat at the head of the council. Aided by her colleagues, she laid out a city charter to provide laws by which all Heavenfronters would abide. She has publicly promised to amend for the errors of old world governments in order to create a genuinely fair future for her people. Thus far, she has kept her word, but she is also aware that things may get worse before they get better, especially now that the Northlanders have targeted the city. She trusts the Power Rangers to do the right thing, but also believes that people who hide their identities cannot be depended upon, and that Heavenfront must learn to protect itself. Following Chief Leopold Taven’s seizing of the evil Vertex Ranger powers and his subsequent defeat, Madame If had him imprisoned beneath City Hall. Feeling partially responsible for driving him to this mad decision, she considered resigning from her position, but was convinced otherwise by Captain Skyheart, who urged her on by telling her that while the Rangers were out fighting on the frontlines, they and everyone else in Heavenfront depended on her to make sure they had a home worth saving. If was still plagued by doubts, but was able to rally the military police to defend the city while also helping to evacuate the citizens to safety.
Name: Gideon
“G.B.” Bradbury
Age: 29
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Appearance: green eyes, long, sandy hair tied back in a ponytail with multi-coloured string, X-shaped scar on left cheek. Typically seen dressed in an old, orange baseball cap, a white shirt with the sleeves rolled up past his elbows, open over a black T-shirt emblazoned with his initials, denim jeans fastened by a plastic belt covered in comic book illustrations, and tan sandals.
Bio: the owner and proprietor of the smoothie bar where Haruka works.
Name: Du Lac
Age: 37
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Appearance: dark eyes, and short, slicked, black hair. Tall, wiry frame. Typically seen dressed in a smart black suit with rose quartz cufflinks, over a white shirt, a black tie with a rose quartz pin, white gloves and black boots. Bespectacled. Often seen carrying a cane (in actuality a high-tech cane-sword) and walking with a fake limp.
Bio: the butler to the Navarre family on Earth, and now Joséphine’s guardian in the absence of her parents. Du Lac is unaware of his charge’s secret identity as well as her criminal history, and silently considers her to be his surrogate daughter, having lost his connection to his real daughter, Angelica, when he was displaced from Earth to Ultima Panterra. Because of his dedication to her, he will often act to put himself in the line of fire, and Joséphine must pick her moments carefully to go into action while avoiding his attention. After discovering the truth, Du Lac attempted to prevent her from joining the others in battle, even confiscating her Power Cells. She was able to convince him to return them to her in order to save her friends, and during a heartfelt moment he revealed he would be proud to be her father. Joséphine replied by saying she wished he was.
Name: Diesel Stringer
Age: 17 (DECEASED)
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Appearance: blue eyes, and brown hair worn in a mullet. Typically seen dressed in a dark blue, hooded jacket with red interior, open over a grey T-shirt with elaborate, black-and-gold patterns on the front, a black woollen cap, light brown three-quarter-length shorts, and black-and-white trainers. He usually has a lollipop sticking out of his mouth and rolls it about like a cigarette.
Bio: Diesel is the leader of the Outrunners, one of three teenage street gangs that operate in Heavenfront, specifically in and around the High Street commercial district. The group are the smallest of all three, and like to think of themselves as being able to go anywhere, rather than relegate themselves to a specific territory. The gang tend to meet on the roof of a high-rise overlooking the district, but the clubhouse proper is housed in one of the flats on the top floor. Diesel unfortunately met his end when trying to hold off Hoodwing so the gangs could escape, at a time when they were arguing over the fate of the Garnet of Life, a rare gemstone King Nord desired. Diesel told Al-Mal never to give up, before dying in his arms and inspiring the other gangs to come together for the first time and fight off Hoodwing’s Kallikants, giving Al-Mal the opportunity to morph and get to the monster. The Garnet of Life was shattered during the fight by the Black Ranger to keep it from falling into enemy hands, although he kept a single fragment of it to remember Diesel by. Diesel’s body arose from its grave after the Meridian Stone was reunited, becoming the host body for the Meridian Ranger.
Name: Icer
Age: 18
Ethnicity: Libyan
Appearance: dark eyes, and long, brown hair worn in a Dice Bob style. Typically seen dressed in a blue denim jacket, open over a black mini-dress, fastened about her waist with a wide, white belt with a gold buckle, red leggings, and black boots. Her ears are both pierced and she wears a stolen Volkswagen emblem on a chain around her neck.
Bio: Icer is the leader of the Shieldmaidens, one of three teenage street gangs that operate in Heavenfront’s High Street district. They are an all-female group, as implied by their chosen name, and highly territorial, holding the most stable influence and numbers of the gangs. Icer does not seek conflict, seeing her followers as survivors, but is unforgiving when she is intentionally slighted, which often puts her at loggerheads with the verbosely provocative Ugo. Their clubhouse is situated inside a converted bank. During the Northlanders’ final assault on Heavenfront, Icer and her Shieldmaidens swore loyalty to Al-Mal and helped to defend the citizens as they evacuated.
Name: Ugo
Age: 17
Ethnicity: Ultima Panterran
Appearance: Ugo’s body is covered from head-to-foot in pale grey, scaly skin, with a long, narrow beak like that of a Troodon, dark grey patches down his back and arms, a tan chest and stomach, and a mop of black bristles on the end of his tail. Large, dark amber eyes under bristly, black brows. Hands and feet are clawed, so like all Ultima Panterrans does not normally wear shoes. Typically seen dressed in a black, hooded coat with dark red interior and gold Oriental dragon embroidery, open over a white vest, two black belts with silver buckles crisscrossing over his chest and stomach, denim jeans torn off below the knee designed to allow full freedom for his tail, and black cuffs around his ankles.
Bio: Ugo is the leader of the Jurassic Bunch, one of three teenage street gangs that operate in Heavenfront’s High Street district. He and his group are the most violent and actively troublesome of the gangs, composed of street toughs and youths separated from their families by the great displacement who did not find shelter elsewhere, as well as troubled young Ultima Panterrans who found appeal in the less savoury aspects of human culture. Their clubhouse is located in the ruins of what was an underground train station on Earth. During the Northlanders’ final assault on Heavenfront, Ugo and his Jurassic Bunch swore loyalty to Al-Mal and helped to defend the citizens as they evacuated.
Name: Richelle
“Rizzy” Harvey
Age: 18
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Appearance: hazel eyes, and shoulder-length brown hair. Typically seen dressed in a black top, denim jeans, and white trainers. When working as,
“Rizzy,” she dons a primarily yellow-and-grapefruit clown’s suit with face-paint.
Bio: Richelle is Breno’s childhood friend, and works as a clown at the city’s first fun park,
“Joytown.” When the park was locked behind an invisible barrier by the Lord of the Labryinth, Richelle almost fell victim to the monster’s hypnosis when she saw an image of her late father, who called her a failure and berated her viciously for her shortcomings, particularly her inability to admit her feelings for Breno. Richelle’s willpower was enough to resist the illusion and she escaped, meeting up with Breno in his search for the monster. Breno morphed in front of her but was unable to defeat the monster’s squad of Kallikants on his own, until Richelle gave him the #19 Iguanodon Power Cell. She also later helped the other Rangers break through the barrier by striking it while they peppered it with their Force Guns from the outside, disrupting it. Now aware of Breno’s secret identity, she opted not to tell him how she felt, believing it would be better to wait just a little longer. When he set off to participate in the final battle for the fate of Heavenfront and all of Ultima Panterra, she wished him luck with a meaningful embrace.
Name: Professor Rokato
Age: 32
Ethnicity: Japanese
Appearance: dark eyes and snort, neat black hair with a left-sweeping fringe. Typically seen dressed in a white laboratory coat over a tweed suit, white shirt, dark red bowtie, and black shoes.
Bio: Professor Rokato is a genius inventor and head of Rokato Labs, the city’s premiere scientific institute. He created the prototype robot MAXIMO so he could assist the disabled and provide a better quality of life, but with the war with the Northlanders reaching new intensity, he was contracted by the military police to begin research into a way to copy the Saurianzords and advanced weapons of the Power Rangers. Rokato agreed, despite the protests of his assistant. MAXIMO came to the attention of Kalagha, who was in search of a more permanent host to contain his essence, and a soulless machine was perfect. As the monster tore apart the facility and threatened to spread into the city, Breno was able to bring Rokato back to his senses, and he shut down the robot’s systems, paralysing the monster within until it could be forced out. Rokato, humbled by the experience, made peace with his assistants and promised to return to his original path. The military police found the decision to be less than satisfactory. Rokato was later revealed to have disappeared under mysterious circumstances, much to Chief Taven’s chagrin.
Name: Mister Wu
Age: 70
Ethnicity: Chinese-American
Appearance: dark eyes, and long, white hair with a white moustache and beard. Typically seen dressed in a tie-dye headband and baggy shirt, black shorts and sandals. When attending his school, he wears a white-and-grey Taoist martial arts uniform and ties his hair back.
Bio: Mister Wu is Cruz’s martial arts instructor and surrogate father, as he was one of the many separated from their families by displacement. Wu opened a small martial arts school to help the scared and directionless children who now lived in Heavenfront, and it quickly grew into a successful enterprise. It was Wu who discovered the Pachycephalosaurus Power Cell, and during his brief stint as the Grey Ranger he not only held off the Northlander Xulub, but trained the six human Rangers to overcome their weaknesses, which he had observed during the fight. Wu was hurt during the next confrontation with the monster, and when Cruz ran to his aid, ignoring the Kallikants in order to save his master, he finally relinquished the Cell to his student. Wu recovered from his injuries and returned to his school, where he remains to support the team. During the Northlanders’ final assault on Heavenfront, Wu and his other students helped to defend the citizens while they evacuated.
Name: the Guardian
Appearance: identical to Torin from
Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger.
Bio: this ancient spirit is the remnant of an order of Panterran monks dedicated to aiding the Meridian Ranger in days of long ago. He was responsible for alerting Cruz to the existence of the tomb in which the Meridian powers were sealed by entering his dreams. He waited for them at the bottom of a vast subterranean labyrinth beneath an island on the planet’s equator, and informed them that in order to awaken the sleeping Ranger they would require the Meridian Stone, which was broken up into thirteen pieces, one of which was the Garnet of Life possessed by Al-Mal. Once the quest had been successfully completed, the Guardian led them to the tomb’s inner sanctum. Once the necessary ritual had been completed, the Guardian passed on, his duty fulfilled.
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POWER CELLS
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The
#0 Spinosaurus Power Cell is the source of the Vertex Ranger’s power, the centre of his transformation, ammunition and the means to summon and energise his Spinosaurus Saurianzord. It was thought lost forever after the spirit of the Spinosaurus was defeated in battle by the Tyrannosaurus, but across the centuries it made its way to Heavenfront, and into the hands of Leopold Taven.
The
#1 Tyrannosaurus,
#2 Parasaurolophus,
#3 Stegosaurus,
#4 Velociraptor and
#5 Triceratops Power Cells are the Rangers’ primary power sources, as well as the very objects that marked them as the most suitable to become heroes upon their arrival on Ultima Panterra. They are inserted into the team’s Dinvolvers in order to activate their transformations, and are then used to load their Force Blasters, or to summon and energise their respective Saurianzords. The five of these were found in fossilised form at various locations on Earth by the five core Rangers, leading them to Ultima Panterra when they, along with the city sectors that would converge to become Heavenfront, were pulled through a rip in reality during the battle for Ranger Station between the All-Star Rangers and the Master Algorithm. How they came to be in our reality in the first place is not known. The Tyrannosaurus Cell later changed form when Haruka gained the power of the Tyrannoforce Armour.
The
#6 Pteranodon Power Cell is utilised by the Apex Ranger in the same manner as the five that came before it, serving as the source of his transformation, ammunition for his Ptera Wing, and the means by which he calls on and controls his personal Pteranodon Saurianzord. King Nord found this Cell at the Dark Mountain, where the Pteranodon had been sleeping for centuries. Nord used an evil spell book to infuse the Cell with dark energies, but only after a long struggle against Captain Skyheart, who had received a vision warning him of the king’s plot. After escaping with both the Cell and the Saurianzord, he entrusted them to Kalagha.
The
#7 Ankylosaurus,
#8 Pachycephalosaurus and
#9 Plesiosaurus Power Cells serve the later Rangers in exactly the same way as the previous six, being their source of power, ammunition for their weapons and the means to summon and energise their Saurianzords. Unlike the first five, they were not found fossilised on Earth, but made their way, through various means, into the hands of their chosen wielders some time after they were displaced to Ultima Panterra.
The
#10 Brachiosaurus Power Cell is utilised by the Meridian Ranger as his power source. Thought to be lost, this Cell was sealed away with the Meridian Ranger at the bottom of a vast network of caves. The guardian of the powers revealed that the Cell would be unlocked to find its own host when the thirteen fragments of the Meridian Stone were brought together. After a long and arduous search, the fragments were united and the Stone put back together. The energy within the artefact surged miles across the planet, taking the Power Cell with it, until it found the grave of Diesel Stringer, whose body was resurrected to serve as a host for the Meridian Ranger’s essence.
The
#11 Deinonychus Power Cell is shared by all the members of the team and is used to activate their street vehicles, the Deino Chasers. It was described as providing,
“the perfect steed,” for the user, and unearthed at a dirt track where Al-Mal was practising motocross. Breno attempted to try it for himself, but crashed into a dirt bank, loosing the Cell from its imprisonment. When tested, its power manifested as five motorcycles, one for each member of the team, and would later provide extra units as new Rangers attained their power.
The
#12 Deinosuchus Power Cell is wielded by the Black Ranger, and allows him to call upon twin weapons, the Maxillators. The Cell was one of several previously found by Captain Skyheart, and Al-Mal discovered their abilities just in time to pursue the subterranean Northlander Paragold, who under orders from Dauberon, used his treasure-seeking senses to lead him to the power source that kept Heavenfront aloft.
The
#13 Kentrosaurus Power Cell is wielded by the Red Ranger and used to unite the core team’s individual Power Weapons into the Saurian Power Spear. It can be loaded into a Force Gun to fire a high-explosive round, but the recoil can be enough to badly injure the user if caution is not exercised.
The
#14 Styracosaurus Power Cell is wielded by the Pink Ranger. Those who are struck by its blasts become completely infatuated with the first person they see. The spell is only undone when the target falls unconscious or, in the case of Northlander monsters, destroyed when still human-scale. Joséphine found it under a waterfall during one of Heavenfront’s stop-offs. While practising with it to discover what its effects were, she accidentally shot Robbie, and he fell in love with her. The spell was quick to wear off because he fell from the cliff-face he had been investigating at the time. Initially seeing it as useless, the Cell later allowed her to distract a powerful monster named Klot the Unkillable, breaking his focus and thus his control over the Ankylosaurus Saurianzord, which rightfully belonged to Robbie.
The
#15 Allosaurus Power Cell is wielded by the Meridian Ranger and used to unite the auxiliary team’s individual Power Weapons, as well as the user’s Force Gun, into the Strikeforce Cannon. It can be loaded into a Force Gun to unleash a burst of extreme heat reaching approximately 6,800 °C (12,270 °F) in temperature.
The
#16 Diplodocus Power Cell is wielded by the Red Ranger. It transmogrifies the body of the user into a tough, elastic material, allowing them to contort their body or stretch their limbs to remarkable lengths. It was one of the few previously found by Captain Skyheart during his initial quest to gather the Power Cells, though he had no idea what it could do, and was used to extend the Tyrannosaurus’ neck until it could reach the rampaging Pteranodon while it was under Kalagha’s control and pin it to the ground. This allowed Skyheart and the others to battle the Northlanders for its freedom unimpeded.
The
#17 Oviraptor Power Cell is wielded by the Cyan Ranger. It shoots a dark yellow stream of stun gas that renders enemies disoriented for a time or knocks them out completely. It was uncovered at an iron forge that Yuckimouldo had taken as his base of operations. During the time in which the monster caused confusion among the team by using Kallikants disguised as Al-Mal, Breno, Manny and Joséphine, Robbie followed him in order to rescue the real Al-Mal. The Cell was embedded in the wall, and when used by the Saurian Megazord, it stopped the then-giant Yuckimouldo and Kalagha long enough for the team to reunite and win the battle.
The
#18 Iguanodon Power Cell is wielded by the Blue Ranger. Unearthed by Breno’s friend Richelle while working at Heavenfront’s newly opened fun park, she gave it to him while trying to escape an illusory trap created by the Lord of the Labyrinth to lure the team into the open and force them to surrender their power or else leave those inside to eventually starve behind the barrier he had created, ignorant to the fact that Breno was also there. When fired, this Cell’s blasts cause a feeling of ultra-sensitivity not unlike tickling. Breno condemned the Iguanodon as embarrassing and vowed only to use it when he was really desperate.
The
#19 Tupandactylus Power Cell is wielded by the Pink Ranger. The Power Cell was plucked from the sea by a scavenging bird and literally dropped on Joséphine’s head. During a test, its ricocheting blast accidentally hit Manny square in the back, revealing that anything struck by it would be reduced to soft, two-dimensional material for a brief time. Joséphine later used it to get Robbie inside the heart of the Ankylosaurus Saurianzord, which was suffering because of a virus used by Klot the Unkillable to control it even though the monster was no longer present, having previously been lured out into the open.
The
#20 Ammonite Power Cell is wielded by the Grey Ranger. It can emanate a psychoactive wave that induces hypnosis, leaving all but the most strong-willed of targets unable to resist the attacker’s commands.
The
#21 Archelon Power Cell is wielded by the Purple Ranger. It manipulates the level of gravity around its target, making them as lighter than air or so heavy as to be immobile.
The
#22 Fukuiraptor Power Cell is wielded by the Blue Ranger. Those who are hit by one of its blasts is inflated into an almost perfectly spherical and bouncy form, allowing for impromptu escapes or effectively turning the effected into a bludgeoning weapon.
The
#23 Futabasaurus Power Cell is wielded by the Green Ranger. It allows the user to clone themselves by an indefinite amount. The copies do not last longer than a few moments, but allow ample opportunity to steal the advantage over an opponent.
