Pikatwig: So… my sixth anniversary of being on this site and fifth anniversary of my first story is upcoming…
KKD: Sounds like a big deal.
Pikatwig: And my first story was… not the greatest. It's a mess that I hardly even understand what I was thinking when I re-read it at one point. In my defense about it, I was 13 at the time when I wrote it…
KKD: To be fair, no one's first story is the best out there. It takes time to learn from their mistakes and to develop their own styles. I mean, look at me. First story on my old account, everything was in script format, followed too close to the original source, and the only thing original I could do was replace the cast of Sly with Marvel characters. Shows you how far I came.
Pikatwig: One old pal did say it was good and I can see how the first chapter was good, but the rest kind of falls apart… that friend was actually the you before you and I became pals. I haven't spoken with that old friend in years and any attempt I've made to talk to them has gone unanswered. Ah well… it's fine. So, my first story was Power Rangers… how about we do a Power Ranger story?
KKD: Why not? But it's clear original Power Rangers ideas don't work the best. I think some of the better ideas follow the suit of the original Power Rangers idea, adapting Super Sentai with their own twists. And I think we both know the Sentai we want a shot at adapting.
Pikatwig: First off, I did attempt an original idea and got decently far with it… never finished it, but I do have at least a few pictures of what the suits looked like on my DA account. Second off, true. Adapting the Sentai is easier… and hopefully we won't just stop working on the story for no clear reason like we did with Warriorsaurus.
KKD: Yea… and as for both accidentally insulting your PR team with those images and the lack of finishing that other adaptation… whoops. But yea, I think it's time we do our best in working out a different adaptation and see how we'll handle it since it may take America a while to catch up. *pulls up a poster of the Sentai in question* Kyuuranger anyone?
Pikatwig: Sure. The Game Ranger universe can wait for another day. *sets aside paper that had pictures and concepts for a video game-themed adaptation of Go-Buster.* We already made some ideas at one point and I think we have enough to work with, so… here we go. This is Power Rangers Star Defenders, an adaptation of the currently airing Uchu Sentai Kyuuranger.
KKD: We got a lot to work with, both original twists to work with as well as homages and callbacks to past seasons of Power Rangers. Heck, we may have other nods here or there, but we aren't explaining those yet. For now, shall we drop the disclaimers?
Pikatwig: Yep. *sees a blank Kyuutama sitting around and spun it, making the disclaimers appear*
Disclaimers: Neither Pikatwig nor KKD Silver own the rights to anything used in here except for any original content within. The rest belong to Saban Brands, Toei, NamcoBandai, and their respective owners.
"Andros, listen to me. It is your duty as a Power Ranger to save the universe… now is the time," a very familiar head in a tube informed the Red Ranger before him, said ranger holding up his drill sword as he shouted before swinging the blade against the tube, much to the dismay of the one villain in the room.
Once the weapon clashed with the tube containing Zordon, the mentor of the Power Rangers, the defenders of Earth and the galaxy, for the past several centuries, shattered, essentially killing him as his essence exploded from the tube, creating what was since known as the Z Wave. The Z Wave quickly shot across the galaxy, destroying monsters and purifying several villains, as well as cancelling the transformations of various Rangers. The conflict between good and evil… had finally come to an end…
"We all thought that would be the end of the United Alliance of Evil…" a woman's voice narrated, "It had led to peace in the galaxy, and even the universe, for the longest time… but Dark Specter's soul had somehow survived destruction… and he was revived…"
Years after the initial Z Wave, a figure in a tall white cloak with golden accents and trappings, as well as a cone-shaped hood, stood in an asteroid field as he gathered up various rocks and focused a red energy into them. The energy collected and the rocks started to float up into the space above, reforming into the gigantic figure that was known as Dark Specter.
"Dark Specter… you have returned…" the figure spoke.
"My brother was there and fled as fast as he could. He gathered every known Power Ranger to stop this new evil…" the woman's voice continued.
"Including you, mommy?" a young boy's voice asked.
"No. Because I was carrying you… my brother told me not to risk it…" she responded, "I did want to help."
"As pink or purple?"
"...either color," she giggled.
On a large rocky planet with no visible signs of life, hundreds, if not thousands, of grunts with gray helmets with red visors, wearing black uniforms with accents in either lime green, cyan, or white while wielding some kind of silver sabers.
"He got every Power Ranger from across time and space…"
The Red Space Ranger stood alongside the Red Mighty Morphin' Ranger, the Red RPM Ranger, the Red Time Force Ranger, the Red Galaxy Ranger and the Red Alien Ranger.
"Power Rangers…" the Red Space Ranger declared as every known team gathered behind him, "CHARGE!"
With that, all the Rangers charged in at the incoming forces, fending them off however they could. The grunts fought off the Rangers and were almost on par with them, deflecting attacks with their swords closer to the multi-colored heroes while those further back used their swords as blasters, firing off laser blasts that created explosions.
The Red Mighty Moprhin' Ranger, Red Dino Thunder Ranger and Red Dino Charge Ranger jumped into the air, dodging an explosion from behind them, before slashing at the grunts with their various swords. The ptera-themed Rangers of the three teams soared in the air, slashing at the grunts with their own weapons as the Tricera-themed Rangers blasted at them.
The Gold Zeo Ranger, Phantom Ranger and Blue Senturion charged at some of the grunts, allowing for the Shadow Ranger and Silver Dino Charge Ranger to leap into the air and slash at them with their blades.
"But the leader of the New United Alliance of Evil knew that the Rangers would be there to stop him…" the woman sighed, "The first casualties on the side of the Rangers was four members of a team."
Suddenly, the being who summoned and revived Dark Specter walked onto the field and with just a wave of his right hand, blasted lightning at four Rangers with gold trim, white accents, and having an angelic motif. The Red, Yellow, Black, and Blue Rangers of this team were launched into the air before they were knocked back down to the ground and blew up not unlike the monsters the Rangers fought. Their Pink Ranger along with a Silver Ranger who looked more like a pirate with a gold visor and black bandana, looked shocked and crestfallen.
Soon after, as the Turbo Rangers were helping the Overdrive Rangers, the Blue, Yellow, Black, and Silver Overdrive Rangers were knocked around by a monster clad in green, black, and gold wielding a staff/crossbow combo. While the Red and Pink Rangers attempted to stop him, a red female octopus woman started fighting them with a mace before the other monster fired four massive yellow laser arrow at the Overdrive Rangers, making them spark before exploding in defeat .
The Red Alien and Red Ninja Storm Ranger stood against another monster, but they were shoved aside by the Red Ninja Steel Ranger. The Red Ninja Steel Ranger quickly attacked, but he was grabbed by a white squid-faced monster with blue gems over his body while wearing a black and blue uniform. The Ninja Steel Ranger tried to attack, but the squid swiftly dodged every attack thrown at him before firing a rifle, said blasts from the rifle destroying the Red Ninja Steel Ranger's morpher, forcing him to revert to his human form.
"Some Rangers got captured, some managed to escape and some… are no longer with us…" the mother sighed as she stared into the night sky from her cottage, "Sadly, the Rangers could not recover, and this New United Alliance of Evil began to take over other planets one by one."
The young boy next to her simply looked to the ground, "...Are the Rangers going to beat them?"
His mother, who was a woman with blonde hair, wearing a black jacket over a white top and blue sweats just sighed as she put her hand on his head, "...I'm not sure. Everyone else has almost completely abandoned any hope for the universe…"
"...Mommy? If they were beaten… would the universe go back to being happy?" the kid asked, "Cause I want to see the stars smile like you smile…"
"Oh honey… I'm sure the stars would shine brighter than the day they were created if they were defeated…" the woman smiled, happy to see her son try to cheer her up. She pulled him into a small hug as the night sky simply continued to twinkle.
Episode 01: Awaken the Red Ranger
It had been ten years since then and the universe was under the complete grip of the New United Alliance of Evil. Celebrating this, the generals had gathered to celebrate with a feast, some of the troops standing watch while a figure in a dark cloak simply walked among them.
"My servants…" the cone headed individual spoke as he walked over, "It is nearly the tenth anniversary of our conquest of the universe. We have worked so long and hard to keep it that way, but every planet is under our grasp and no one dares to challenge us, not even what few Power Rangers remain in hiding! I have all of you to thank for this! General Sagittarow, you have managed to depower most of the pathetic Rangers who have tried to fight us!"
"It was simply my duty towards you and Dark Specter, Lord Insidior. I was more than happy to rid the universe of the spandex wearing fools." the cape wearing general replied with a bow.
"General Skullstal, your swift command over the Invakers and Advance Invakers helped us put even the most stubborn planets under our control and enslaved what populations attempted to fight back."
"It was nothing one of my great intellect couldn't accomplish," the general responded.
"General Aquana, with your iron grip and sway over many factory planets with your looks, you have serviced us well! Without the weapons and harvesters you provide, we could not possibly rule.
"Oh, that means nothing to me, Lord Insidior. My duty is only towards the New United Alliance of Evil, there is nothing more I want," the beret-wearing octopus woman stated.
"And finally, General SiniSting… the most loyal of all towards our cause… you may arrive at a higher rank someday…"
The general in the white cloak simply nodded as he raised a glass.
"Great idea!" General Skullstal smirked as he stood up, "A toast to Dark Specter and to our mighty leader!"
"CHEERS!" the generals of the New United Alliance of Evil shouted, laughing and cheering over their control of the universe, clinking glasses before they all drank down their glasses of black liquid... well… all but one.
SiniSting soon looked to see the figure in black hadn't even moved his glass after sitting down. He then gave a motion to him, trying to urge him to drink, but the cloaked man didn't budge, finally garnering the attention of the other generals.
"Oi! What's with you?!" Aquana shouted at him, "Why aren't you enjoying the toast?!"
"Isn't it obvious, Aquana?" SiniSting asked as he finally spoke, standing up, "He's not even amongst our ranks."
The generals gasped when SiniSting's purple scorpion tail suddenly wrapped around his right leg, backing up as they knew he was about to get serious.
"He's a spy," the general growled before executing a roundhouse kick at the figure, whose cloak suddenly got disintegrated into a purple dust by the kick as said figure had leaped out and onto the table, leaving the NUAE in shock at who stood amongst them.
"No…" Dark Specter growled as he recognized the figure, "The Red Space Ranger?!"
The Red Space Ranger simply readied his weapon and began to fight his way past the incoming Invakers.
"Get him you fools!" Insidior shouted as the Invakers tried to swing at the Red Ranger, who simply deflected the blasts with his weapon.
"Galaxy Glider, hang ten," he yelled as the red space surfboard flew in, spinning into the grunts before the Red Ranger leaped up and onto it. He quickly zoomed away, managing to get past the ships due to the small size and speed of the glider.
"How did he get in here?!" Skullstal yelled.
"Probably the same way the last time a Ranger interrupted such a celebration," Dark Specter figured, recalling the last time this happened, "Sagittarrow, send out the troops to find him. I want him to be destroyed and shown as a sign for those who try and rebel!"
"Yes Dark Specter!"
The Red Space Ranger zoomed through space and began to try and relax a little as he felt at a safe enough distance from the NUAE. He eventually found a planet to stop off on, soon finding an abandoned spot in the midst of the city on the flat planet. He demorphed and revealed he was wearing a red t-shirt under a homemade version of the gray Space Ranger civilian clothes, blue jeans, and black shoes, his head having brown hair with streaks of blonde in it as he gazed out at the city with brown eyes.
"Alright…" he muttered as he dusted off the Morpher on his wrist a bit, "Now I need to find a way to get home and to figure out an excuse for what I was up to… if Mom found out I stole Uncle Andros' morpher to try something he did in the old days and listen in on the NUAE, she'll kill me before they do…"
Suddenly, explosions occurred around the area. He almost gasped, rushing near the alley's exit to see the Invakers attacking the native population.
"...shoot…" he muttered as he was about to activate his morpher, when a green, yellow, and black colored flash occurred, "Huh?"
Once the light faded, he saw three new figures emerged. The first of these figures he saw was a young man with dark skin, brown hair and wearing some kind of device that looked like headphones filled with water on his neck while wearing a yellow shirt under a blue and silver jacket with yellow accents, brown pants and black sneakers. Next was a young woman with black hair that had a green streak in it wearing a similar jacket but with green accents on top of a green shirt, white heels and blue shorts. Finally, towering above the two was a bull-themed robot in black, silver, and red paint with green eyes, the same jacket as the others with black accents over his shoulder.
-Hello bad guys!- the robot yelled with a sort of sarcastic tone to its male robotic voice, pounding his fist into his hand, -Hope you're ready for a mean smackdown.-
"Take this seriously…" the girl told him in annoyance.
-Gotcha, cutie.-
"I told you to not call me that!" she growled.
"Easy there, Connie. You know he's a total goof." the guy in yellow said.
"I know…" the girl in green, Connie, sighed.
-Either way, we do have a job to do. Ready, team?-
They all nodded and took out some items that looked like small globes of various stars with silver stands.
"Star Spin!- they all yelled as they spun the items, the shapes forming different symbols within before revealing wrist-held blasters in red, blue, silver, and black with orange tips, placing each in the center of the star.
=TAURUS STAR SPHERE!=
=CHAMELEON STAR SPHERE!=
=DORADO STAR SPHERE!=
They tilted the Star Sphere forward before pulling out the trigger handles.
=SAY THE CHANGE!=
"Star Defenders…" the trio began as they leaned downwards, rotating their arms before aiming the barrels forward, "AWAKEN!"
They pulled the trigger on their morphers and stars of their respective colors blasted out at the ground, forming stars of their respective colors before aura versions of the constellations they represented appeared and collided with them forming ranger suits over them, each having silver bands around the arms and legs, silver shoulder pads, short white gloves, and black torso pieces with a large star shape across the chests. Each was different however with the helmets and some subtle designs. Black's was much bulkier looking with larger legs and feet, his visor looking like a bull's head and horns, Green's helmet had a sort of double hair bun thing reflecting a chameleon's face and open mouth while Yellow's helmet vaguely resembled a swordfish and even had the elongated tip with a sharp point.
"Black… Star Defender Ranger!"
"Green… Star Defender Ranger!"
"Yellow… Star Defender Ranger!"
Everyone there who witnessed this stood in a mix of shock and awe or fear, the Invakers preparing to strike while the boy in red still in the alley looked on in amazement
-All troopers focus your fire on… on the Power Rangers!- a voice shouted out as the Invakers rushed in with their blades.
"Let's get em!" the Green Ranger smirked as the trio rushed in, each taking on the Invakers.
Black started with some heavy punches before starting to pull off some wrestling moves as he grabbed one Invaker from behind and flipped him around in a suplex. Yellow proceeded to do the same, but also using his sharp pointed-visor to his advantage, stabbing Invakers in the neck and using it to knock away their swords. Green proceeded to lure some Invakers over to her before seemingly vanishing just before the Invakers tried to stab her, only to hit each other. Then they were all hit from behind as Green reappeared, revealing she was using invisibility to evade them.
-Lookin' good!- the Black Ranger told her.
"Shut up, Bullbot. Not in the mood," she responded as she kicked an Invaker back before pulling out a red grip of sorts, pulling out a small thin blade from one end and connecting it.
=STAR RAPIER!=
She gave a slight smirk as she began to thrust the Rapier at the Invakers, the blade piercing through their armor as Yellow and Black soon took note of this.
"Whoa, she's getting serious," Yellow noted, pulling out a similar handle, but held it the other way and took out a blue and silver blade from elsewhere and plugged it on top of the grip.
=STAR SABER!=
Black did the same using an axe blade.
=STAR AXE!=
"You know, I've never tasted the meat of these guys. Wonder if they're worth dicing up for lunch." Yellow pondered, starting to dice up the grunts.
"I would not eat that if it was the last food on ANY planet!" Green yelled.
-Besides, it might be too gamey or tough,- Black added, swinging his axe a bit.
"Yea, you're right. Too much gristle is no good for any dish," Yellow shrugged a bit.
The trio of Rangers continued to attack them as the male in red watched in amazement.
"New Rangers… so awesome..." he said to himself as the new Star Defender Rangers took their Star Spheres from their morphers and plugged them into a spot on their weapons.
=GALAXY!=
Green started thrusting forward, her blade becoming as flexible as a whip as it lashed out and attacked the horde. She knocked them into the air before slamming them to the ground.
Black smirked under his helmet as he swung his axe around, the blade glowing before he flung it like a boomerang and it sliced through the grunts.
Finally, Yellow sliced up some laser blades vertically before slashing them horizontally to send them flying at the Invakers.
The trio of Rangers simply smiled a bit at their victory as the crowds looked on in shock before the three turned and were set to leave.
"Hey, wait!" the man in red yelled as he ran over to them, "Wait… wait… you guys… you're Power Rangers…"
"Indeed," Yellow nodded.
"And you are…?" Green inquired, feeling like the man was wasting their time.
"Looking-"
-For an autograph? We'll hand them out when we save the universe.- the Black Ranger stated, -Beam us up, Theta!-
"Wait!" he yelled as he grabbed onto Green as the three teleported out.
Inside a spaceship with a yellow interior along with orange, blue, silver, and red accents, three beams of light appeared in black, green, and yellow before the three Rangers from the planet below appeared. Black and Yellow turned back to normal, but Green looked and saw the man in red hanging onto her.
"Get off of me, jerk!" she yelled as she kicked him against the wall.
-Welcome back, team.- a female voice greeted as they turned to see a female robot with white 'skin', pink 'hair' with some clocks in her design, a pair of glasses with red frames and yellow lenses, and a sort of white jacket, white skirt, and large pink shoes, -Connie, who's that?-
"Heck if I know. He just grabbed onto me as we teleported back," Green responded as she turned back to normal, "Either he's a weirdo native of the planet, or just some traveling wannabe trying to cosplay as one of the older Rangers judging by that badly made jacket."
"...hi. My name is Hokulele, but my pals and mom call me Hoku, and I'm from Mirinoi," he began, "And I'm related to Andros."
"Wait… you're the son of the Red Space Ranger?!" the guy in yellow gasped, "Connie, you just hit the son of the man who helped save the universe from the first United Alliance of Evil!"
"What? N-No, I'm not his son. I'm his nephew," Hoku responded.
"Correction…" the guy in yellow began as he turned to Connie, "You just hit the nephew of the man who helped save the universe from the first United Alliance of Evil!"
"Wait, WHAT?!" Connie gawked before her face paled, "So… you're related to… oh no…"
-What's the matter?- the bull robot inquired.
-He's the son of the woman who is related to the Red Space Ranger.-
"Yeah, the Purple Space Ranger."
The other four in the room simply stared at him for a minute, confused by what he meant by that.
"Also the second Pink Galaxy Ranger."
"HER?!" the guy in yellow gasped, realizing what he meant after he said that.
"So… uh… anyway…" he shrugged, "I told you my name, how about you guys tell me yours."
-I am known as Theta. I was built after the Alpha series of robots that aided numerous teams of Power Rangers,- the female bot informed, acting like she was adjusting her glasses a moment, -These are the members of the Star Defender Power Rangers. Connie, the Green Star Defender Ranger. Mako, the Yellow Star Defender Ranger. And Bullbot, the Black Star Defender Ranger.-
"Theta… that was probably a bad idea to tell him that…" Connie whispered, "He is the son of Astronema. Chances are, he's evil too."
-Don't tell him that. He seems to be under the impression she was always a Power Ranger. Best to let him think that…- Theta shrugged.
-Sides, dude seems to not be evil.- Bullbot added.
"He tackled me…" Connie growled.
"I think he was just trying to tell us something," Mako guessed.
"What are you guys talking about?" Hoku asked as he joined the group in whispering.
"Nothing!- they all suddenly shouted.
Hoku simply shrugged in response as he saw the ship was moving a tiny bit, "Alright… now then… I wanted to ask you guys something."
"What's that?" Mako responded.
"...can I join you guys?"
The four simply stared for a moment, though Theta headed to the helm and began to pilot the ship away from the flat planetoid, the ship soon taking off.
"...Uh… we can't just let you join us. In order to become a Star Defender Ranger, you need one of these," Connie pointed out, the three showing off the Star Spheres they used earlier.
"...what's that?" he inquired.
"Nothing you'll ever get seeing you're just a wannabe," Connie informed as she walked over to one console and looking over a map, "Child of a past Power Ranger or not, you're wasting our time. Somebody teleport him off onto the nearest planet."
"B-b-b-b-but-" Hoku began to respond.
-Bye!- Bullbot yelled as he pressed a button and teleported Hoku off of the ship.
Hoku just screamed as he was teleported off and onto a nearby planet.
"...that wasn't cool…" Mako responded.
"The idiot was wasting our time," Connie shrugged, "We don't need cosplayers pretending to be Rangers just so they can get our autographs or whatever. We need to find the other Star Sphere holders."
-Bullbot, why did you mess with the console?- Theta sighed as she shoved him away from it.
-Pretty girl told me to teleport that doofus off the ship, so I did that.-
"Would you stop flirting with me you mechanical musclehead?! It's creepy!" Connie snapped as she bonked him on the head with her Star Rapier.
Mako and Theta both sighed at this as the latter began to set coordinates for their base. Connie continued to bonk Bullbot on the head for a minute before she noticed something.
"Uh… guys. We're missing a Comet Morpher," she informed, pointing to a briefcase with a few of them, and one was indeed missing.
"WHAT?!- the others gawked.
"You don't think that kid…" Mako started as Connie groaned loudly.
"He totally did steal it! Great! Just great! Now we gotta find out wherever he ended up to get it back," she sighed before turning to Bullbot, "WHERE'D YOU SEND HIM TO, ANYWAY?!"
-...the planet we're floating above right now.-
-Planet Sirius?- Theta questioned, -That planet's been in ruins since the NUAE invasion years ago.-
-I suppose.-
-Teleport down and collect the Comet Morpher as fast as you can. We don't want to draw any NUAE attention while all of you are down there.-
The trio just nodded and were teleported onto the planet.
Hoku sighed as he slowly got up, groaning a bit as he looked at the Comet Morpher he snagged before he realized that he was missing the Astro Morpher, "Shoot!"
He quickly began to look for it, muttering 'shoot' as he searched for it, before he eventually found it and picked it back up.
"Phew! That was close. If I lost this, uncle would be so mad at me," he muttered to himself, dusting off the old morpher before pondering his next step, "Let's see… if I'm to join the new Ranger team, I need to find a Star Sphere…"
Unbeknownst to him, a figure on a nearby hill saw him pace around and quickly jumped down to where he was. Hoku gasped before looking to see a humanoid dog-looking figure with blue fur, white dreadlocks, and was wearing what appeared to be a black and blue tribal outfit with bits of brown and white, as well as a blue Star Sphere hanging from his neck.
"Hello," Hoku smiled.
"Begone, invader!" he yelled as he slashed with the broken remains of what looked like a sword.
Hoku just gulped as the canine howled, rushing down to try and attack him, but Hoku quickly managed to morph into the Red Space Ranger. This, however, made the dog even angrier as he slashed more.
"Get off my planet, Power Ranger!" he yelled.
"Stop attacking me! I'm one of the good guys!" the Red Space Ranger protested.
"Then why'd you let my entire race fall to the New United Alliance of Evil? Huh?!" the canine growled, slashing away at him.
"Just my luck. This guy thinks I left his race to be put on the extinction block," the Ranger muttered to himself as he dodged, but got a look at the saber, "Wait… that saber… wasn't it used by one of the Power Rangers from another dimension?"
While rusted, the blade was very similar to the one wielded by the SPD Shadow Ranger, complete with the dog-head biting the blade from the hilt. However, the blade, what little was left of it, was clearly aged poorly with rust on the blade and hilt, cracks all over, and was clearly dented.
"Can you calm down, please? I'm trying to find a way to bring hope back to the universe!" he insisted, the canine not having any of it as he continued to battle the Ranger.
As the battle raged, what little sentient life existed on the planet aside from the dog gathered a distance away to witness the action unfold. As they watched, Connie, Mako and Bullbot had arrived and stood behind the natives as they watched the fight unfold.
"Man, he wasn't kidding when he said he was the Red Space Ranger's nephew. He's even got his powers," Mako noted.
"He probably stole the Astro Morpher like he did with the Comet Morpher," Connie scoffed.
"Connie, knock it off," Mako scolded, "We need to cool things down here. Quick. C'mon, Bullbot."
Bullbot nodded as he charged forward and the two grabbed the canine to keep him away from the Red Ranger. -Easy there, pup. What'd this Ranger do to you?-
"There were no Power Rangers to defend my kind when the New United Alliance of Evil came to my planet!" he growled, "Now let me go! He needs to pay for his crimes of leaving me all alone!"
As the dog struggled, he swung his blade at the robot. This, however, resulted in the blade being completely destroyed, shattering to the ground. The alien canine gasped at this, not sure how to respond as he stared at the remains.
"Come on. Let's find a place for us all to just calm down and talk this over," Mako suggested.
The group of five sat down near a beach of charred black sand, Hoku back to his civilian form as the alien dog just looked at the waves washing up.
"So… what happened?" Hoku asked.
"...seventeen years ago, when the new United Alliance of Evil first began to attack," the dog sighed as he recalled what happened, "They came full force on my planet."
The skies darkened as the NUAE began to drop to the planet, the majority of the natives fleeing for cover while many alien canines like the one who attacked Hoku stood up, ready to take down the Alliance.
"My race has been known as the fiercest warriors of the galaxy, having fought off foe after foe, and we were more than ready to take on the Alliance with the hopes that the Power Rangers would come to our aid."
The canines charged at the invading Invakers, easily fending them off as they stormed the beaches and began climbing the hills. Even as the Advance Invakers climbed and tried to attack, the pack of dogs tore through them like nothing.
"Their initial invading forces were nothing, but as the battle began to rage on from days, to weeks, some of the generals came in to take the fight in his own hands months later."
The dogs continued to fight before Sagittarrow came down. They rushed in at him, but the general simply swung his crossbow-staff at the canines, who howled in pain before falling to the ground, dead.
"One by one, my people were struck down. No Power Rangers had come to our aid, even in our most critical moments."
The dog who attacked Hoku, which his blade in prime condition, rushed at Sagittarrow in fury, slashing at him, the two weapons being rather on par with one another for a bit.
"I held him off for as long as I could… but then as the night fell, I made a critical error… by fighting him, my family was left unprotected."
Suddenly, the canine heard screams, turning to see Invakers having taken a female one of his kind and a small litter of pups being taken hostage. The dog turned to them and attempted to do something, but was knocked out by somebody in white.
"The next thing I remember… I'm all alone. My wife and children were gone… my entire race… brothers, sisters… everyone was slaughtered… my home decimated… reduced to nothing but a charred shell of its former glory… All because there wasn't a team of Power Rangers to help!" the dog finished, growling at Hoku with a death glare.
"...you can't exactly blame this doofus," Connie informed, "Seventeen years ago was before Dark Specter was revived and before anybody took them seriously."
"That's no excuse! The Power Rangers were supposed to protect everyone, weren't they?! So why didn't any of them come when we sent out a signal for their aid?! TELL ME!" the dog snapped, getting right up on Connie's face.
-When was this signal sent out?- Theta asked via Hoku's Comet Morpher.
The dog looked over towards the Comet Morpher and at the clear part of it, "It was sent approximately 17 years ago… the twentieth day of the fourth month on the Sirius calendar…"
-One moment, please.-
The Comet Morpher began letting out some beeping noises, informing those listening that Theta was calculating and cross-referencing the data.
-We have no record of that signal ever being sent. There were no active Power Ranger teams at the time and connections between the planets was more limited.-
Hearing this, the dog's eyes widened in shock and he fell to the ground, his Star Sphere falling to the ground as a result. The others on the planet gasped as they saw the sphere in the sand, but the dog's tears soon caught their attention.
"Hey…" Hoku began as he walked over, "I'm sorry for what happened to your home. If I were around during that time… I would've helped defend it."
The dog looked at Hoku and was uncertain of whether to believe him or not. The moment was soon ruined by Connie grabbing Hoku's arm and attempting to pull the Morpher off his arm.
"Enough messing around, kid. Give this back already," Connie snapped.
Hoku attempted to run, but Connie's grip on his arm was as tough as can be, the boy struggling to make her let go.
"Stop playing pretend and give back what you stole!" she yelled.
The dog simply stared for a moment and after a bit, he grabbed her wrist, his grip tight enough to make her wince and let go of Hoku
"Leave him alone," the dog growled.
-You were just trying to off this guy no less than five minutes ago! Why the sudden 180?- Bullbot asked, only for the dog to snarl, revealing claws on his free hand before he clawed at the robot hard enough to leave a small mark.
"Get out of here, kid!" the dog shouted as Hoku nodded, rushing inland before the dog tore off his jacket before attacking the Star Defender trio like a feral beserker, and after kicking up some sand to distract them, he collected his Star Sphere and ran off.
"...well… that was something…" Mako commented.
"Quit admiring those two and get after them! We need those morphers!" Connie shouted.
The two eventually arrived at the ruins of a city and found a place to rest as they sat down.
"Thanks for the help back there…" Hoku panted.
"You're welcome…" the canine nodded.
"Hey, I never got your name, by the way. I'm Hoku."
"...Honestly, I don't remember my actual name… been so long I forgot it. I do remember people calling me Doggie…"
"You ok if I call you that, then? Can't keep calling you 'alien dog' or whatever."
"Go ahead."
Meanwhile, Sagittarrow had managed to track energy from the Star Spheres to Sirius.
"There they are…" he smirked as he prepared his forces to attack, "The Star Spheres… I may have lost those Power Rangers, but at least I can take the Spheres before more are taken."
"Sir! We're approaching the planet Sirius now," an Advance Invaker informed.
"Send down the 2,000th squadron. If you're successful, you might just be promoted," the general informed.
"Ok!"
"I can bring you back to my planet…" Hoku offered, "My mom is a very nice lady and I'm sure she'd be willing to take you in and live there."
Doggie just looked to Hoku and smiled, "...that sounds nice."
"Just… uh… don't mention to her I have these Morphers… or our encounter with those guys… or anything that happened today. She doesn't know I'm off planet…"
"What does she think you're doing right now?"
"I just told her I'd be out."
"...She seems a little too easy on you it seems."
As they talked, the Star Defender trio managed to locate them thanks to a tracker on the Comet Morpher. The group was set to ambush the two, but a sudden hailstorm of laser fire shot down, forcing all five to dodge as Bullbot looked up to see the source.
-Shoot! The NUAE!- he gasped as some fighter ships began to lower, blasting at the ruined city and some Invakers began to drop down, Doggie looking terrified like he was having a terrible flashback.
"...Let's Rocket!" Hoku yelled as he activated the Astro Morpher and turned into the Red Space Ranger, "I'll head up, clear a way, come back for you, and then we're outta here. Ok?"
"Yeah…" Doggie nodded.
The Red Space Ranger nodded as he summoned his Galaxy Glider and flew out wielding the Spiral Saber, right past the Star Defenders.
"Hey! It's the pretender!" Connie shouted, realizing what was going on as the Red Space Ranger slashed up the Invakers on his way to the atmosphere.
"Deal with him later! We gotta deal with these guys first!" Mako responded as he loaded in his Star Sphere.
=DORADO STAR SPHERE!=
"Grrr… FINE!" Connie snapped, pulling out her Star Sphere.
=CHAMELEON STAR SPHERE!=
=TAURUS STAR SPHERE!=
=SAY THE CHANGE!=
"Star Defenders… AWAKEN!"
The trio morphed and rushed in, attacking the Invaker hordes on the ground, Green executing various backflips before landing behind a bunch and kicking them down like dominos. Yellow pulled out his Star Saber and slashed up some grunts while Black spun in a lariat to attack the grunts.
Back up with the Red Space Ranger, he managed to find a clearing to escape from. However, an enemy ship saw him and quickly shot at him. The blast of the shot was too much for him and he was forced to demorph. Hoku then began to gasp for air, struggling to breathe as ice almost started to form around him and leave him without any way to survive.
'No… I… I can't die here… not now. The universe needs a team of Power Rangers to free them… Doggie needs a friend… those guys need help… and I can't leave my mom alone. I won't die here…' Hoku thought to himself, struggling before a sudden burst of energy filled the space above Sirius.
Back on Sirius, the sky above suddenly emitted a bright red light as the image of the constellation Leo appeared above the Star Defenders.
"Wait, hold up! LEO?!" Green gawked as she saw this.
Back up in space, Hoku saw the energy condense down into a single orb right in front of him before it formed into a red Star Sphere having the essence of Leo. He reached out to grab the Star Sphere as red energy continued to form around him and it caused a bit of a meteor storm.
"What's going on?" Black demanded to know.
"I don't know," Yellow admitted as meteors began to fall from the sky, some of the fighters barely making out a figure riding on top of one of the falling rocks.
"ALRIGHT!" Hoku yelled out as he rode on top of the meteor, "A direct attack from the newest Star Defender Ranger! STAR SPIN!"
He spun the Star Sphere into position and loaded it into his Comet Morpher.
=LEO STAR SPHERE!=
=SAY THE CHANGE!=
"Star Defender awaken!" he yelled as he fired the blast, jumped right off the meteor, and the star from the blast forming right in front of him before colliding with his body, forming the suit as he continued to fly down to the surface of Sirius. The young man landed on the surface as the meteors struck the Invakers, the new Ranger standing tall and proud as the lion features stood out amongst the red on his suit, including his visor that looked like a roaring lion's head from the side, "Red… Star Defender Ranger!"
"Wait! HE'S the Red Ranger?!" Green gawked as she walked over to him, "...seriously?"
"Yep!"
Green simply stared at him for a moment before she growled, pulling out her Star Rapier to help Yellow, Red leaping on in to and summoning his own weapon, forming it by first making the axe and then attaching the Saber blade on top of that.
=STAR SWORD!=
"My own blade! This is amazing!" the new Red Ranger shouted before rushing in, swinging his blade around, causing massive damage to the Invakers, even as a couple extra Advance Invakers rushed towards him only to get swept up in the waves of Sirius' ocean, "...huh. That was… something."
"Even if they're advanced, they can still be kinda stupid…" Yellow told him.
"Good to know. Hey, let's take the rest out together, huh?"
"No good. Unless you destroy the carrier ship they came in, they'll just keep coming down by the hundreds."
"Then I guess I'll just bring down the power of the king of the jungle!"
Red then took his Star Sphere and placed it on the hilt of his Star Sword.
=GALAXY!=
"Here comes the Star Power! REGULUS… METEOR!" he shouted, backflipping before slashing down on the hundred Invaker, causing them all to explode as Doggie saw this from the city and gawked in amazement, "THAT WAS AWESOME!"
"...it kinda was," Green muttered.
-If you thought that was impressive, check mine out baby!- Black smiled as he used his Star Sphere on his axe/
=GALAXY!=
-ALDEBARAN… BOOMERANG!-
Black roared as his blade glowed a bright purple before he swung his axe, causing the energy to fling out like a boomerang, swinging through all the Invaker which exploded in response.
"Might as well join in," Yellow figured, preparing his Star Sphere, "Time to see if I can prepare a good dish with this ingredient."
=GALAXY!=
"ALPHA DORADUS… SWORD DANCE!"
Yellow stood and created several energy blades with his Star Saber before slashing at them vertically, sending them flying at the Invaker who exploded.
"Bon appetit," he grinned before Green groaned and followed suit.
=GALAXY!=
"ALPHA CHAMELEONTIS… WHIPLASH!"
She roared as she thrusted her rapier, the blade whipping all the Invakers and causing them to blow up.
"Nice job, team!" Red smiled a bit.
"Don't give us orders when you just got that thing!" Green snapped, "Black, stay down here and keep fighting off the Invaker. We'll go deal with the carrier ship!"
"...I was just saying 'nice job'..." Red told her, but Green ignored him as she tilted her Star Sphere leftward.
=SAY THE SUMMON!=
"Here we go!" she shouted, pulling the trigger as she was surrounded by a giant version of her Star Sphere and a yellow green mechanical Chameleon with red appeared before the giant sphere attached to the back of it.
=CHAMELEON STAR ZORD!=
Yellow soon followed suit as he got into his own Star Sphere.
=SAY THE SUMMON!=
=DORADO STAR ZORD!=
The Star Zord was more like a yellow and silver swordfish with blue eyes as it flew over, the giant sphere attaching to the back end and the Zords flew off.
"Whoa! So cool! Wait, can I summon a Zord, too?" Red wondered as he looked at his Morpher, "Wait… uh… which way did they tilt these?"
Blasts from above shot down, making Red panic, his arms blocking his face to defend himself, but in response he tilted the Star Sphere to the left.
=SAY THE SUMMON!=
Suddenly, an explosion erupted as the Star Sphere surrounded Red, the Ranger looking over to a mountain range and bearing witness to a giant red, silver, black, and gold lion zord with green eyes flying towards Red.
"WHOA!"
=LEO STAR ZORD!=
The Star Sphere that Red was in then slotted in on top as the lion began to fly up into space after the Chameleon and Dorado Star Zords.
The Chameleon and Dorado Star Zords struck the carrier ship as it sent out fighter ships to attack them.
"This is getting crazy!" Green stated as she temporarily cloaked her Zord to avoid being hit while Yellow flew around and pierced right through the fighters. The opposition had eventually fired at the two Star Zord, "Shoot!"
=SAY THE COMBINATION!=
The Leo Star Zord flew over and began to fire at ships around them before rotating around so the head formed that head and silver face of a Megazord with green eyes.
"You two ok?" Red asked.
"I'm good," Yellow smiled.
"Who asked you to come help? And where did you even find a Zord that big?! It's practically its own Megazord!" Green gawked before her Chameleon Star Zord was suddenly attracted to one of the left arm socket, the zord popping in by the giant Star Sphere as Yellow's Dorado Star Zord doing the same with the right arm socket, "...you know what? I'm not even going to yell at you anymore, it's not worth the energy."
"Let's take them out together, team!" Red declared as they rocketed forward.
The Black Star Defender Ranger rammed into one grunt as Doggie watched the Ranger start to get overwhelmed by the sheer number of Invakers.
-Sheesh! A guy can only take so much at once. Theta, any ideas?- the bull themed Ranger inquired.
-I still detect a Star Sphere on the planet. I'm going to teleport a box with a Comet Morpher near the person it's with.-
-Make it quick, Theta. I need the help,- Black shouted, trying to throw them off.
Doggie just clenched his fists as the box with the Comet Morpher teleported in. He didn't see this as he recalled his final battle with his people, but not out of fear this time.
"I can't just stand aside and let anyone else's life be taken by the NUAE! I have to fight… Fight for the honor of my fallen comrades, for my wife and kids… for my home!" he growled before the Star Sphere on his neck started glowing, making him pluck it off before turning to the box, opening it to find the Comet Morpher inside and setting it up on his left wrist, "Here we go! Star Spin!"
He spun the sphere before setting it in place.
=LUPUS STAR SPHERE!=
=SAY THE CHANGE!=
"Star Defender…" he started before posing, "AWAKEN!"
He pulled the trigger and was donned in a blue suit similar to Red's, but his suit had a lot of fur-like velvet instead of the typical spandex, silver claws were on his gloves, he had white fur around his neck, and the visor was of a wolf with a yellow eye howling. He ran over, tackled an Invaker to the ground and then posed, "Blue… Star Defender Ranger!"
-Welcome to the team buddy!- the Black Ranger smiled as he punched another Invaker off, -Name's Bullbot. Yours?-
"Call me Doggie," Blue answered before rushing around, attacking like a wild animal and clawing at the Invakers. They easily dispatched them before seeing the incompleted Megazord doing battle with the various ships up above Sirius.
In orbit, the legless Megazord flew around slashing at the fighters with the Dorado Star Zord's sword nose before heading towards the carrier ship.
"If you want that promotion, Advanced Invaker, stop that Megazord, now!" Saggittarrow's voice shouted as the Advanced Invaker saluted.
"Yes boss!" he responded, rushing outside before he began to glow purple as he suddenly grew giant, "May the power of Dark Specter allow me to grow!"
"Whoa! These guys can go giant on demand?!" Red gawked.
"That's kinda new actually…" Green admitted, "Got a plan, Mako?"
"Not entirely, just ram him through before he can cause serious damage with his Clubazooka!" Yellow responded as they all piloted the Megazord out and managed to land a few hits, "Hey Hoku!"
"Yeah?"
"How does it feel to be a Ranger identity all your own and not use somebody else's?"
"Pretty good," he admitted, "As long as I can help others… I wouldn't mind what color I am."
"Even if it was pink?" Green jokingly asked.
"Even if it was pink." he stated as he rammed the Megazord though an attack, "Doesn't matter the color so long as I can help give this universe back its hope!"
'That's kinda admirable…' Green thought to herself, but she soon recovered as the team pushed the Megazord towards a flagship, but got knocked back by one of the fighter ships that transformed into a giant robot with arm blades.
"They got giant robots?!" Red gawked, "Since when?!"
"Don't know, don't care," Green told him, "We gotta power on through."
"Right. ...alright, I have an idea. Mako, get ready to slash when I say. Cutie, ensnare that bot with your Zord's tongue!"
"That's… actually a good idea! A- ...what did you just call me?!"
"...that's not your name?"
"It's Connie, you doofus!" she snapped before the robot rammed into the Megazord and it flew towards the orbit of a snow covered moon.
"Uh, guys? I think we're about to crash into the moon!" Yellow shouted as the others noticed this, but then…
=SAY THE SUMMON!=
=LUPUS STAR ZORD!=
=TAURUS STAR ZORD!=
"Agh! We're gonna cash into the others!" Red yelled as the Megazord flew towards the other two Zords, but then instead the black and silver bull zord attached as the Megazord's right leg while the blue and silver wolf zord attached as the left leg, allowing the Megazord to land safely on the moon before the individual Star Sphere cockpits lit up in the order of Yellow, Green, Blue, Black, and Red.
=STAR DEFENDER MEGAZORD!=
"WHOA! This is awesome!" Red gawked in excitement as Blue's face popped up on a screen in front of him.
"I owe you one, Hoku," Blue told him.
"Doggie!" Red smiled, "Thanks for the save, man!"
"Let's finish off these NUAE goons for good!"
(Insert Theme: Go, Fly, Win by Ron Wasserman)
With a pose of the Megazord, the team launched it forward as they began to slash back with the Dorado Sword.
When you need a hero to protect the place you life
Fighting monsters all around who try to get within
The Star Defender Megazord clashed with the robot several times before blocking a major blow with both arms.
Awesome power, no surrender, Rangers never fall.
Look to the sky as they arrive, when you hear this ca~ll~…
-Think you're strong, try this on for size!- Black shouted as Taurus Zord powered through with its treads, before Green used her Chameleon's tongue to disarm the bot.
Go! Power Ranger!
Fly! Power Ranger!
Win! Power Ranger!
Here we go!
"How shall we prepare this dish? Sliced and diced?" Yellow quipped as the Megazord stabbed the bot several times over.
"My turn!" Blue added as the Megazord turned and roundhouse kicked the bot down with its Lupus leg, knocking it to the ground.
Go! Power Ranger!
Fly! Power Ranger!
Win! Power Ranger!
Here we go!
"You're finished!" Red shouted as they all tilted the Star Spheres backward twice before preparing the finisher. The constellations that each zord represented flashed around the Megazord once before merging into the blade.
=SUPER GALAXY!=
The sword then began to glow with the team's shooting star logo appearing behind them, all five firing their Comet Morphers forward, creating massive energy blasts that became missiles that fired from the Dorado Sword as the Megazord slashed down and destroyed the robot, which collapsed to the ground and exploded behind the team.
Go! Power Ranger!
Fly! Power Ranger!
Win! Power Ranger!
Here we go!
"The universe will know the name of the Star Defenders!" Red yelled.
(End Insert theme)
-Commander, I have good news.- Theta informed via video contact, -The Star Defender count has risen by two.-
"Hi," Hoku smiled.
-This is Hokulele from Mirinoi, nephew to the original Red Space Ranger, Andros.-
"It's an honor to be here," Doggie smiled.
-And this is Doggie from Sirius, the last of his race.-
"...thanks for the reminder, tin can…" Doggie sighed.
-I am not a tin can. I'd appreciate the respect, canine.-
-Good to have you amongst our ranks, Hoku, Doggie,- a voice spoke over the vidcom, the face of a purple-scaled humanoid chinese dragon with gold horns, red eyes, and white hair while wearing a red jacket with silver, black, and gold accents to show his status as leader. -Theta, be sure to bring them to Eltar when possible.-
-Right.- she nodded.
"Uh… I gotta go home now…" Hoku informed.
-...You… never told your mother Karone about any of this, did you?-
"...how'd you guess?"
-When Theta mentioned you were Andros' nephew, it was more obvious to figure that out who your mom was. My advice? Go on and tell her you're a Power Ranger so you won't need to make excuses.-
"I was gonna tell her anyway. What son wouldn't tell their parent when something awesome happened?"
-Just try to remain as humble as you can. Oh, and be sure to return your Uncle's morpher while you're at it. You need to hide things better, kid.-
Hoku simply nodded as he headed to the teleporter and Theta sent him back to Mirinoi.
Pikatwig: That was certainly a first episode.
KKD: Sure was, and I thought that was a great one to kick things off.
Pikatwig: Let's address the flashback to the war in the flashback. It's basically a second coming of the Legendary War, with every Power Ranger team from across time and space, but a few members of some teams didn't make it out alive. ...namely the two teams me and KKD don't like the most… the Megafail Rangers…
KKD: And the Overly Obnoxious Rangers...
Pikatwig: Now, let us say this now. If you like those seasons, great. Power to you. We, however, did not. This was sort of meant to show that these guys, like their Sentai counterparts, mean business.
KKD: I mean, yea, Jark Matter already had full control of the universe. But here, you actually see their rise to power and show how powerful they were, and not even the past Rangers could stop them.
Pikatwig: The flashback actually did also contain 'footage' from Kyoryuger vs. Go-Buster and Ninninger's seventh episode. Made sense to me to include those scenes since Power Rangers has been ignoring team-ups since Samurai. ...it makes a degree of sense for more recent years, since they've been skipping Sentai seasons, so… we can't completely fault them. *silent for a moment* I can fault them for the awful use of the mecha battle from the Ninninger episode in Ninja Steel.
KKD: Yea, and there's a lot of other stuff in relation to our cast. But first, yes, with Hoku, we recreated something similar to the first episode of In Space with Hoku in disguise at the enemy celebration before revealing himself. Sure sounds like Andros, huh?
Pikatwig: Indeed. Though, they were apparently drinking, according to Zedd in that scene, lava juice.
KKD: Huh… didn't know that. Still, it was fun writing this chapter with the idea of using stock footage where we could.
Pikatwig: The idea of this being a sequel to In Space and Hoku being the child of Karone was something that came to me fairly early on. Thoughts on those ideas?
KKD: Definitely a cool idea, and it feels like we executed it well.
Pikatwig: The lie Karone told Hoku is actually, believe it or not, a scrapped concept from In Space. Karone was actually supposed to join the team as a Purple Space Ranger.
KKD: Wow, and I thought the female Purple Ranger was just another fanmade idea.
Pikatwig: The reason it wasn't done was because they didn't have the budget to make the new suit and Japan couldn't supply them with any help.
KKD: Of course that's the case, it all boils down to money.
Pikatwig: Now onto Star Wars references. Kyuuranger is filled with them. The best example is Balance, TenbinGold, being similar to C-3PO. Heck, Balance's personality is what C-3PO was originally going to be like.
KKD: That I DIDN'T know. But if you're looking for more comparisons, our fellow author TokuBrony actually did some reviews of the series with me on DeviantArt, so feel free to check it out after this. #shamelessplug
Pikatwig: Then there's when Saggitarrow ordered his troops to attack the trio after they first morphed. That scene was actually taken from the Star Wars Rebels movie pilot. Basically, one character is a Jedi and, for the first time in many years, drew his Lightsaber. One of the villains then proceeded to say 'All Troopers, focus your fire on… on the Jedi'.
KKD: Huh, ok.
Pikatwig: Rebels will be referenced as we go forward, as it's the only bit of Star Wars I know apart from the Phineas and Ferb/Star Wars crossover (I still fail to see why that was made). Just FYI.
KKD: I see. Also about the Blue Ranger… well, it seems connected to someone else, but why don't you answer that, Pika?
Pikatwig: He bears some resemblances to a certain past Power Ranger. ...which, admittedly, the Sentai kinda took some ideas from him and put it into Kyuuranger.
KKD: Speaking of, they also poked fun at the similarities between them in one episode, too.
Pikatwig: Which I may or may not have plans for.
KKD: Huh… cool.
Pikatwig: And one other character commentary. Bullbot's personality took a slight inspiration from Taurus from Fairy Tail.
KKD: Huh? How so? I don't quite see that. Is it with how he's more… like Brock from Pokemon for lack of a better comparison on my part?
Pikatwig: Something like that. Though, dialed back by several notches since the Fairy Tail character was a bit of a perv… dialed back, since I do kind of try to envision this as a TV show… minus the stupid rules Nickelodeon forced onto Power Rangers. Though, before you ask if I could give a visual about any actors… nope. Really can't. Only character who I can imagine an 'actor' for is Theta being voiced by Melissa Fahn.
KKD: Still cool nonetheless.
Pikatwig: Overall thoughts on this chapter/episode?
KKD: Overall, it was fun to write, figuring out how to adapt the plot from Kyuuranger and keep it within Power Ranger continuity. The overall idea with Hoku was fun, and it makes sense for him to team up with the Blue Ranger early on on multiple levels, and it's interesting seeing how Green's not initially a fan of him thinking he's just a faker.
Pikatwig: Yeah, those were all neat. So… favorite part?
KKD: Hmm… tough call, but I did like how we started out the chapter with the flashbacks and even with the reveal of Hoku as the Red Space Ranger. But definitely everything about the final battle in the episode. That was a blast.
Pikatwig: And included the hypothetical theme song, 'Go, Fly, Win' from In Space
KKD: Cool. And your favorite part?
Pikatwig: The same. The mecha battle was awesome in Kyuuranger and got even more awesome with this slight alteration.
KKD: That's for certain. Also, don't think Theta will be Pink, or that the dragon commander (whom we haven't named yet) will be Rangers like their Sentai counterparts. We have other plans.
Pikatwig: You'll see… well, wrap up time.
KKD: Jaa ne.
Pikatwig: Just Live More.