Gingaku Brainworld.

Gingaku was preparing a broadcast for the whole universe. "Are you so sure about this, my Lord.", Dark Soul asked. "Surely the Rangers will be able to trace the signal back to this planet and destroy our empire?"

"Let them come.", Gingaku said proudly. "I can handle the Rangers with the new power I have attained."

"I don't think the Rangers will be a problem.", Coiloga responded via a hologram. "My project is now complete. I can reduce the Rangers to a memory with just a word from you."

"Do it.", Gingaku nodded. "But give them an hour. I'll use the window to deliver my broadcast."

"By your command.", Coiloga bowed his head, signing off.

"Keep an eye on him.", Gingaku said to Dark Soul, concerning his general. "I know what he did to Tricerodo and I have an idea of what he's planning. I just need you to let me know when he makes his move."

"As you wish.", Dark Soul bowed his head and left the room. "And speaking of Tricerodo, what will become of her body?"

"She may have failed to secure the Earth, but she still proved to be useful. I want her reactivated. I have a new assignment for her."

Planet Moriturus

Coiloga approached his lieutenant, Tensil. She was an alien with a golden collar around her neck, large shoulder pads that stretched onto her back, a bellowing black cloak with a purple inside and armour surrounding her legs that had stars, squares, wave symbols, crosses and circles. "We have the go-ahead.", Coiloga informed her. "Earth is to be destroyed after the hour."

"Why are we waiting?", Tensil asked. "In my experience, getting the job done quickly is the essence of a successful campaign. Remember our campaign against the Dark Wraiths of Planet Houma?"

"Very well. We hit them as soon as we entered their airspace and took the planet in half an hour. However, Gingaku wants to make a point to the universe, which he presumably wants the Rangers to be processing as we destroy them."

"A sound strategy.", Tensil stated as she turned towards her various technicians. "Good news, everyone. Today, your efforts will bear fruit. The Shooting Star ship will be deployed to destroy the planet Earth. All of you will be there to carry out the task.

Every one of the technics cheered, except for a figure in all black overalls which obscured even his face. He merely looked down at the object in his hand, a Cosmo Sphere with a golden frame, numbered "13".

The Control Gear, Earth.

The Rangers ran into the main control room. "We're here Commander. What's the emergency?", Yuri said.

"There's no emergency.", Commander Goodman answered him. "But we are receiving this message on all of our frequencies. We think you should see it."

Pamela flicked a switch, causing the image of Gingaku's new avian body to appear in hologram form. "Peoples of the universe, please heed my words carefully. I am Lord Gingaku, ruler of the universe."

The Rangers were all shocked to see this. "Something big must've happened.", Jiro realised. "Gingaku never shows his face in public broadcasts. He's always been in that hood of his."

"Something seems…off.", Winda noted. "When we were on Tempus, I went back to view Orbis during his prime as a warrior battling Proton here. He didn't look like that figure."

"Indeed.", Proton concurred. "He looked like more of a demon. This guy seems to be more of an angelic alien."

The transmission from Gingaku continued. "Some are saying that thanks to the efforts of the Cosmic Defender known as the Fire Knight…"

"So we just don't matter now?", Slash asked.

"…that the universe is slowly slipping from my control. Well those people are wrong. I have only grown stronger, to the point I feel assured in showing off my new form to the inhabitants of this universe. And be assured, I'm going to be sending in more warriors to ensure my power remains absolute. And to make this point, the planet Earth, the seat of resistance against my empire, will be destroyed by my newest weapon soon. And then, we will see, Fire Knight, who the real strongest of us is." He laughed, as the message terminated.

The Rangers and their allies were worried about the message that had been delivered. All except Heath, who said. "I'll try to trace the source of that message. It might help the Rangers know where to go to stop Gingaku's control for real." With that said, he left the room.

"That won't help us stop whatever's being planned for Earth.", Mila said. "We need to scan the planet's orbit to find whatever new weapon Gingaku's deployed and destroy it."

"You don't think it's another Oblivion Cosmos, do you?", Scales asked.

"It's unlikely.", Myron noted. "They're not in the habit of reusing failed plans."

"I found something.", one of the technicians reported. "Three Dark Gears, all heading for the same location."

"That's all?", Proton said cockily. "Well in that case, I'll just go out there and deal with them myself." He ran out of the room.

"Something's up.", Cobras thought. "They wouldn't send something this small to destroy a planet."

Earth Orbit.

From aboard the Shooting Star, Tensil watched as the three Dark Gears flew towards Earth. "The bait has been placed in the trap.", she noted before turning to the assembled technics, all of different species and builds. "Now then troops, the time has come for our attack on Earth. While the ship is moved into position, you all will be turned into Detainers and sent down to the planet to provide a distraction for the Power Rangers. Some of you won't make it back, but I will ensure that those who don't return will receive the full honours. Are you ready to lay down your lives for the good of the cause?" The technics all cheered. "Good, I like your attitude, soldiers. You've all been drafted." She threw Detainer helmets onto all of them, causing a mass conversion. Tensil then teleported down to the planet with her new conscripts.

Now Coiloga was left alone, save for the technic in black. "You weren't among the rank and file slaves.", Coiloga said to him. "Can I ask why?"

"I need to maintain this ship.", the technic replied. "Making sure it's ready to carry out its purpose."

"Ha, I like the way you think.", Coiloga chuckled. "You get to work maintaining the engines. I'll work on directing the ship."

The Control Gear, Earth.

Inside the lab, Yuri, Myron, Cobras, Mila, Slash and Barry were standing around, as Heath shared his findings. "In order to beam that signal out here, Gingaku would've needed a remote transmitter to receive the signal and send it towards us. So while I've not been able to locate their Brainworld…"

"You managed to find the location of their transmitter.", Barry finished for him. "Which means that if we can get there, we can get the coordinates."

"Hang on.", Slash pointed out. "Weren't you once a part of Gingaku? Can't you just tell us where they are?", he asked Heath.

"My… memory is missing some parts.", Heath said sheepishly. "As you know my mind was being twisted by-" his machine pinged. "Ah, we've found the signal. It's right - here."

The map showed a point in space above the Earth. "That's odd.", Mila realised. "The scanners says there's nothing at that point. So either your machine is wrong, or…"

"Or they have a cloaking device that renders them invisible to scanners.", Myron concluded. "I'm putting my money on the latter."

"Well, there's only one way to find out the answer.", Yuri said, pulling out his Big Bang Sphere and activating it. "I use my powers as the Big Bang Ranger to get us up to that point." He inserted the Sphere into his Morpher, pressed it again and spun it around, morphing into his ultimate form. He then waved his arm, generating a portal. "Shall we?"

The others nodded and all proceeded into the portal. "Good luck everyone.", Heath said.

Elsewhere, the three Dark Gears and a command ship came down, to be met with the Fire Voyager. "You're going down, creeps." The Fire Voyager transformed into this Megazord mode. It touched down to be surrounded by three Gearoids. "This might be a challenge.", Proton thought to himself. As one Gearoid fired at him, the Fire Voyager used its swords to reflect the beams onto the other two opponents. "Burning Double Calibur!" The Fire Voyager used its swords to destroy the first Gearoid. However, the other two recovered, concentrating their fire on their enemy.

The Control Gear, Earth.

Tensil teleported down with her army. "They may have changed their location, but they can't hide.", she stated. "All I need to do is scan the planet for a structure of appropriate weight and size."

"Clever tactics." Tensil was shot back by the arrival of Scales. "Too bad we figured you'd pull something like that and planned an ambush."

Tensil laughed at Scales. "One lone Android is an ambush? I worry for your strategists, if this is the best they can come up with."

"I'm not alone.", Scales commented. As if on cue, Jiro jumped out of the bushes and knocked some of the Detainers down, while Winda flew overhead and shot at more of them. "Alright guys, good job. Winda, who're we up against?"

"That would be Lieutenant Tensil. She's one of the greatest warriors in the universe.", Winda radioed back. "She successfully put down several rebellions during the early days of Gingaku's rule over the universe."

Tensil became intrigued. "You seem remarkably well informed of my exploits."

"I was a server droid under the control of Planetary Controller Metaro.", Winda replied. "I still have access to Gingaku's network, as I discovered while performing diagnostics recently."

"Oh, is that so?", Tensil asked. "Well, in that case, I'll bring you back over to our cause with this." She pulled out a button and pressed it. Winda plummeted to the ground, clutching her head in pain. "It's a little control virus that overrides a robot's will, making them my loyal slave." Winda stood up, walked over to Tensil and curtsied. "Now then my little robot Ranger, kill the others."

"Yes, Mistress.", Winda said in a synthesised monotone. She began firing on Scales and Jiro, who had both finished with the Detainers. "Destroy, Destroy, Destroy!" Tensil laughed as she watched the scene.

Onboard the Shooting Star, Earth.

Yuri and his team ran into the control room of the ship. "Well this has been easy.", Barry said cheerily. "We haven't run into any form of enemy at all."

As if on cue, Coiloga appeared from a hiding place. "You just had to say it, didn't you?", asked Mila.

"So, the Power Rangers have found my secret weapon.", Coiloga noted. "You're much quicker on the draw than I gave you credit for. Nice suit, Red Ranger."

"Cut the chit-chat, creep.", Yuri said, barely concealing his rage. "I have a score to settle with you and I intend to see it through." He summoned Jiro's Cosmo Claw using his Big Bang Sphere and began swinging it at Coiloga.

Coiloga blocked the attack. "Ah yes, you want to know what I did to your friend, don't you? I believe it went something like this." He brought his claw down on Yuri, knocking him back. "Do you know how many people I've victimised, other than you and your friend?"

"Why you!", Myron said, pulling out his Unicorn-27 Sphere and inserting it. "Plus Up!" He transformed into the Orange Ranger in Double Sting Form. He hen began swinging his arm at Coiloga, who matched him blow-for-blow.

"Ah yes, you must be Myron. Your brother spoke of you often.", Coiloga said, hoping to take his enemy off guard.

Instead, it just increased his rage. "How do you know my brother?", Myron yelled.

"You hint it was fate that brought your brother to Gingaku after his body was infected by Jiprak's influence? I scouted him out and invited him into our little club. But I had no idea he'd try to take over the universe himself."

Myron ignored this last part, instead attacking more ferociously, which Coiloga used to knock him down.

Cobras was next to take a shot at Coiloga, using his new Void Sphere. "Dark Energy, Unleash! There's nothing you say that Tricerodo hasn't already said."

"Don't leave me out of this.", Mila said, pulling out the Dual Sphere and placing it in her Morpher on the Sun side. "Hyper Plus Up!"

The two Rangers engaged in battle with Coiloga. "Ah yes, the last Raynaga and the lost chameleon who thinks she's a ninja. The Raynagas were a particularly troublesome bunch of aliens, so I got told to get rid of them. And you, little ninja. Do you ever wonder what happened to those fellows of yours who you saved from the carnage."

Mila was momentarily shook by this. "I… They got to a safe place."

"Indeed they did… until I found and dealt with them.", Coiloga laughed, as he overpowered the two opponents.

Finally, Barry and Slash went in, both in their regular forms. "You're responsible for all of our suffering?", Slash asked as he crossed his Dagger with his enemy's claw. "Why?"

"Because it amuses me to see others suffer.", Coiloga laughed. "Like when I told an officer that you, a reputable restauranteur, had spoken out against Gingaku. And young Barry, do you ever wonder what happened to your parents? I have them in a mine somewhere, though I forced them to give you up first." He then slashed at those last two. "And besides, your anger makes you less willing to work together, which makes it easier for me to overpower you individually."

"He's right.", Yuri realised. "We need to take him on together, not as individuals. He can't take us all at once by himself."

"Who said I was by myself?", Coiloga asked, as the lone technic in black entered the room. "Now then, my friend. Attack the enemy." The technic nodded and shot at Coiloga with a familiar looking rifle. "Who are you?"

The technic threw off his clothes to reveal… "The Dragon Ranger, at your service." He then turned to the other Rangers. "Nice suit, Yuri."

"Thanks", Yuri nodded. "I think I'll show you what it can really do. You guys ready?"

"Ready.", the other Rangers nodded.

Yuri summoned Myron's Cosmonata and charged it with the Orange energy. Myron pulled out his weapon and inserted the Scorpion-03 Cosmo Sphere into it. "Double Scorpion Cutting!" The two unleashed their attacks on Coiloga. Cobras was the next to synchronise his weapon with Yuri's. "Double Ophiuchus Serpent Cutting!" Two more blows were dealt to Coiloga as Mila joined forces with Yuri. "Double Chameleon Strike!" A pair of Cosmo Blades hit their mark. Then Yuri synced up with Slash with their Cosmo Daggers. "Double Dorado Swordfish Cutting!" Two more slashes hit Coiloga.

Coiloga recovered from all of these quickly. "You can hit me with all you have, but it won't be enough. I still control the ship that will seal Earth's fate."

"Not without your central cannon.", Drago said, holding up a button, which he pressed. On the outside, the main cannon detached and drifted into the Sun.

"No!", Coiloga cried.

"And that not all I'm going to hit you with.", Drago said as he pointed his Dragon Staff in Rifle mode at the enemy. "Dragonic Break!"

Barry joined in with his own Cosmonata attack. "Cosmic Energy Slice!"

However, Coiloga still managed to survive these hits. "You haven't seen the last of me.", he growled as he teleported away. "I'll be back."

The Rangers all demorphed and embraced each other. "Commander, you're alive.", Mila said thankfully. "I thought I'd never see you again after you disappeared on Tempus."

"It takes more than that to put me down.", Drago said as he reciprocated her hug. "I got sent back over half a year, on a distant planet. I decided that I might as well get to work on helping the Rangers get a ship so we could overthrow Gingaku's reign more easily. Luckily, Coiloga was looking for technics to work on his warship, so I decided to tweak the design slightly to benefit us."

"You tweaked the ship to help us?", Myron asked. "How?"

"Using this.", Drago held out the Cosmo Sphere he had been hiding. "The Orion-13 Cosmo Sphere, which was the last major one to find it's chosen Defender. I modified the ship so it could link up with the Zord to make it battle ready."

"Don't worry about finding the chosen Defender.", Yuri said as he took the Sphere. "Now let's see what this can do." He inserted the Sphere into his Morpher and pushed it to the side. "Summon Zord."

The Cosmo Sphere enlarged itself, flying into space and combining with a long shuttle-like attachment with a star-shaped cannon on the end. It flew down to Earth and began attacking the command ship. After landing a few shots, it came back to the Shooting Star and landed on it, causing it to gain more colours, a three point landing pad and tank treads. "Let's take this baby into battle.", Drago said as he manned the controls, taking it down to Earth.

As Proton took more punishment from the two Gearoids, he saw the ship approaching him. "I hope this is good news.", he said to himself.

The Shooting Star once more flew towards the command ship. "Let's take out that rustbucket.", Yuri declared.

"I like your thinking.", Drago said. "Fire!"

A claw-like attachment reattached the Orion-13 Sphere to the cannon part, charging it with energy that it unleashed upon the command ship, destroying it.

Providence Base, Earth.

The brainwashed Winda was still firing on her teammates. "We can't stop her.", Jiro said. "She's too fast for us and we can fly."

"I have an idea.", Scales replied. He then stood out in front of Tensil. "Well madam, I must concede defeat. You've beaten us soundly and I accept execution."

"How very brave of you.", Tensil said. "You, robot. Touch down and prepare to fire."

"Yes, Mistress." The possessed Winda landed in front of Scales and pointed her Cosmo Blaster at him, inserting her Cosmo Sphere onto it. "Initiating Cosmic Energy Blast." She fired the shot.

However, Scales ducked out of the way at the last second, causing the shot to hit Tensil instead. "You sneaky… I respect your cunning.", Tensil said as she exploded from the hit.

However, her growth implant exploded, restoring her as a giant. But the desired effect of restoring Winda's free will. "What happened?", she asked. "Why is Tensil a giant?"

"No time to explain now.", Jiro said. "Let's get to safety."

Elsewhere, the Shooting Star ship shot at the two Gearoids, knocking them back. "Nice firepower, you guys.", Proton radioed the ship, making an educated guess as to the pilots. "I'll take it from here." He charged up Fire Voyager's weapons, allowing it to hit the two Gearoids with enough force to destroy them.

Then the giant Tensil appeared as Proton dispersed the Voyager. "If I won't be destroying Earth with my weapons, then I'll do it with my pure strength.", she said as she slammed her hand down, almost hitting the Fire Knight.

"Allow me to deal with this.", Yuri said, pulling out his Big Bang Sphere and inserting it into his Morpher. "Big Bang Energy, Unleash!" He transformed once more into the Big Bang Ranger, as his Sphere began glowing. Yuri pressed down on the Sphere. "Activate, Shooting Star Zord!" He span the wheel around.

Yuri was then portalled into the cockpit of Orion-13, which was attached to the main body as Yuri pressed and spun the Sphere again. The cannon took off, as the ship began to rotate itself, causing some momentary buffering within he main deck. The hull of the ship split in two to become legs and the cannon attached to the right thruster, with the front half folding forward and a second arm materialising on the left thruster. Finally, the plate on the engines retracted to reveal a face. "Shooting Star Megazord, ready!"

The Rangers inside the ship were amazed by this. "How are we even standing?", Slash asked.

"I presume the bridge is on a rotating axis which allows it to be constantly upright.", Myron theorised. "Either that, or artificial gravity."

"Let's do this.", Yuri said as he moved the robot forward to face Tensil.

"You can't defeat me, private.", Tensil said as she used psychokinesis to move a pair of power lines to create a wrestling arena. "Now, let's dance."

As Tensil ran forward, Yuri brought the Shooting Star's club down on her, before dealing more hits to her. When she knocked him into the lines, Yuri ignored the jolt and kept at it with the assault, eventually breaking the lines. Then Tensil generated a large blaster, which she fired at her opponent. "You'll have to be quicker than that.", Yuri said as he knocked the hits away to defend himself. However, the control system was damaged, causing the robot to move uncontrollably, mashing the ground. "I have to control this.", Yuri thought to himself. "Before it results in us losing." The Shooting Star then smashed a pair of pylons before hitting Tensil in her chest.

"Why you.", Tensil declared as she ran forward, to be met with the fire from the robot's head.

"Begin final attack!", Yuri said as he pressed the top of the Sphere again, before spinning it. This summoned a cannon into his arms, which he aimed at Tensil. "You're relieved, soldier. Big Bang Strike!" The Shooting Star Megazord charged all of its energy into its club, before pushing all of it towards the enemy.

The energy hit Tensil, knocking her back, as the head flames calmed down. "That was impressive, Soldier.", she said as she exploded.

"This Space is ours.", Yuri said.

Gingaku Brainworld.

In his lab, Dr. Cerebron received a message from Coiloga. "Doctor, is your little project ready yet?"

"As a matter of fact, it is.", Cerebron responded. "Thanks to the robotics information you provided. But I haven't tested it."

"I'm going to test it.", Coiloga snapped. "But first, I'll need you to make some modifications, in accordance with my specifications."

The Control Gear, Earth.

Having already loaded the Zords into the Shooting Star ship, the Rangers were loading other supplies into it. Pamela seemed slightly distraught over this. "Do you really have to go on this mission?", she asked. "What if you don't make it back?"

"That's a risk we'll have to take.", Myron informed her. "But for now, we can't simply stay here on Earth and hold off every takeover attempt forever, especially since we can go into space once more."

"So we're going to launch an assault on the Gingaku Brainworld using our full power.", Yuri continued. "Not to brag, but I think our chances are pretty good."

"Even though you're still down by one member?", Commander Goodman asked as she came out of the Control Gear with another crate. "This should be the last of the supplies you need for your trip."

"Thank you, Commander Goodman.", Drago said. "You two's better hurry along, or we'll end up leaving you behind."

"We'll be along shortly.", Yuri called out. He then put his hands on Pam's shoulders. "Don't worry, I'll be back.", he assured her. Then he and Myron entered the Shooting Star ship, which took off into the distant night sky.