Ep. 1: The Space Pirates Set Sail
Japanese episode(s) adapted: The Space Pirates Appear (宇宙海賊現る)
Narrator: "The greatest crisis ever seen has befallen Earth! Plotting to take over the galaxy, the Armada's great fleet goes on a destructive rampage, bringing people to the depths of despair. But...Earth has warriors who'll stand against this great threat."
The camera showed the crowd of rangers.
"With heart, dreams, & peace, the 19 Power Ranger teams have gathered together to take them on & defend the people of Earth."
They charged, being lead by the Megaforce rangers.
"This battle was known since as the Legendary War."
A small group gathered in the middle of the field; the Megaforce, RPM, MMPR, Dino Thunder, & In Space rangers the closest in the front.
"What do we do?" Troy asked as they all looked up.
"We'll need a huge amount of energy to blow them away," Noah said.
"Yeah. Maybe through the Morphing Grid," Billy suggested.
"The Morphing Grid?"
"Yeah. It's a system that runs through Earth. It's why there's a lot of explosions when we morph."
"Right. I remember I used it to take care of some of the Grinders in our universe," Flynn said to them.
"Right & I'm betting we're all building a lot of energy just standing here," Billy said.
"So, we just need to focus that huge amount of energy at them & it'll wipe them out," Noah said.
"Exactly!"
"Well, what are we waiting for? Let's do it!" Jason said, putting his hand on Billy's shoulder.
"Yeah!" they all yelled, then concentrated their focus on the Armada.
They lit up & the light went towards the Armada & eradicated them, but then the light went out into space, breaking off into small chunks. A mysterious red figure then floated above the Earth, watching the glowing specs go off.
"And thus, the future of the Earth was protected. However, these rangers lost their powers to space and faded away into legend. Two years later, time has passed," the narrator said as a red pirate ship flew up to Earth.
"I'm sensing it! I'm sensing that it's very close!" the robotic bird yelled.
"What is it, Navi?" Robin, a girl in a yellow jacket sitting on the nearby couch asked.
"It's Earth! The place with the treasure!"
"Really?" Doc, a man in a green jacket asked.
"Yes," Navi responded as he brought up a view of Earth on the viewscreen.
"Look at that," Doc then said.
"It looks lovely," Vivi, a young woman in a pink jacket said. "They must live comfortably down there."
"I'd expect that kind of sentiment from you, Vivi. Though, I, see a jewel waiting to be plucked from a treasure chest!" Robin said.
"Robin, that's always what you see," Doc said, turning & leaning on the console, then turned around & typed some more things.
"What do we care?" Joe, a man in a blue jacket with many zippers, said, coming up the stairs from the deck below. "What we want is on the planet; the Greatest Treasure in the Galaxy."
"You're just putting on a 'cool guy' act, but I know you're excited too," Robin said.
"Can we really be sure that the treasure's on this backwater planet, though? They say this treasure's worth the weight of the entire galaxy," Doc said.
"Of course it's there," Marvelous, a man wearing a long red pirate coat said, sitting in his chair. They all nodded.
The red alert started going off. Robin tried typing on the console.
"Uh, come on! Doc!" she said in frustration.
"I got it, I got it," Doc said, typing on the console.
A picture was brought up on the viewscreen, identifying lots of ships.
"It's the Armada!" Doc yelled, then cowered behind Robin. "This is bad, they've found us!"
"What'll we do now, Marvelous?" Joe asked & they all turned to face him. "If things go badly, it could be a big problem."
"Then we'll just make sure it goes well," he said, holding up a small red figure in his hand.
"That's your decision?" Doc asked.
"That's," Marvelous said, standing up, holding up the figure in his hand. "What pirates do," he continued & the arms & legs flipped up on the figure, revealing a key underneath them.
Their red pirate ship approached the Armada ships. Marvelous, now in his red pirate-themed suit took the wheel.
"Ready the cannons," he said.
The commander on board the other ship laughed as they approached.
"So, it's the wanted pirates. Let's capture them for their collective bounties. Fire!" he said & they started firing on the other ship.
"Portside Galleon cannons, fire!" Marvelous yelled & they fired back. They took out one of the ships. "Hard to starboard!" he said, twisting the wheel to his right.
They came about & sliced the front of their ship right through another ship. The commander saw that some of the fleet was wiped out on his radar.
"They're messing with us!" he said. "Enough fooling around. Fire again, full volley!" he said, extending his arm.
The ships fired their lasers at the pirate ship over the moon.
"How do you like that?" the commander asked.
"Not good enough," Marvelous said as the Megazord ran on the moon towards the commander's ship.
"What!?" the commander yelled.
The Megazord lumped into open space, twirling it's swords, & mauled down a lot of the extra ships. The rangers then all spun their pirate wheels left & the Megazord turned, then took out some more ships with its lasers that fired from the green car that made its right arm. It had its leg extended, which collided into the commander's ship & smashed it into another ship causing them both to explode. The Megazord then flew towards the camera, then did a pose.
"All right. From here, it's a straight route to Earth," Robin said, spinning her right arm, then pointing towards their viewscreen with her right hand.
"Right," Vivi said.
"I hope the treasure's really there," Doc said, clapping his hands.
"Hmp. It's there," Marvelous said, then the zords reformed back into the red ship & they flew down to Earth.
Down on Earth…
"We should give that place a try," a girl said, walking with her friends. She then spotted the ship sailing through the air over a building. "What's going on?" she asked.
Several other people also looked up at the ship & gasped, wondering what was going on. The ship parked, letting down its anchors into the sidewalks below, then the rangers descended on ropes to the top of the building below them where the crowd was gathered in front of. Marvelous took out a megaphone & addressed them.
"Listen up, people of this planet. We're the Pirate Crew Rangers. I'm Captain Marvelous."
The crowd started talking amongst themselves below.
"A 'pirate crew'?" someone said. Marvelous started walking to his right.
"We're told there's a great treasure on this planet, one of great power. It's said to be the Greatest Treasure in the Galaxy. Tell us where it is & we'll be on our way."
"Could something like that even exist?" someone else asked.
Marvelous looked at the crowd, awaiting an answer. Robin came up behind him, snagged the megaphone from him, & began speaking.
"There's no use in hiding it."
"Robin, you need to be a little more...considerate," Vivi said, taking the megaphone from her. "Sorry for my friends, we bid you all fair tidings," she said, walking to her left. "Let's see...You, commoner," she said, pointing to a man in the crowd. He pointed to himself. "Yes, you."
"Uh, yes?" he asked.
"Have you heard of such a thing?"
"Sorry, but I don't think so."
"Not even hearsay?"
"I don't believe so. Right?" he asked some of the others & they all nodded.
"Oh my," she then said.
"This isn't what we expected," Joe said, stepping up to where the girls & Marvelous were.
"See? Didn't I have a reason to doubt this mission?" Doc said, shaking Robin a bit. She elbowed him in the gut to make him stop. He recoiled in pain.
"What'll we do now, Marvelous?" she asked him. He turned towards them.
"Let's eat," he said, then started walking towards the middle of the roof.
"Man," Joe said.
"But we don't have any of this planet's currency!" Doc yelled out, stepping forward a bit. "What'll we do about that?"
"Robin," he said, stopping.
"Yeah?" she asked him.
"A ring," he said, holding up his left hand. She looked at her hand.
"Huh!?" she said in distress.
Up in space, on the lead ship as it entered Earth's orbit...
"Biorg, Levira. Have the preparations for the conquest of this planet been made?" Prince Vekar asked, turning around from looking out the front window of his ship.
"Yes, boss," Biorg started, bowing as Vekar walked towards him. "We have your best cold-blooded Action Commander on standby."
"And I have developed the ultimate weapon that's sure to bring a smile to your face," she said as he walked by her, then put her hand to his chest.
"Hm, hm," he chuckled in excitement, then patted her arm. He then went over to his chair. "Let's show my father his trust is well-placed with us & unleash the might of the Zangyack Galaxy Empire's Armada," he raised his arms to his sides.
"Yes."
"Sir," Levira, then Biorg, said in agreement with him.
"Your highness," Damaras said, entering as Vekar was about to sit. "It seems the advanced fleet was wiped out by the pirates."
"Really? Those pathetic wretches are a disgrace! Biorg, wipe their data from the records before they get back to my father!"
"Yes, boss," he said, bowing. "Shall we make a plan for dealing with this pirate contingency?"
"No need for now. Those pirates are mere pebbles on our road to victory," he said with a hand wave, then walked towards the window again.
"Your highness," Damaras said. Vekar turned around. "Underestimating them may lead to your downfall."
"You dare defy my orders, Damaras!?" he yelled, running up to Damaras. "I am Emperor Mavro's son, Prince Vekar!"
"No, sorry. What are your orders?" he said, then Vekar went back to his chair & sat in it.
"Set a course for the Earth, full speed ahead!" he said & they all faced the window.
Back on Earth, in a jewelry shop…
The jeweler was looking at the jewel on one of Robin's rings with a magnifying glass.
"T-this jewel is amazing!" he typed on a calculator, excitedly. "I'll give you $100,000 for it!"
"Oh. That's all?" Marvelous said & the guy went to go get the money. Robin looked at her ring.
"Darn it!" she loudly whispered. "This is only a loan," she told Marvelous, then they walked on the sidewalk. "You better pay me back, with interest!"
"I'm sure he won't get around to that," Doc said, several feet behind with Vivi & Joe.
"Really? Why?" Vivi asked.
"He's pretty carefree & easygoing, too much so to care about debts," Joe said.
Marvelous stopped. Robin bumped into him, as she was counting the money.
"This is a pretty nice planet," he said, looking around. "The food should be pretty good on a planet like this."
"Then let's go to a restaurant & order an expensive meal!" Doc suggested when they caught up to them.
Exterior, Jungle Karma Pizza…
Robin & Doc looked surprised.
"Why this place?" they both asked Marvelous, disappointed & sitting back in their chairs at a table with Vivi.
"It smells good! I've heard that pizza's really good," he responded, waiting at the bar next to Joe.
"I understand, but…" Doc said.
"Trying new foods can be a rewarding experience," Vivi said.
"Maybe, but it's just unusual how ridiculous all this is," Robin said, holding her wad of cash.
"Well? Just how are we going to search for the treasure now?" Joe asked.
"Don't be in such a hurry. We can't use our brains to think properly if we don't eat," Marvelous replied.
"Hey," a familiar-looking guy in a purple jacket said to his chef, pointing out the window on the door to the kitchen. "Look out there. What a motley crew. The guy in green looks like he's wearing a rejected cosplay outfit from Doctor Who, the girl in pink looks like a princess, the girl in yellow looks like she values money above everything else, considering how she's eyeing that wad of cash, the guy in blue looks like he's in a rejected Michael Jackson jacket &/or straitjacket, & the guy in red looks like he just stepped out of Pirates of the Caribbean. If I didn't know any better, I'd say they were from space."
"Is it any more strange than how you or your ex-students used to dress up?" the female chef he was talking to asked.
"That's different. We're part of an order & were superheroes. Now we run our own dojos. This shop is mine," he said, going over to the back door. She pulled out a few pizzas from the oven, put them on the pans, then sent them out.
"All right, guys. Thanks for waiting. As ordered, 2 pizzas, a quarter plain, a quarter pepperoni, a quarter peppers, for those who love the spice, & a quarter broccoli for the vegetarians in the midst," the waiter said, handing them the pizzas.
They all took a few pieces each, then picked up their first pieces & were about to take their bites, then a large blast ripped through the wall of the restaurant & messed up their pizzas. After the dust settled, Robin looked up & started screaming.
"Oh no! My money's everywhere! Help me pick it up!" she said, getting up & looking all over, picking up the bills.
"Hey, what about the pizzas?" Marvelous asked as the others got up to the waiter who was cowering behind the counter.
"That's obviously out of the question right now!" he said, going through the door to the kitchen.
"Wha-seriously...?" he asked, exasperated.
"Forget that. You need see this!" Doc said & he followed him outside.
The Armada ships were blasting everywhere with their lasers. People were running around, trying to avoid them.
"What's that ship?" Robin asked.
"The Armada's flagship, The Gigant Horse. The fleet we fought earlier was just the vanguard," Doc said.
"What's that mean?"
"They have a serious interest in conquering this planet," he answered, then the lasers shot at them.
They all recoiled except for Marvelous, who just stood there as the lasers blew up the ground all around them.
"Oh come one. Why don't you go conquer some other planet!?" Robin yelled.
"What'll we do? These aren't good conditions for treasure hunting," Doc said.
"For now, let's get back to the Galleon," Marvelous said & they ran to where they parked it.
The Armada dropped more X-Borgs by the truckload down to the surface, with some Commanders leading them in the attack.
"Prince Vekar! Behold my methods as I, Action Commander Headridge, will serve you well!" he yelled, shooting a laser into a building, blowing it up.
The rangers were running through as the civilians were being attacked & things were being blown up all over. Two women & some children ducked for cover behind a wall.
"It'll be ok," one of them said to the children to cheer them up.
"No, it won't," Headridge said. They looked up to see him standing in front of/behind them, since they were crouched down. "It's no use running!"
The rangers ran by. Vivi stopped, seeing the women & children.
"What is it?" Marvelous asked, since he was behind her & stopped with her. The rest came back & saw.
Hedridge walked up to the women & children.
"None of you can escape!" he said to them. He grabbed one of the women by the collar of her jacket & dragged her up.
"Just let the children go, please!" she said in terror. He threw her back, causing her to stumble back & fall back.
"Aren't we leaving?" Doc asked, pointing away.
"I hate to say it, but this planet might not have a future," Robin said.
"Then it'll become annexed into the Empire's jurisdiction," Joe said.
"Just like all of our planets," Vivi said.
Marvelous looked at the commander furiously.
The commander pointed his weapon at the group.
"Mmm...Your fear is delicious! Show me more as you perish!" he said, charging his gun.
"I don't like this," Marvelous said, then stepped forward.
"Thanks for showing me your fear!" he said, then got ready to shoot.
Suddenly, a laser shot at him, throwing him off of them & stopping his attack.
"Who did that?" he asked & they all looked around.
The rangers marched towards them, Marvelous' hand still extended with his blaster in hand, smoking. The pirate music swelled as they approached. The Commander approached them.
"So, it's you, the wanted pirates. Just what do you think you're doing!?"
"Who knows, really," Marvelous responded.
"Oh, I bet you're looking for some tawdry treasure. I'll be generous & let you go, so get out of my sight!"
"Shut up, idiot," Luka said.
"I-idiot?" he said in horror at the word.
"You're the one that needs to get out of here," Joe said.
"I don't wanna listen to anything else you have to say," Vivi said.
"Me either. I hate guys like you!" Doc yelled.
"Have you lost your marbles!? Our Armada is poised to take over this planet! Do you know what would happen if you even attempted to take us on?"
"We do, but it's the plank for those we don't like," Marvelous said & they took out their little statues in their right hands. "That's what pirates do," he said & they flipped up the bottoms, revealing the keys underneath their legs.
They all flipped open their morphers in their left hands, then posed with their key arms extended outwards, their morphers in front of their right shoulders.
"It's Morphin Time!" they all yelled, then put the keys in the keyholes on the morphers & turned them a quarter of the way clockwise, then held them in front of them.
"Pirate Crew!" the voice called & two X's appeared in front of them, then formed their suits & helmets respectively.
"Pirate Crew Red!" Marvelous said, extending his arm slightly forward.
"Pirate Crew Blue!" Joe said, putting his left hand on the top of his helmet.
"Pirate Crew Yellow!" Robin said, putting her right elbow on her left hand, then fanned her arm left.
"Pirate Crew Green!" Doc said, wiping his hands on his waist.
"Pirate Crew Pink!" Vivi said, putting her right hand in front of her chest & bowing her head slightly.
"Power Rangers…" Marvelous said as they got into their main poses.
"Pirate Crew!" they all yelled.
Marvelous extended his sabre towards the ground.
"Let's make this showy," Marvelous said, then pointed his blaster forward & pulled the trigger, blasting the commander a few times with a few of the X-Borgs.
"X-Borgs, get them!" he said & they all ran after them.
"Could it be...? The next group of Power Rangers?" the other woman asked.
"Huh?" the other woman & the children asked.
The Rangers charged in, slashing the X-Borgs.
Vivi hooked a grapple on to a rooftop, then used it to swing from one platform to another while blasting the X-Borgs below, after dispatching a few before she swung around.
Robin ran up on to another platform & took care of some X-Borgs of her own.
Joe then dispatched his own group.
Doc back-flipped off of a tall lift & blasted his own batch on the way down, grabbing on to a wire to break his fall & take out more of them.
Marvelous ran up to & then bounced off a wall, taking out a few X-Borgs as he landed on a higher platform, then blasted a few more. He threw his sword in Joe's direction & it hit an X-Borg.
"Doc!" he yelled over to him.
"R-right!" he yelled back & threw Marvelous his sword.
Joe threw Marvelous his blaster. Marvelous kicked it over to Doc as he caught Doc's sword & continued slashing. Doc caught the blaster & shot while Joe took the extra sword & slashed. The X-Borgs shot some missiles at Joe, but he deflected them away with the swords.
"Vivi!" Robin yelled & threw up her blaster.
"Gotcha!" she said, throwing up her sword & they both caught the other's weapon & kept fighting.
Vivi shot some more X-Borgs while Robin slashed some of her own. She then went over to a vacant space.
"I'm not done yet!" she yelled, then launched her swords connected to whips at the X-Borgs to finish off the rest of them.
Another small group of them ran into view.
"Ah, come on! There's a ton of them!" she yelled.
"Shall we use them?" Marvelous asked as they all regrouped.
"Them?" Joe asked.
"Them, right..." Doc said.
"Yeah," Robin said.
"Let's do it!" Vivi said.
"He he," Marvelous said, then they flipped their belt buckles, revealing the MMPR ranger keys.
They flipped the bottoms up, then did the pose.
"Power Switch!" they yelled, then inserted the keys in their morphers & twisted them.
"Mighty Morphin!" the voice yelled, then the camera pulled in on them & their helmets became the MMPR ones, they were transformed one by one.
They all pulled out the teams' weapons & grunted. They charged in, resuming the fight. The original MMPR theme kicked in.
"Mom, what's that?" one of the kids asked, pointing.
"The very first Power Rangers team," she answered.
"The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, right? But how!?" the other woman said.
"Ha, Power Sword," Marvelous yelled, slashing.
"Ha, Power Lance!" Joe yelled, also slashing.
"Power Daggers!" Robin yelled, slashing.
"Power Axe!" Doc yelled, blasting all over.
"Power Bow!" Vivi yelled, firing energy arrows from her bow.
"Let's link them up!" Marvelous said & they all combined their weapons, Marvelous attached his sword, then they all stood behind him, hands on each other's shoulders, & fired on a group of X-Borgs. A small percentage of them were left over.
"How obstinate!" Doc yelled in frustration.
Marvelous pulled out the Samurai red key & they all did the same. They then posed & flipped their keys in their morphers.
"Power Switch!" they all yelled.
"Samurai!" the voice called & they were transformed, the kanji symbols transformed their suits.
They drew their spin swords & slashed, then took out the Mystic Force keys.
"Power Switch!"
"Mystic Force!" they transformed, then moved their caped behind them after they turned around.
"Mystic power!" they all yelled, doing the Mystic Force ranger poses, then fired winds from their Magi Staffs, wiping out the remainder.
"That was some fun exercise, but I've grown weary of it," he pointed his gun at them. "Goodbye," he fired on them.
They were surrounded by explosions. Marvelous threw his sword in the air & it transformed back to normal. They jumped up in the air & landed in front of the commander, slashing him off balance. Marvelous then slashed at him, but he blocked it with his arm, holding him at bay. Marvelous then jumped up & kicked him back. He landed on the ground.
"Let's finish this!" he yelled, then they popped up the cylinders on their sabres, then inserted their ranger keys into them & turned them.
"Final Wave!" the voice called as the sabres charged.
They then slashed multi-colored energy waves at him. He fell back & exploded. They unfroze from their poses. Marvelous walked forward, wiped his sabre on his glove, & did a smug gesture.
"Well, we did it now," Robin said as they sat & stood around. "If the Empire didn't regard us as a threat before, they do now."
"That's true," Marvelous said, standing there with his arms crossed. Doc was freaking out.
"This is bad, Marvelous! We need to devote every second to getting away from this planet-" Marvelous stopped him, holding his face, then turned around to see the women & kids.
"Yes?" Vivi asked as they noticed them.
"Thank you!" the little boy yelled.
"We just wanted to thank you for saving all of us," one of the women said.
Marvelous didn't like the praise, so he started walking away.
"What are you talking about?" Joe asked, starting to walk.
"Huh?" the woman asked.
"We're space pirates," Robin said, starting to walk, as were Vivi & Doc. "We...came to this planet for treasure & they were merely here at the same time we were."
"Then why do it at all? Why fight them off?"
"That was…" Vivi started, not knowing what to say.
"For the pizza," Marvelous interjected, stopping for a second.
"Huh!?" even his teammates were a bit confused.
"Yeah, we got ticked off because we didn't get to eat any for lunch. That's all that was," he added, then continued walking.
His teammates smiled & kept walking too. Doc ran back to the women & kids & knelt before the boy.
"That's why you don't need to thank us," he said to them & ran back to the others.
Off to the side…
"Hmm...So that's who they are; space pirates. No wonder they're like something out of a Disney movie. And they can access all of our powers as well. I have to call the other rangers," the man from earlier in purple said, then he started to walk back to his ruined restaurant, getting out his phone.
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