Villains in Power Rangers in Space
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The fictional villains of the Power Rangers universe that appeared in the television series Power Rangers in Space are aliens, and members of the United Alliance of Evil under the command of Dark Specter. This included many villains from previous seasons of Power Rangers, and some that had not appeared before.
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[edit] Dark Specter
Dark Specter (voiced by Christopher Cho) is known throughout the universe as the Grand Monarch of Evil and is the primary antagonist of Power Rangers in Space. He has captured Zordon, the Power Rangers' former mentor, and begins draining him of his powers. As the Grand Monarch, Dark Specter brings forth a union of villains known as the United Alliance of Evil, including Lord Zedd and Rita Repulsa, Master Vile, the Machine Empire, Divatox, General Havoc, and Astronema. Selecting Astronema to battle the Space Rangers, Dark Specter makes sure they never rescue Zordon from his clutches. In Countdown to Destruction, Dark Specter later initiates a full-scale assault on Earth, Aquitar, Triforia, KO-35, and the homeworld of the Phantom Ranger, Eltar. Though the attack was going well, Dark Specter is assaulted by Darkonda, who tried to slay Dark Specter with a planet-destroying missile. Though the attack was enough to destroy Dark Specter, the Grand Monarch is able to hang on long enough to swallow Darkonda's Velocifighter whole, completely destroying the bounty hunter with him. He soon fell to Earth as fragments.
Dark Specter is nearly identical in appearance to the lava demon Maligore (even Divatox acknowledged the resemblance), and is capable of spitting fireballs.
[edit] Astronema
Astronema (played by Melody Perkins) is known throughout the universe as the Princess of Evil, Dark Princess of Space and the Princess of Darkness. She is also known for being 1 of 2 head female villains (the other Trakeena) in the Power Rangers series to go into hand-to-hand combat with the Rangers themselves. She carried a staff called a "Wrath Staff" that shot lightning, and a boomerang in which she used to attack the Rangers. Anytime Astronema is out of her Dark Fortress, she wears what she calls her "Battle Gear", which consists of two shoulder plates, a chest plate, and a back plate. This "Battle Gear" helps protect her when she is in hand-to-hand combat.
Once known as Karone, sister of Andros (the Red Space Ranger), she lives on the planet KO-35, a human space colony. She is kidnapped by Darkonda when she and Andros are playing in the park with a toy sphere and practicing telekinesis. She is later transported to another planet, where she meets Ecliptor and Dark Specter, the Grand Monarch of Evil.
When Andros discovers Astronema's true identity, he did everything in his powers to reform her. He very nearly succeeds. She came over to the Power Rangers' side, and Andros even made her an honorary Power Ranger. However, she is captured once again by Dark Specter and his forces after trying to save Earth from an asteroid sent by him. Ecliptor cybernetically brainwashes her, using advanced computer implants to suppress her emotions, and she is forced to be Astronema once again.
In the finale of Power Rangers in Space (Countdown to Destruction), she becomes the Queen of Evil after Dark Spectre's destruction (much to Divatox's dismay). After she becomes the Queen of Evil, Zordon tries to reach out to her, telling her that because she is now the leader, she doesn't have to do Dark Specter's bidding anymore. He appeals to her to stop the attacks on Earth and the universe, and to "search her heart". His plea almost breaks through the power of the cybernetic brainwashing implants that were forcing her to be Astromena, but it was not to be. Astronema begins to attack Earth, but Andros sneaks into the Dark Fortress and tries to convince his sister to stop and come back to him as Zordon did. A battle ensues, and when she delivers a powerful energy blast to finish Andros, he protects himself with his Spiral Sabre and (accidentally) deflects it back to her, seemingly killing her. After Andros destroyed the energy tube of Zordon at his command, it released a wave of purifying energy that eradicated all evil, but left Astronema's body unchanged. Andros cried, and two tears ran off his nose and landed on her cheek this succeeded in removing Astronema's cybernetic programming, releasing her to be Karone once again. Restored, she returns to Earth with Andros and the other Rangers.
She was also Zhane's love interest for a time, but after Zhane had to stand her up to defeat a monster, she seemingly lost all interest in him, but was seen holding onto her photograph of him at the end of the episode.
[edit] Elgar
Elgar (played by Kenny Graceson, voiced by Derek Stephen Prince) is a rather dim-witted goon who originates from Turbo. Astronema did not particularly like him. However, when Divatox was relegated to transporting Zordon from world to world, Dark Specter decided to transfer him under Astronema's command. He served mainly as an assistant to Ecliptor and Darkonda. He was also destroyed by Zordon's energy wave along with many Quantrons and Piranhatrons in the crowd at Angel Grove.
[edit] Ecliptor
Ecliptor (voiced by Lex Lang) is Astronema's second in command. He is a powerful general, capable of holding his own against even the Red Space Ranger, Andros. He wields a sword (which can fire electric blasts), fires beams from his eyes, and can even make a duplicate of himself, called a Cyber Shadow.
Ecliptor is built, not born, as a creature of evil. In other words, he is a robot. He is charged with raising the captured Karone into a life of evil, so that she would become Astronema, Dark Specter's most devoted acolyte. It is sometimes implied that Ecliptor is more devoted to keeping Astronema safe than to his evil cause, which would suggest some kind of love, or at least a protective instinct. Ecliptor treats Astronema as both his queen and his daughter, offering advice when needed. He is always quick to reaffirm that Astronema is, and always has been, evil - although this is not the case.
He is later destroyed once in battle against the Astro Megazord, but was revived in a bulkier second form.
Ecliptor was rivals with Darkonda, a bounty hunter who worked for Dark Specter to capture Karone. Darkonda treats Ecliptor with disdain, always trying to one-up him. Darkonda can also merge with Ecliptor to form a powerful entity named Darkliptor. In this form, Darkonda is dominant, but Ecliptor can force them apart if he is strong enough. Ecliptor has even killed Darkonda on three occasions, during one of which, he saved Andros from a booby trap that was set for him by Darkonda.
When Andros finds out that Karone was Astronema, Ecliptor attempted to keep them apart, in order to prevent Astronema from learning the truth. He failed, and Astronema returned to the side of good as Karone once again. Ecliptor remained devoted to his princess, defending her against the attacks of his own forces. He was branded a traitor and was captured by Darkonda.
Later, Ecliptor is brainwashed by Darkonda to be fully evil, driving out any protective instinct he may have had towards Karone, and he is turned into a more powerful version of himself (this is considered his third form). It was this reprogrammed Ecliptor who captured Karone for her to be brainwashed into being Astronema again.
Towards the end of the Rangers' conflict with Astronema, Ecliptor gains an upgrade, turning red for a time. In this super-powered form, he destroys the Delta Megazord and severely damages the other zords before his new power expired, as after taking hits from each of the Rangers' individual weapons, he took one slash from Andros' Spiral Saber, turning him back to normal.
In Countdown to Destruction, when Andros inadvertently kills Astronema, Ecliptor appears. Breaking free of some of his programming, he demanded to know how Andros could have done this to his own sister. He vowed to avenge her death and they began dueling. Andros strikes him down and then turns to Zordon's energy tube, destroying it. The destruction sends a wave of energy that dissolves Ecliptor into a pile of sand. He is the first of many Zordon-era villains to be destroyed.
Ecliptor was also one of the few Power Rangers characters to exhibit the "honorable villain" personality, which was used again for Villamax, Diabolico, Zen-Aku, Koragg, and several others.
Interestingly, until the fall of Dark Specter, becoming Queen of Darkness, Ecliptor always referred to Astronema as his princess. This at first appears to be a style of address due to her position as Dark Princess of Space. However after her demise when he approaches her body he once again refers to her as his princess, implying that it is a term of endearment as well as address.
Ecliptor is the third villain to battle a Megazord one on one after Goldar (who fought the original Megazord) and Rito Revolto (who fought the Ninja Megazord/Ninja MegaFalconzord).
[edit] Darkonda
A bounty hunter from an unknown world, Darkonda (voiced by Steve Kramer) was the first treacherous antagonist in the Power Rangers series. Darkonda, as well as later villains such as Deviot, Frax, Vexacus, Zeltrax, Broodwing, and Imperious claimed allegiance to the primary villain of the series - in this case Astronema and Dark Specter - while working for their own agenda and plotting behind their leader's back. In this way, Darkonda was portrayed as the rival of Ecliptor, a villain who was wholly loyal to his superiors. This rivalry was brought to a head when he forcibly merged with Ecliptor to create the being known as Darkliptor.
In Darkonda's first appearance, he infects Carlos Vallerte, the Black Space Ranger, with the venom of a Barillian Bug, however his role is soon revealed to be much larger than that. He became one of Dark Specter's commanders, and is even responsible for taking Karone from KO-35 and taking her to Ecliptor for brainwashing. He attempts to destroy the Rangers and Ecliptor as well as his superior, Astronema, several times during the series.
Darkonda died several times during the series, but was regenerated each time. After each 'death', he marked another life on a scroll of paper that he carried with him, and it turned out that he had only a limited number of lives to live. How he came to be in this state of life and rebirth is unknown - possible reasons include that it is the nature of his species (unseen before or since Darkonda's stint on the show) or having made a "Devil's deal" with a powerful entity, possibly Dark Specter.
In Countdown to Destruction, in a final act of betrayal, Darkonda commandeers a Super Missile and uses it to destroy Dark Specter in an attempt to take power in controlling the universe for himself. However, he is destroyed in turn by the evil monarch before he fell. This is Darkonda's last life.
Darkonda has at least seven lives during the seriesand had lost two before his initial appearance in the series, totaling nine lives.
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