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Information about the new villains that appeared in this series can be found below. ASTRONEMA Astronema is known throughout the universe as the Princess of Evil, Dark Princess of Space, and the Princess of Darkness. Once known as Karone , sister of Andros , the Red Space Ranger, she lived on the planet KO-35 , a human space colony. While playing with her brother, in the park, they were developing Telekinesis as they played with a toy sphere. When the sphere floated away, Andros went after it, and Karone was captured by the vile Darkonda . Screaming for help, she was transported to another planet, and met Ecliptor and Dark Specter , the Grand Monarch of Evil. She was left in the care of Ecliptor who became a fatherly figure to her and trained her to be an evil warrior. The memories of being Karone faded away. Ecliptor had told her lies of the Power Rangers destroying her parents and her brother. After years of training and competing against other evil warriors, Astronema was later tutored in the dark arts of magic. She was awarded the Wraith Staff, which she uses to manipulate others and battle her opponents. With Dark Specter's help, she gained the space station, Dark Fortress, and an army of robotic soldiers called Quantrons. Astronema is known to change her hairstyle and color at will. She wore her locket that had the same pictures of her and Andros as children; however, she refused to acknowledge that she and Andros were siblings until later. As Astronema roamed the universe, conquering and destroying all those who would not serve her or Dark Specter, she would destroy them or turn them into his slaves. She met a warrior that carried the Armor Keys, magical talismans that would grant him great armor. To prevent the warrior from using the keys, she turned him into a stone figure. Astronema had found herself in love with the Silver Space Ranger, Zhane. However, due to one another's lies (which were truths), their relationship ended badly. When she found out who she truly was, she had sided with her brother, Andros, and helped him find Zordon. She was later captured by Ecliptor, who was brainwashed, and was condemned to the same fate as he. Her emotions were removed and inflicted with cybernetic implants that controlled her. She was transformed back into Karone during '' Countdown To Destruction ''. She and her brother battled when a deflected energy bolt struck her. Only the love Andros felt for his sister was strong enough to bring her back. Astronema was played by Melody Perkins . DARKONDA A 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 nevertheless 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 infected Carlos Vallertes , the Black Space Ranger, with the venom of a Barillian Bug, however his role was soon revealed to be much larger than that. He became one of Dark Specter's commanders, and was even responsible for taking Karone from KO-35 and taking her to Ecliptor for brainwashing. He attempted 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 off 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 commandeered a missile powerful enough to destroy the Earth and used it to destroy Dark Specter in an attempt to take power in controlling the universe for himself. However, he was destroyed in turn by the evil monarch before he fell. This was Darkonda's last life. Darkonda was voiced by Steve Kramer . DARK SPECTER Dark Specter, voiced by , and Astronema . Selecting Astronema to battle the Space Rangers, Dark Specter made sure they never rescued Zordon from his clutches. In '' Countdown To Destruction '', Dark Specter finally initiated an invasion of the entire universe, assaulting Earth, Aquitar , Triforia , KO-35 , and the homeworld of the Phantom Ranger , Eltar. Though the attack was going well, Dark Specter was 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 was able to hang on long enough to swallow Darkonda's fighter jet whole, destroying the bounty hunter with him. He soon fell to Earth as fragments. Dark Specter is nearly identical in appearance to the lava demon (even Divatox acknowledged the resemblance), and is capable of spitting fireballs, however, his personality is based on Javious The First from Denji Sentai Mega Ranger (despite the fact that the two look nothing alike). He is presumed to be involved in the destruction of Alpha 5 . ECLIPTOR Ecliptor 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 duplicates of himself. Ecliptor was built, not born, as a creature of evil. He was 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. 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. When Andros found out that his long-lost sister, 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 was brainwashed by Darkonda to be fully evil, driving out any protective instinct he may have had towards Karone. It was this reprogrammed Ecliptor who captured Karone in order for her to be brainwashed into being Astronema again. Towards the end of the Ranger's conflict with Astronema, Ecliptor gained an upgrade, turning red for a time. In this super-powered form, he destroyed the Delta Megazord before his new power expired, turning him back to normal. In '' Countdown To Destruction '', when Andros inadvertently delivered Astronema a mortal wound during a battle, Ecliptor appeared as she lay dying. Breaking free of some of his programming, he rushed over to his princess, asking Andros how he could have done this to his own sister. He vowed to avenge her death, and the two began a heated duel. Zordon told Andros that the only way to beat back the forces of evil was to break his energy tube - Andros, though hesitant to do so, did so, killing Zordon and releasing a wave of pure good energy that literally dissolved Ecliptor, reducing the once-proud warrior to a pile of sand, making Ecliptor the first of the villains to get killed by Zordon's energy wave. Ecliptor was voiced by , Goldar and several others. PSYCHO RANGERS The Psycho Rangers were created as evil counterparts to the Space Rangers. The evil princess Astronema created them to draw on the power of her master Dark Specter , and they were designed to hunt down the Power Rangers by tracking their energy, voices, and communicator noises. Each Psycho Ranger had a specific fighting style unbeatable by the Ranger that they were evil versions of. The Psycho Rangers consisted of Blue, Yellow, Pink, Black, and Red Psycho Rangers, with the Red Psycho Ranger as their leader. In this way, the Psycho Rangers were used by Astronema not only to defeat the Power Rangers, but also to severely weaken Dark Specter, whom Astronema wished to overthrow. Unfortunately for her, the Psycho Rangers were impatient and unwilling to follow her carefully laid schemes, and were destroyed by the Space Rangers when they discovered that when fighting a Psycho Ranger that was not their color, they could be easily defeated. The Psycho Rangers were rebuilt and it's revealed that they also had monster forms known as Psycho-Monsters whenever one of them has their Ranger form destroyed. The spectral forms of the Psycho Rangers were later restored to life again within Secret City, and attacked the Power Rangers. The Rangers managed to digitize them, preserving them in several key cards. During '', who revived the Psycho Rangers. He sent them after the Galaxy Rangers, but the Space Rangers teamed up with the new generation to defeat the Psychos. Psycho Pink survived, and managed to destroy the Pink Space morpher, replenishing her power. The Rangers destroyed her permanently using the Astro Megazord and Galaxy Megazord (in a battle shot entirely with American footage), but at the cost of the Pink Galaxy Ranger's life. Ironically, Psycho Pink was the first Psycho Ranger destroyed in ''Power Rangers in Space'', but the only one to survive the Lights of Orion attack in '''''Power Rangers Lost Galaxy'''''. 5 people voiced the Psycho Rangers: Patrick David (Psycho Red), Michael Maize (Psycho Black), Wally Wingert (Psycho Blue), Kamera Walton (Psycho Yellow), and Vicki Davis (Psycho Pink). A picture of the Psycho Rangers can be found here: http://www.rangercentral.com/images/pris-vi-psycho.jpg SEE ALSO |
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