Karone shows Damon a job posting for
chief mechanic. The mechanic with the best new device for
the station wins the position.
An obnoxious mechanic named Baxter
presents himself as Damon's rival, and advises him to not
even enter, since he won't be beaten.
A new monster shows off his powers on the
Scorpion Stinger - Decibat. he floods the craft with an
ear splitting sonic blast.
Trakeena sends him down to try that
against the Rangers. The Rangers have difficulty even
standing up to the crippling noise levels.
Damon manages to whip out his Trans
Blaster and fire a few shots at Decibat, taking out his
woofer, and forcing him to retreat.
As Damon discusses his plans for an
ultra-sonic transmitter to defend the colony against
Decibat, Baxter listens in, and gets an idea.
Damon falls asleep after an all nighter
working on his plans. Baxter sneaks in and takes pictures
of the blueprints.
The next morning, Damon arrives late at
the presentation, and finds that Baxter has become the
new chief, with plans stolen from him!
Damon warns Baxter that the plans were
not finished, and it may be dangerous to build this
device. Baxter brushes him off, and continues the
construction of the transmitter.
Decibat returns with his woofers repaired
and enhanced, making him more powerful than before. He
attacks the Rangers and pins them against the wall with
sonics.
It's time for Baxter to prove himself -
he and Stanton bring out the completed ultra-sonic
transmitter, and take aim at Decibat.
The ultra-sonic blast knocks Decibat off
his feet. The transmitter overloads, and Damon saves
Baxter from the resulting explosion.
Decibat gets back up and attacks the
Rangers once again, this time at full power. They are
powerless against his sonics.
Damon covers for Baxter, and then helps
hims repair the ultra-sonic transmitter, which is fired
at Decibat once more.
The second blast once again knocks
Decibat to the floor, and destroys his speakers,
rendering him powerless.
Damon morphs and joins the team, and they
put Decibat out of his misery with an Orion energy
attack.
Baxter aplogizes to Damon, and tells him
that he has resigned as chief mechanic, and has
recommended Damon for the position.
When Damon is offered the position, he
declines, and convinces Baxter to take it back. Damon
won't his grease monkey days just yet.
Comments:
It's good that they are sacrificing Zord fights
from episodes like this one. A Zord fight in an
episode like this would be a forced, 1 minute
scene at the end - completely useless. For the
past two eps, they've realize that Zord fights
don't need to be crammed in to every episode.
I haven't seen such child-like enthusiasm to
being a Ranger since Justin. Karone is really
getting a kick out of this Ranger business.
It just occured to me that Karone looks just like
Natalia Kassle of Danger Girl
