A group of nomads in search of water
wander in the desert. They come across ruins, and
inadvertantly unleash a group of demons from an
underground tomb.
When Lightspeed paramedic Dana hears of
this, she immediately tells her father, Captain Mitchell.
He dispatches his men to bring in four hand picked team
members.
Hotshot stunt pilot Joel is the first to
be approached, and is practically dragged in kicking and
screaming.
Next up is adventurer Kelsey, who
encounters Lightspeed's men in black at the end of a rock
climb.
Before he can even feed his whales,
trainer Chad is greeted by the agents.
As they search for the fourth member,
Dana witnesses a brave firefighter save a child from a
burning building.
The firefighter was Carter, the fourth
target of Dana's search. She handles this one personally,
and "recruits" Carter herself.
The four demons have gathered in their
temple, which is underneath the city of Mariner Bay. It
seems that the city had been built over the demons' home,
and they want it back.
The four chosen ones are taken by
helicopter and submarine to the Lightspeed Aqua Base, an
enormous underwater complex.
They are greeted by Captain Mitchell, who
explains to them that they are there to utilize their
Lightspeed technology to fight the impending attack by
the demons, who had been imprisoned thousands of years,
and have returned to reclaim their city.
Images of chaos and destruction have
appeared on a viewscreen. Diabolico's forces have begun
their attack! The four heroes must make their decisions,
and make them fast.
They accept the Rescue Morphers, and Dana
is shocked to discover that she is the fifth member. The
team straps on their morphers, dons the rescue jackets,
and take off in a humvee.
When they arrive on the scene, they find
a monster and a team of Batlings. The Rangers try to
fight them unmorphed, but do not stand a chance.
With the call of "Lightspeed
Rescue!", the five heroes stand transformed into a
spectacular fighting team.
First, they take out the Batlings.
Then they take on the monster.
A few shots from the Rescue Blasters make
short work of this monster, and he is toast.
The team's celebration back at the base
is cut short when Mitchell tells them that their struggle
has only begun..
Comments:
Although he was never officially made the leader,
Carter will most likely fall into that role, just
for being the Red Ranger. It seems to me that
Dana should be the team leader. She has more
training and experience with the Lightspeed
organization and its technology.
My first impression of the Aqua Base - Terra
Venture under water.
Nice morphing sequence. A bit drawn out though.
Finally, Earth based morphing powers created by
humans. It's good to see a completely
technologically based team developed by the good
old US of A. The whole military and technology
theme reminds me of Ohranger.
Not only are the Rangers Earth-based, but so are
the villains. It's a refreshing change from evil
space aliens trying to take over Earth. These
villains just want their city back - a good
explanation for them constantly attacking Mariner
Bay.
The demons are missing their queen - Queen
Bansheera. I'm willing to bet she will make an
appearance somewhere down the road.
The monster in this episode was the monster
version of Psycho Red from Power Rangers in
Space.
Loved the "Rescue Humvee".
The Rangers unmorphed in public after the battle,
and were cheered on by the people. Apparently,
their identities will be publicly known.
