Rise of the Alien Astral Knights

Rise of the Alien Astral Knights is the second episode of PRaAK: Ad Astra et Superas.

Major Events

 * Spark, Dawn, Iron Heart, Niaki and Zariel morph for the first time.

Episode
Drago, his ship (the Naavik), and his crew have landed in the middle of a forest. The Naavik 's mechanic, a Lycarite named Spark, uses his hand to activate the diagnostics on the rocket, and a voice says that the rocket is 92% damaged. Kiana is amazed by the voice, and Spark explains that it's the rocket's AI. Dawn, a Zephyrite is upset that the rocket won't be able to fly, but Niaki is still happy because Luke and Kiana are now Power Rangers. Kiana asks what a Power Ranger is. Luke is shocked that Kiana doesn't know about the Power Rangers franchise, but he explains to her that whenever the stars begin to dim, the Power Rangers use the Astral Codex to save the world. Luke and Kiana are excited to be such an important person, but Dawn is still in a bad mood.

Night comes, and the rocket is still not fixed. Nova is tired, so she flops on top of Luke, startling him. Drago explains that Nova must be tired from summoning two portals, turning Luke and Kiana into Astral Knights Red and Green respectively, and re-creating the Astral Codex. Iron Heart then demands that Luke give him the Astral Codex, as it's an intergalactic treasure. Luke wants the Astral Codex, though, as he got it first. The two get into a fight, and Drago is not amused. Luke eventually wins the fight and Iron Heart orders him to find a shelter for Nova. Luke invites Kiana and Drago's crew to his house, surprising Zariel.

Luke's cat, Meow, then appears, scaring Dawn. Luke calms her down by explaining that Meow is nice and won't hurt him. After this, Drago's crew arrives outside of Luke's house. Spark activates a teleportation device to secretly teleport Luke and Kiana up through Luke's window. Luke asks why they're being so secretive and Zariel explains that they don't want to be alienated and stuff.

Luke, Kiana, Spark and Dawn make it into the bedroom and Spark is amazed by Luke's space-themed bedroom. Luke says that it used to be the study room used by his adoptive Terran dad, before it became his room. Dawn is then surprised by Luke's books and tech, and Spark remarks about the low-tech way humans have of storing information. Luke says that books and tech are great because they can take the reader anywhere.

"Hmmm... Books have some sort of warp technology?"

"No. Not actually. I've heard of warp tech, BUT that isn't how a book works."

Luke's adoptive grandfather then announces his arrival, and Iron Heart hides Spark by lifting him onto the ceiling. Luke's adoptive grandfather is upset that Luke's room is a mess. Luke's adoptive grandfather orders Luke to come down for dinner and leaves.

Downstairs, Luke joins his family at the dinner table. His adoptive mother asks if Luke found the mysterious creature he was looking for earlier that day. Luke says that he found her, but that she couldn't be found, confusing his adoptive mom. Luke goes upstairs to bring some food to Drago's crew. However, only Dawn, Drago, Reef, Zariel, Niaki and Iron Heart are there, as Spark has gone to repair the Naavik.

Outside, Spark asks the rocket's AI how likely it is that he'll become a Power Ranger. The AI responds that the probability is 0.000000012%. This disappoints Spark, who asks what Luke's and Kiana’s probabilities were before their morphs. Luke's probability was 9.99%, and Kiana’s was the same as Spark's. This surprises Spark.

"Wow. Luke is lucky!"

"It's the Devil's Luck. It's something from Kyuranger."

Then, Luke calls Spark and offers his onigiri, a Japanese snack. Spark confuses them for rocks and doesn't want to eat them. He reveals that he has his own food: cosmo-gummies. Luke is amazed by them. Spark senses that he wants to have one, so he gives Luke a cosmo-gummy. Luke loves it. He then tells Spark that he really should at least try an onigiri because he has no idea if he'll like it or not. Spark is disgusted by the idea, but he forces himself to take a bite. He finds that the onigiri is incredibly tasty, despite being quite sour in the middle.

Luke tells Spark that he's amazed at his ability to fly and fix the rocket. Spark says that it's only natural for him to know those things as he's an adult. Luke asks how old Spark is and Spark says (with the help of the AI) that he's 17 Terran years and 2 Terran days old. This makes him more than 22.7 Lycarian years old, and therefore an adult on Lycaria (approx. 22.6739727 Lycarite years old), so Spark feels that he's responsible for fixing the ship and saving Nova and Iron Heart. Luke understands and gives him the rest of the onigiri for later. He then bids Spark farewell, as his mother and grandparents would be mad if Luke stayed out late.

Meanwhile, in anothis area, Thrash emerges from a lake that he was in so he could replenish his fluids. He reports to a female Nottoraider that a Power Ranger has appeared, but he's still determined to defeat the Ranger and obtain Nova.

The next morning, Luke meets Spark, Iron Heart, and Nova. Luke tells Spark "Hello!" and explains that it's an expression that Earthlings use to greet each other. Spark says that the people on his planet use the touch sensors at the ends of their antennae as greeting instead. Iron Heart elaborates that Spark's antennae are electric and are useful for things Luke fixing Iron Heart's stiff neck. Luke asks if the three have always been together and Spark says that he only met Nova, Dawn, Niaki, Iron Heart and Zariel recently. Niaki explains that far away, from Earth, on a planet namex Exarai, is the Star Temple where the 88 Exarite deities who defend the universe live. Iron Heart used to serve them. However, the Star Palace got swallowed by the darkness of the Darkrain, who wanted the Exarite deities' powers. The Exarite deities sent Nova away and used the last of their power to drive the Nottoraiders away. Because of this, the Exarite deities are now lost in space. When this happened, Spark picked up a strange signal, which he and Drago's crew used to find Nova. The eight have been together ever since.

Luke tells the others that two nights ago, Nova showed him and Kiana Exarai. Iron Heart is excited by this and says that as a Power Ranger, Luke can save the Exarite deities. This makes Spark jealous.

Later, Luke and Kiana lead Spark to the top of a hill. Spark makes it before everyone else, so he sits down. Just then, he's spotted by Camden Galilei and he panics. Because Nova never used her magic on Camden, the two can't understand each other. Camden assumes that Spark is a foreigner. Then, Luke comes up and says that Spark is from space. When Spark panics, Luke backtracks and says that Spark is his friend who is totally not from space. Spark is flattered by being called a friend. Nonetheless, he's still upset that Luke led him here. Luke says that he wanted to show Spark the view so he could take a break from repairing the ship. Spark asks why Luke got to become a Power Ranger even though he hasn't been with Nova as long as Spark has. Luke notices that Spark wants to be a Power Ranger and says that if Spark really wants to be a Power Ranger, he should just be one. Spark protests that it isn't that easy since data based on past statistics says that he has next to no chance. Luke says that the data may know the past, but it doesn't know the future.

Luke gives the others some juice and they return home. However, they're stopped by Thrash and an army of Darkdrones. Luke and Kiana’s Astral Knight Morphers glow, and with their powers, they morph into the Astral Knights Red and Green Rangers, respectively. Nova jumps into Spark's arms and the Darkdrones attack. Luke/Red Ranger takes out a bunch of Darkdrones with the Leo Star Impact. Meanwhile, Spark tries to run away with Nova, but he's stopped by Thrash and trips, falling down a hill. Kiana/Green Ranger tries to help, but she's stopped by some Darkdrones.

Spark continues to run, but he's soon backed against a stone hill by Thrash. Thrash notes that he's shielding Nova, but says that miracles don't happen twice. Thrash attacks with his dual-bladed sword, only to be stopped and dragged backward by Kiana/Green Ranger. A Darkdrone surrounds Spark and Kiana/Green Ranger tells Spark to transform into a Power Ranger. Thrash says that that's impossible and sends one of his Darkdrones forth. Before it can touch Spark, Iron Heart headbutts it and Dawn carries Spark up to a higher rock.

Spark says that there's no way that he can become a Power Ranger, but Luke/Red Ranger insists that Spark can. He tells Spark to envision the Spark he wants to be and to not say that it's impossible, regardless of what some data says. Spark says that he and his crew want to protect Nova with their own power and that they will become Rangers. Nova suddenly glows and summons new Astral Knight Morphers, new Astral KeyTectors, and the Lupus, Aquila, Taurus, Vulpecula, and Scorpio Keys. Spark calls Dawn, Iron Heart, Niaki and Zariel to his side, and they morph.

The Darkdrones charge, but Zariel/Crimson Ranger defeats them by poisoning them with his tail. Thrash is in disbelief, as he still believes that miracles don't happen twice. Niaki/Purple Ranger says that the miracle was the same as last time's; it used to be Luke and Kiana, and now it's Spark, Dawn, Iron Heart, Niaki and Zariel. Thrash tries to strike Iron Heart/Orange Ranger with his sword, but Spark/Blue Ranger unleashes his new attack: Lupus Star Impact. This finisher injures Thrash, so he and the Darkdrones teleport away.

Later, by the rocket, Luke tells Spark that he knew he could become a Power Ranger. Spark says that he thinks he was able to become one because Luke was, too. Suddenly, Luke's Astral KeyTector glows. The Astral KeyTector cycles through some glitchy constellation symbols, eventually stopping at Ursa Major’s.