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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.

Dark Specter

Dark Specter (voiced by

Psycho Rangers and other evil forces that drew power from him in to destroy him, but to no avail however it did seriously weaken him. 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 never fought the rangers personally, so it is unknown whether they could have stood a chance against him.

Dark Specter is nearly identical in appearance to the lava demon

Maligore

(even Divatox acknowledged the resemblance), and is capable of spitting fireballs.

Astronema

Astronema (played by

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

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 Astronema, 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.

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 (the fact he was placed under her command by Dark Specter is the only reason why Astronema didn't kill him). He served mainly as an assistant to Ecliptor and Darkonda, and also operated the Satellasers (a beam of energy fired from Astronema's space base to the planet's surface to enlarge monsters). He was also destroyed by Zordon's energy wave along with many Quantrons and Piranhatrons in the battle at Angel Grove.

Ecliptor

Ecliptor (voiced by

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's arch-rival is Darkonda, a bounty hunter who worked for Dark Specter to capture Karone. Darkonda treats Ecliptor with disdain, always trying to one-up him. Ecliptor places a very high value on loyalty and absolutely hates the treachery that Darkonda delights in. Darkonda can also merge with Ecliptor to form a very 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 (in addition to a couple of hits from Andros' Battlizer), 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

Koragg

, and several others.

Darkonda

A

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

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.

He is Andros' greatest torment, having kidnapped Andros' sister when they were children.

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.

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 series. It is unknown if he had any more lives prior to his first appearance.

Psycho Rangers

Quantrons

Astronema's robotic foot soldiers.

Monsters

Manta Menace

A stingray monster occassionally fought on the Simudeck.

Electrotramp

An electric monster used by Astronema.

NOTE: Electrotramp is a recolored hybrid of two monster suits. It has the head of Ohranger monster Bara Police (unused in "Power Rangers: Zeo") and the body of a Varox.

Clawhammer

A lobster monster used by Astronema.

Voltage Hog

An electrical monster used by Astronema.

Elephantitan

An elephant monster used by Astronema.

Waspicable

A kind-hearted wasp monster.

Sting King

A hornet monster used by Astronema.

Crocovile

A regenerating crocodile monster used by Astronema.

Destructipede

An illusion-casting centipede monster used by Astronema.

Powerdriller

A rhinoceros-like drill monster summoned by Destructipede.

Fearog

A toad monster summoned by Destructipede.

Behemoth

A moth monster summoned by Destructipede.

Mamamite

A termite monster that hatched Termitus.

Termitus

A soldier termite monster hatched by Mamamite.

Barillian Bug

A alien like insect used by Darkonda, Barillian bugs once attacked KO-35, turning whoever it stung into monsters. A bug infected Carlos and he was slowly turning into a scorpion-like monster. T.J and Andros went after an antidote on KO-35 that Darkonda insisited did not exist. Cassie was infected as well and T.J. reversed the effects on the two by spraying them with an antidote gun. Darkonda released a bug that became a monster similar to what Carlos and Cassie became and was destroyed by the Megazord.

Mutantrus

A monster that was grown from a portion of the mutated Darkonda.

Lionizer

A robotic lion monster used by Astronema.

Body Switcher

A body-switching monster used by Astronema.

NOTE: 5 of the monsters Body Switcher turned into were recycled Beetleborgs costumes. They are Rocket Man, Cataclaws, LottaMuggs, Unctuous, and Firecat.

Lunatick

An antlion monster that hatched from a Kadix pod.

Crocotoxes

A breed of toxic eel monsters used by Darkonda.

Praying Mantis

A robotic mantis monster used by Astronema.

Destructoid

A wild animal monster that attacked Astronema.

NOTE: Destructoid was originally featured on Beetleborgs Metallix as Mole Monster (but with a different hair style here).

Horror Bulls

A set of bison monsters used by Ecliptor. The first one was destroyed by the Quadroblaster. The second one was destroyed by the Astro Delta Megazord.

Coralizer

A coral monster used by Darkonda. He infected the KO-35 Rebels with corals to grow on them on the planet Centaur B. He and Darkonda, disguised as Yatru fooled the Rebels. He was destroyed by the Astro Delta Megazord.

Lizwizard

An electrical chameleon monster used by Astronema.

Batarax

A sonic bat monster used by Astronema.

Spikey

A spike-covered plant-like monster used by Astronema.

Frightwing

A condor monster used by Astronema.

Owl Monster

A robotic owl monster.

Datascammer

A robotic data-gathering lizard monster used by Astronema. Datascammer could emit blasts from his mouth and scanned informaiton from the Power Rangers. He gave the information to Astronema. He was destroyed by the Mega Voyager.

Jakarak

An anglerfish monster who was the former master of Seymour.

Vacsacker

A robotic monster that was used to abduct people to Secret City.

Tankenstein

A powerful shapeshifting mechanical entity used by Astronema.

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 ===Barillian Bug===
 A alien like insect used by Darkonda, Barillian bugs
-once attacked KO-35, turning whoever it stung into monsters. A bug infected Carlos and he was slowly turning into a Scorpion like monster. T.J and Andros went after an antidote on KO-35 that Darkonda insisited did not exist. Cassie was infected as well and T.J. reversed the effects on the two by spraying them with an antidote gun. Darkonda released a bug that became a monster similar to what Carlos and Cassie became and was destroyed by the Megazord.
+once attacked KO-35, turning whoever it stung into monsters. A bug infected Carlos and he was slowly turning into a [[scorpion]]-like monster. T.J and Andros went after an antidote on KO-35 that Darkonda insisited did not exist. Cassie was infected as well and T.J. reversed the effects on the two by spraying them with an antidote gun. Darkonda released a bug that became a monster similar to what Carlos and Cassie became and was destroyed by the Megazord.
 ===Mutantrus===
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 ===Body Switcher===
 A body-switching monster used by Astronema.
+'''NOTE''': 5 of the monsters Body Switcher turned into were recycled [[Big Bad Beetleborgs|Beetleborgs]] costumes. They are Rocket Man, Cataclaws, LottaMuggs, Unctuous, and Firecat.
 ===Lunatick===