Well, my idea in the "timeskip" was that it covered more ground to give you all a chance to have more to reply to. If it then required my characters to reply further to something that happened earlier, I could retroactively do so in my subsequent post, such as what I did with Tommy responding to Helia bossing around Bulk and Skull even though the story had already moved to the cafe. But I understand how having the sequence of events be slightly non-linear like that can be confusing as hell, since after all, this isn't a Tarantino RP LOL. 

That being said, I think I desire too much control over the narrative to continue GMing this story. One of you needs to take over as GM, but I will share what I had planned for the overarching tale and you can pull what you want from it:

Shortly after finding the ship, Bandora takes over Karone and makes her presence known, creates an army of Putties from clay in the rocks and walls of the cave to fight the Rangers, and hijack's the ship's transporter to teleport to an undisclosed location. Once the Putties are defeated, the Rangers ultimately return back to the surface, but Zordon has them teleport back to the ship multiple times for Ranger Training over the following weeks while he is trying to scan for Bandora. 

Meanwhile, Karone is seen in a shady hotel in Tokyo, and it becomes clear she and Bandora have been fighting for control of her body. The evil witch has been all over Japan, seeking out various Yakuza bosses, looking for someone in particular, whom she finally finds in Shinjuku. It goes something like this:

"Let me see your boss. Now."
"You need an appointment, little girly, hahaha."
"He's expecting me, but... I'm about four centuries late. Just take me to Zeddomaru-sama, tell him it's Bandora..."

Yes, Zeddomaru is my version of Lord Zedd, a centuries-old samurai who turned to blood magic and bonded with a Void Dragon during the Mongol invasion of Japan. In modern times, he sits on the council of a global crime syndicate with seven other Heads, each one bonded with their own Void Dragon. This group is the Dai Shi. 

The story would have had the Rangers fight Bandora and her four generals, before Zeddomaru steps in himself, and then eventually, all eight Heads of the Dai Shi. But then similar to how Joker shows up at the Mob meeting in the Dark Knight, Ivan Ooze forces the Dai Shi to go on the defensive. This leads to the journey to the planet Phaedos to attain greater powers by bonding directly with the Zeo Mother Crystal, which is guarded within the Whitestone Citadel. 

I hadn't yet developed the overarching narrative much beyond that, but I had hoped we could use your Venjix idea to be a back-door into a Machine Empire arc. 

Feel free to use what you like from that, but I do feel it's best for us all if I step aside.