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Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue - Duty, and Diligence

So does this take place in the year 2000/2001? You know, the year the actual series itself was in?

Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue - Duty, and Diligence

@vancexentan I must have missed that bit. Sorry. You can keep the name if you like, but I don't think its that big of a deal.

Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue - Duty, and Diligence

@vancexentan Quick question. Who's commanding the Aqua Base? My biography implies that it's Ryan, but your own biography implies that Ryan may not have ever even joined Lightspeed in the first place. If I need to change something, please tell me.

Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue - Duty, and Diligence

Lightspeed Yellow

Name: Eugene King
Nicknames: Gene, King
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Ranger Color: Yellow

Appearance:


Biography:
Growing up an orphan sucks, but King was fortunate on some level. There were far worse places to grow up than Sunnyside Orphanage. It wasn't luxurious or even what one could consider middle class, but the caretakers there clearly cared about the state of the place and the kids living there. That was more than one could say for some other places out there. It was here that King spent his childhood, never getting picked for adoption namely due to the trouble he often caused alongside his "brother" Mark. Mark wasn't actually King's brother, they just happened to have arrived at Sunnyside at roughly the same time and thus latched on to each other in a brotherly way. It wasn't that the two of them didn't want to be taken by a family, it was simply that they refused to be taken by separate families, thus the two often sabotaged each other's chances for adoption solely so that they could stick together. Eventually, though, they became too old to stay and had to move out on their own.

Even as Teenagers, King and Mark got themselves into trouble on a regular basis. Shoplifting, getting into brawls with wannabe street gangs and even stealing a car on more than one occasion. So as young adults, it seemed appropriate the two wound up working at mechanic garage that moonlighted as an illegal chop shop. It was far from normal, but it wasn't completely terrible either. Despite the shady dealings, the owner was actually pretty chill guy who apparently only turned to shady deals because the legitimate side of his business simply wasn't making enough money to survive on. But Mark seemed to get just a little too into the shadier side of the business. He became the go to for negotiating illegal sales, which meant he was often chatting it up with the local street gangs and racing crews. Evidently Mark must have said the wrong thing because one day one of the bigger gangs - called the Sharks - started making threats against Mark. King, not entirely knowing the situation, leaped to his brother's defense. They won the fight, but that win bit them, hard.

That night, there was a fire. And Sunnyside Orphanage burned to the ground. Somehow they knew enough about their background to target their childhood home. No one was killed, but the damage was done. To make matters worse, evidence was planted to implicate King and Mark as the perpetrators of the fire. People who knew them well enough knew the two were notorious for doing stupid things, so few people questioned these allegations. But King, once again adamant about coming to his brother's defense, did the unthinkable. He confessed to the arson, plead guilty to the crime, and also under the assertion that he acted alone. He took a bullet so that Mark wouldn't have to. King was convicted of charges of Arson among several others and sentenced to 10 years in prison.

After nearly 3 years, King was suddenly released without warning. He was practically shoved out the door after having his clothes and effects returned to him. But he was confused, King wasn't even close to finishing his sentence, and he hadn't filed for any kind of appeal or parole either. Someone had pulled strings, that much was clear. And King soon met that someone, as they drove up to him in a yellow Hum-V and instructed him to get in. The driver introduced himself as Ryan, and he told King that his organization was able to use its clout to get King a probationary release. He said he'd followed King's case, and was also aware of his history of stealing and of fighting. He told King that such a skillset could come in handy, as well as King's unique knowledge of some of Mariner Bay's backstreets and shadier neighborhoods. All King had to do was join Ryan's "team" and he could be a free man, and even get the chance to clear his name. King wasn't exactly in a position to refuse.

Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue - Duty, and Diligence

Lightspeed Yellow

Name: Eugene King
Nicknames: Gene, King
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Ranger Color: Yellow

Appearance:


Biography:
Growing up an orphan sucks, but King was fortunate on some level. There were far worse places to grow up than Sunnyside Orphanage. It wasn't luxurious or even what one could consider middle class, but the caretakers there clearly cared about the state of the place and the kids living there. That was more than one could say for some other places out there. It was here that King spent his childhood, never getting picked for adoption namely due to the trouble he often caused alongside his "brother" Mark. Mark wasn't actually King's brother, they just happened to have arrived at Sunnyside at roughly the same time and thus latched on to each other in a brotherly way. It wasn't that the two of them didn't want to be taken by a family, it was simply that they refused to be taken by separate families, thus the two often sabotaged each other's chances for adoption solely so that they could stick together. Eventually, though, they became too old to stay and had to move out on their own.

Even as Teenagers, King and Mark got themselves into trouble on a regular basis. Shoplifting, getting into brawls with wannabe street gangs and even stealing a car on more than one occasion. So as young adults, it seemed appropriate the two wound up working at mechanic garage that moonlighted as an illegal chop shop. It was far from normal, but it wasn't completely terrible either. Despite the shady dealings, the owner was actually pretty chill guy who apparently only turned to shady deals because the legitimate side of his business simply wasn't making enough money to survive on. But Mark seemed to get just a little too into the shadier side of the business. He became the go to for negotiating illegal sales, which meant he was often chatting it up with the local street gangs and racing crews. Evidently Mark must have said the wrong thing because one day one of the bigger gangs - called the Sharks - started making threats against Mark. King, not entirely knowing the situation, leaped to his brother's defense. They won the fight, but that win bit them, hard.

That night, there was a fire. And Sunnyside Orphanage burned to the ground. Somehow they knew enough about their background to target their childhood home. No one was killed, but the damage was done. To make matters worse, evidence was planted to implicate King and Mark as the perpetrators of the fire. People who knew them well enough knew the two were notorious for doing stupid things, so few people questioned these allegations. But King, once again adamant about coming to his brother's defense, did the unthinkable. He confessed to the arson, plead guilty to the crime, and also under the assertion that he acted alone. He took a bullet so that Mark wouldn't have to. King was convicted of charges of Arson among several others and sentenced to 10 years in prison.

After nearly 3 years, King was suddenly released without warning. He was practically shoved out the door after having his clothes and effects returned to him. But he was confused, King wasn't even close to finishing his sentence, and he hadn't filed for any kind of appeal or parole either. Someone had pulled strings, that much was clear. And King soon met that someone, as they drove up to him in a yellow Hum-V and instructed him to get in. The driver introduced himself as Ryan, and he told King that his organization was able to use its clout to get King a probationary release. He said he'd followed King's case, and was also aware of his history of stealing and of fighting. He told King that such a skillset could come in handy, as well as King's unique knowledge of some of Mariner Bay's backstreets and shadier neighborhoods. All King had to do was join Ryan's "team" and he could be a free man, and even get the chance to clear his name. King wasn't exactly in a position to refuse.

Dragon Ball - The Planet Breakers

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It makes sense he shouldn't know that, absolutely. But the thing is the bikes shouldn't have drivers in the first place if they're the ones retreating with the slaves as they're already auto-piloting back while their drivers stay behind to capture more slaves.

@Potemking

Well, clearly they aren't the same bikes. Aren't there like 22 of these guys in total right now? I never specified that they were the same three.

Dragon Ball - The Planet Breakers

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I think there's a small problem here. The bikes can return to base on their own and the riders themselves stay behind as cleanup crew to try and grab even more villagers. So the vehicles that are retreating wouldn't have their drivers.

@Potemking

In my defense, Sitar wouldn't know that the bikes can keep going on autopilot. And fortunately I was also vague enough with my wording that I didn't specifically say the bikes stopped. My wording was that without the riders the bikes should stop, but again, Sitar obviously doesn't know about their autopilot feature yet.

Dragon Ball - The Planet Breakers

No sooner had Spyder departed The Scather, a different Yardrat appeared in its bay, bringing a sole individual along for the ride. They were Namekian, his skin largely green and patched with pinkish areas within dark red border lines. He walked forward without a moment's hesitation or even a word to the Yardrat. He did, however, give a quick wave albeit without even turning to look back. Sitar had made for the mission room to report the completion of his previous contract. It involved hunting down an capturing a slippery criminal that could only be described as a galactic snake oil salesman, traveling planet to planet convincing locals that he possessed an elixir capable of making the drinker several times stronger. But of course, after receiving orders and payments for elixir shipments he would instead vanish into the galaxy, never to be heard from again. Apparently Galactic Patrol had been having difficulty capturing him, as they were the ones who put up the contract and paid the bounty for him.

"You can tell Galactic Patrol that their con man is in imprisoned on Planet Raxus. I'm sure they'll be delighted to pick him up." Sitar told Clementine as he entered his personal code to log in his arrival. But Sitar didn't exactly bother with small talk, instead he went straight to checking the board for any active contracts he could take on. Unfortunately, most of them seemed to require that he wait for a team, but there was one currently active that he could jump into now without any delays, "Hmm, I'll go help with the Karkon Mission. That con man wasn't nearly enough of a warm up for me." and so he waited to enter his code on Clementine's pad so that he could be added to the mission roster, and then waited for the Yardrat to show up. Funnily enough, it was the exact same one that had just dropped Sitar off mere minutes ago.

"Fancy seeing you again." Sitar said, putting his green hand on the shoulder piece of the Yardrat's outfit, and waited.

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In mere moments, the Namekian found himself lightyears away on another planet entirely. Planet Karkon, in a village that the others probably had also first arrived in. But unlike them, and unlike Spyder, Sitar didn't wait to ask the locals any questions. Instead he immediately closed his eyes and focused. Sitar was one of the only Planet Breakers who didn't wear a Scouter of any sort, namely because he had no need for such a thing. His own Namekian senses were more than capable of detecting Ki, and did so far more reliably at that.

Locating the Ki of his fellow Planet Breakers would not a hard task. They were easily the strongest beings on this planet. And so all he had to do was get a bead on where the highest levels of Ki could be found, "That direction!" Sitar had suddenly said aloud to no one in particular. Perhaps Spyder had heard him? But it didn't matter, Sitar took off in the direction he sensed the high ki in, and he didn't bother waiting for anyone.

With flight, it didn't take long for village under attack to come into view. The enemy had numbers on their side, and appeared to be more concerned with withdrawing than with fighting. He could see the aftermath of the efforts of some of his fellow Planet Breakers. The battle had already started, which meant Sitar had no time to dawdle. The first thing he noticed was a trio of armored foes speeding away on vehicles. If they were Slavers, then that meant they had to be transporting their captives in some manner using those vehicles. All that really meant was that simply blasting them was not an option. But Sitar had his own idea.

The Namekian dive-bombed to the ground, ensuring that he would be directly in the path of the fleeing Riders. The large emblem emblazoned on the back of his vest seemed to gleam in the light, just before Sitar lunged forward. As he did so, he spun his body around, making sure to elongate his arms in order to create a wide, sweeping blow capable of clothes-lining the Riders right off their vehicles. Without them operating them, the vehicles and their occupants shouldn't be going any further. After that, Sitar was finally free to cut loose a bit, he formed a spear of green Ki in his hands, his Dragon Spear technique, and charged forward, this time with the intent of skewering these riders and running them through with his spear attack.

Dragon Ball - The Planet Breakers

@IceHeart@Potemking

Yeah, about that, what kind of excuse should I use for suddenly appearing? Returning from some offscreen mission or something?

Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue - Duty, and Diligence

Eh, why not? I'll try for the Yellow suit.