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The Power Chamber was the Power Rangers' base of operations during Power Rangers Zeo and Power Rangers Turbo. It is the second generation in strategic command outposts after the Command Center.
The Power Chamber had been built in secret by Zordon and Alpha 5 at an unknown point in time. After Goldar and Rito Revolto activated a bomb in the catacombs of the Command Center, Zordon and Alpha retreated to the Power Chamber during the explosion and brought it online. Zordon then used his power to rebuild the exterior building of the original Command Center. As the began its invasion of Earth, the Rangers who had been sent to the catacombs for their protection followed the voice of Alpha 5 to a door which teleported them to the new Power Chamber. Compared to the Command Center, the Power Chamber is a much larger facility that gives the Rangers and Alpha greater freedom to move around and also to build or repair equipment. More consoles are made available, and the Viewing Globe and Monster Alarm are also redesigned. On the back wall are a series of display cases in which the original uniforms and weapons of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers are placed on display in honor of their past service in protecting Earth. There is also a small alcove next to Zordon's tube designed to allow Alpha to plug in (possibly to recharge). It is also implied that there are other rooms in the Power Chamber.
In Power Rangers Turbo, Dimitria and Alpha 6 become the new caretakers of the Power Chamber after Zordon and Alpha 5 leave for Eltar. The interior underwent a major redesign; the chamber was now much more brightly lit with the floor plan being changed, the control console being made larger with more buttons (with additional console added in other parts of the chamber) and the viewing globe being replaced with a simple monitor screen. The most significant change was that the Ranger gallery along the back wall had been removed and replaced with five Ranger-colored tubes. Later in the series the rotating alarm was replaced with a red six-light sequence.
The Power Chamber is later invaded by Divatox's forces when they track the Turbo Rangers to its location and launch a gigantic assault. Though the Rangers fight valiantly, they are unable to stop Elgar from planting detonators throughout the Power Chamber, allowing Divatox to destroy it with a single push of a button.
Luckily the Rangers survived the blast and managed to successfully hide from Divatox's remaining forces in the rubble. In the ruins, Alpha 6 found the black box which would prove invaluable when the Rangers went into space to find Zordon. TV STORY-Chase Into Space
Old Power Chamber To New Power Chamber[]
Since no actual explanation was given for the set change during the end of Zeo and beginning of Turbo. It has been stated by the producers the original Command Center was destroyed and that the Power Chamber was located under the Command Center building itself and became the Rangers new base of operations during their Zeo tenure. During the episode "A Zeo Beginning", the original Command Center building was rebuilt by Zordon which has led fans to speculate that the set change shown in Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie and used for the rest of the Turbo Season was a new Power Chamber built in the old Command Center building and that the original Power Chamber which contained the original Power Rangers suits was simply deactivated and operations moved to the new Power Chamber. However as no one has commented or answered the question, it simply remains fan speculation at present.
Notes[]
- The White Tiger Power Coin was created within the Power Chamber.
- Even though Zordon placed facsimiles of the original Power Ranger suits and weapons in display cases at the back of the chamber, for unknown reasons the Green Rangers suit and Dragon Dagger are not on display.
- The Power Chamber was originally accessed by Alpha 5 through a door of white light.
- The new chamber seen from Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie had fans naming it the Turbo Chamber.
- In the draft script, the Space Rangers of Power Rangers in Space originally were going to have the Power Chamber as their main Base of Operations and was called as "Power Dome" but later this decision was scrapped in the final script.[1]
Appearances[]
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Season 2)
- Episode 17: White Light, Part I (cameo)
- Episode 18: White Light, Part II (cameo)
- Power Rangers Zeo
- Episode 1: A Zeo Beginning, Part I (first appearance)
- Episode 2: A Zeo Beginning, Part II
- Episode 3: The Shooting Star
- Episode 4: Target Rangers
- Episode 5: For Cryin' Out Loud
- Episode 7: Every Dog Has His Day
- Episode 8: The Puppet Blaster
- Episode 9: Invasion of the Ranger Snatchers
- Episode 10: Graduation Blues
- Episode 11: A Few Bad Seeds
- Episode 12: Instrument of Destruction
- Episode 13: Mean Screen
- Episode 14: Mr. Billy's Wild Ride
- Episode 16: There's No Business Like Snow Business, Part II
- Episode 17: There's No Business Like Snow Business, Part III
- Episode 18: Inner Spirit
- Episode 19: Challenges
- Episode 20: Found and Lost
- Episode 21: Brother, Can You Spare an Arrowhead?
- Episode 22: Trust in Me
- Episode 23: It Came From Angel Grove (as a dream)
- Episode 24: Bulk Fiction
- Episode 25: Song Sung Yellow (mentioned only)
- Episode 26: Game of Honor
- Episode 27: The Power of Gold
- Episode 28: A Small Problem
- Episode 29: A Season to Remember
- Episode 30: Oily to Bed, Oily to Rise
- Episode 31: Rock-A-Bye Power Rangers
- Episode 32: Do I Know You?
- Episode 33: Revelations of Gold
- Episode 34: A Golden Homecoming
- Episode 35: Mondo's Last Stand
- Episode 36: Bomber in the Summer
- Episode 37: Scent of a Weasel
- Episode 38: The Lore of Auric
- Episode 39: The Ranger Who Came in from the Gold
- Episode 40: The Joke's on Blue
- Episode 41: Where in the World is Zeo Ranger 5?
- Episode 42: King for a Day, Part I
- Episode 43: King for a Day, Part II
- Episode 44: A Brief Mystery of Time
- Episode 45: A Mystery to Me
- Episode 46: Another Song and Dance
- Episode 47: Rangers of Two Worlds, Part I
- Episode 48: Rangers of Two Worlds, Part II
- Episode 49: Hawaii Zeo
- Episode 50/Finale: Good as Gold
- Power Rangers Turbo
- Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie
- Episode 1: Shift Into Turbo, Part I
- Episode 2: Shift Into Turbo, Part II
- Episode 3: Shift Into Turbo, Part III
- Episode 4: Shadow Rangers
- Episode 5: Transmission Impossible
- Episode 7: Built for Speed
- Episode 8: Bicycle Built for the Blues
- Episode 9: The Whole Lie
- Episode 10: Glyph Hanger
- Episode 11: Weight and See
- Episode 12: Alarmed and Dangerous
- Episode 13: The Millennium Message
- Episode 14: A Drive to Win
- Episode 15: Cars Attacks
- Episode 16: Honey, I Shrunk the Rangers, Part I
- Episode 17: Honey, I Shrunk the Rangers, Part II
- Episode 18: Passing the Torch, Part I
- Episode 19: Passing the Torch, Part II
- Episode 20: Stitch Witchery
- Episode 21: The Wheel of Fate
- Episode 22: Trouble by the Slice
- Episode 23: The Phantom Phenomenon
- Episode 24: Vanishing Act
- Episode 25: When Time Freezes Over
- Episode 26: The Darkest Day
- Episode 27: One Last Hope
- Episode 28: The Fall of the Phantom
- Episode 29: Clash of the Megazords
- Episode 30: The Robot Ranger
- Episode 31: Beware the Third Wish
- Episode 32: The Gardener of Evil
- Episode 33: Fire in Your Tank
- Episode 35: Spirit of the Woods
- Episode 36: The Song of Confusion
- Episode 37: The Accident
- Episode 38: Cassie's Best Friend
- Episode 40: Carlos and the Count
- Episode 41: Little Strong Man
- Episode 42: The Rival Rangers
- Episode 43: Parts and Parcel
- Episode 44: Chase into Space, Part I
- Episode 45/Finale: Chase into Space, Part II (final appearance and destruction)
- Power Rangers in Space
- Episode 1: From Out of Nowhere, Part 1 (mentioned only)
- Power Rangers: The Lost Episode (archive footage only)
- Power Rangers Dino Thunder
- Episode 4: Legacy of Power (archive footage only)
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