Sledge (Power Rangers Dino Charge)

Sledge is a male television extraterrestrial villain who features in Power Rangers.

Biography

Sledge was an alien bounty hunter who was over 65 million years old where since prehistoric times he operated as an outlaw. He gathered anything from asteroids to rare items as part of his living with him earning thousands of Space Bullion for his conquests. In time, he came to operate his own spacecraft and commanded his own crew where in time he met Poisandra with her becoming his beloved bride. At some point, he came to learn of the existence of the Energems and sought to acquire them but the ten relics were in possession of the Keeper. The Keeper attempted to hide from Sledge who pursued him across space with their chase taking them to Earth. One of his henchmen was dispatched to recover the gems after the Keeper's ship crashed on Earth but instead accidently returned with a bomb that detonated. The explosion damaged Sledge's ship and caused its collection of asteroids to become dislodged where they rained on the surface of the planet causing the mass extinction of the dinosaurs along with the Energems seemingly becoming lost. Sixty-five million years later, Sledge succeeds at returning to Earth's orbit, and releases Iceage to retrieve the Energems, only for his outlaw to be defeated, after several lost battles, by the newest generation of Power Rangers, who already possess five of the Energems.

ector who operated a massive prison spaceship filled with captured space outlaws. Driven by an obsession with wealth and absolute power, he spent sixty-five million years hunting an alien guardian named Keeper to steal the Energems, ten mystical artifacts capable of granting invincible universal control. In the ancient past, Sledge tracked Keeper down to Earth and ordered his flagship to open fire on Keeper's vessel, desperately demanding the artifacts so he could finally settle a nagging marriage argument with his fiancé, Poisandra. Keeper tricked Sledge's lead general, Fury, into taking a containment box rigged with a bomb instead of the real gems. The resulting explosion severely crippled Sledge's ship and accidentally knocked his massive haul of collected space asteroids out of orbit. These giant space rocks plummeted directly into Earth, triggering the historic extinction event of the dinosaurs and leaving Sledge blasted deep into the far reaches of space for millennia. (Episode: Powers from the Past)

Sledge later notices Scrapper trying to escape his ship and offers to personally chauffeur him to any galaxy he wants if he can get him an Energem. Despite being successful at finding the location of the Rangers' base, Tyler prevents him from returning to the ship to report his findings. The outlaw ends up defeated, despite Wrench's assistance, and is ultimately destroyed by the Dino Charge Megazord Tri-Stego Formation. Later, Sledge concedes to Fury's suggestion to send Slammer to cage the Rangers, forcefully sending his minion out of the warship to begin the mission immediately. As Poisandra complains about her stay at the ship and the lack of companionship, Wrench unveils his creation, Curio, as a gift to her, after which the happy-go-lucky duo merrily leaves, much to everyone else's relief, since Sledge mainly ordered his creation to get her off his back. Slammer fails due to Koda's interference and is eventually destroyed by the Dino Charge Megazord Stego-Raptor Formation.

Overview

Personality and attributes

In appearance, Sledge was a tall, heavily built alien warlord who possessed green-colored skin and a brutish, reptilian facial structure. His head was completely bald, highlighted by an aggressive brow line, small black eyes, a wide mouth, and prominent metallic bolts or cylinders protruding from the sides of his jaw. He was almost entirely encased in a thick suit of weathered, industrial cybernetic armor that was predominantly a dirty copper and dark metallic grey color. This heavy exo-suit featured wide, bulky pauldrons covering his shoulders and segmented metal plates safeguarding his chest, forearms, and massive boots. A unique mechanical feature of his armor was an integrated high-speed jetpack system boasting dual-thruster nozzles positioned directly on his back shoulders. The overall aesthetic of his gear was scarred, scratched, and heavily worn, emphasizing his rough lifestyle as an ancient space scavenger rather than a refined warrior. (Episode: Powers from the Past)

Though ill-tempered towards his subordinates, he displayed a softer side around his fiancé, Poisandra.

Powers and abilities

Sledge possessed formidable physical power and tactical leadership skills, commanding a massive crew of alien outlaws, cybernetic mechanics, and specialized foot soldiers through pure intimidation. He exhibited immense superhuman strength, capable of easily overpowering his strongest subordinates and shrugging off high-impact kinetic forces due to his highly durable cybernetic armor plating. His armor's shoulder-mounted jetpack granted him the capability of high-speed personal flight, allowing him to rapidly maneuver through hostile battlefields or quickly escape back to his flagship without relying on traditional teleportation technology. For ranged combat, Sledge wielded a heavy, specialized blaster handgun that fired highly destructive green energy lasers capable of instantly neutralizing opponents in a single shot. Additionally, he possessed a massive interstellar command ship equipped with electronets strong enough to capture planetary bodies, alongside a devastating weapon called the Magna Beam which could instantly enlarge targeted entities into gigantic monstrosities. (Episode: Powers from the Past)

Notes

• Sledge was portrayed by actor Adam Gardiner and featured as an antagonist in Power Rangers Dino Charge.
• The character was an original creation of the Power Rangers franchise and was not based on a villain from the Super Sentai series.

Appearances

• Power Rangers Dino Charge:

External Links

• Power Rangers Wiki Entry

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