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Below are the descriptions for the clips.
"The Power of Rage" (Part 1 of 5)
Braver and Holi accompany Jan to the Schaefer energy facility on Earth, where Jan
thinks about Liokaiser's first appearance and battle with Star Saber.
Technical details:
The source is a second-generation videotape, though of a much better quality than the Masterforce clips. The full-screen view does look great at 1280X1024 resolution on my monitor, helped by the sharpen filter I applied to the video.
Description of the events in the video:
After a commercial break with a deformed Star Saber, the preview for the episode begins with a fight between Star Saber and Liokaiser. With fellow Brainmasters Laster and Braver at his sides, Blacker fires some shots. Dinoforce member Kakuryu in his robot form raises a white flag. Breastforce member Jargua walks by and turns around. The three Brainmasters appear next and leap into the air. Killbison in his tank mode fires while accompanied by his fellow Breastforce members. The Brainmasters leap out of a tunnel. A giant pike strikes into the Brainmaster combiner Road Caesar's right leg, followed by Liokaiser knocking him down with another pike as a close-up of his head appears. The Brainmasters run out of a building as Star Saber dodges a shot. Liokaiser fights Road Caesar some more as Star Saber dodges another shot. Liokaiser is seen with a chain around Star Saber's head as Road Caesar jumps in. Star Saber then ominously hits Liokaiser with his blazing sword as the title scene with the Cybertron leader appears.
The episode begins with a pan across two transport ships and a large complex atop a metallic-covered planet. The complex is a Schaefer energy facility, of which the red, blue, and white Brainmaster Braver is a member. He is accompanied by the human boy Jan and the Micromaster Holi as they ride a horizontal conveyor inside the building, with R2D2 and C3P0 from Star Wars going the other direction as seen here (47K, series, 8/2/99). ;) Jan is amazed by the sights as Braver acts like a tour host, with a scene to the outside of a large transport ship landing.
The three enter a chamber from which they could see the generator itself. Continuing his explanation, Braver pulls out from his body a shiny golden Schaefer energy crystal. Holi does the same to (I think) reveal that all Cybertrons have one. The scene ends with Braver being called away for something and transfers outside to the metallic-covered ground below, with Jan and Holi looking out over it as a ship flies by overhead. Jan then worries about the Destron combiner Liokaiser, with a flashback to Liokaiser's first appearance and his fight with Star Saber before the faction scene change.
"The Power of Rage" (Part 2 of 5)
Meetings on the Cybertron and Destron sides are followed by Jan's premonition of
Star Saber's death from Liokaiser, and the Destron's first move against the
Schaefer energy facility.
Technical details:
The source is a second-generation videotape, though of a much better quality than the Masterforce clips. The full-screen view does look great at 1280X1024 resolution on my monitor, helped by the sharpen filter I applied to the video.
Description of the events in the video:
The Cybertrons are meeting to discuss the Destrons. Blacker, leader of the Brainmaster cars, gets up to walk over to Star Saber in his smaller robot form as the scene switches to the Multiforce members Machtackle and Dashtacker on Star Saber's right. The other Multiforce member, Wingwaver, is to his left.
As Star Saber finishes talking, ominous music plays as the Destron ship Thunder Arrow moves through some dark clouds. Breastforce leader Leozack is seen next, followed by the main chamber with the rest of the Breastforce. Destron leader Deszaras sits on his throne with his back to them, while his two animal partners watch the others by his sides. After a pan over Killbison, Hellbat, Leozack, Guyhawk, Jargua, and Drillhorn from left to right, Deszaras turns around in his throne and talks to them, petting his squawking eagle at one point. A flashback follows of Deszaras' huge space fortress and his battle with Star Saber on it leading to the fortress being stripped of its energy and trapped in a dark starless void. His eyes flashing at the memory, Deszaras gets up and walks down, continuing his speech. Leozack and Guyhawk enter a conversation with him which leads to the Breastforce leader looking flustered at Guyhawk and then Hellbat.
What follows is a never-before seen battle scene between the Breastforce combiner Liokaiser and Star Saber atop a plateau against a red sky. Immobilizing Star Saber's sword-wielding hand with a chain, Liokaiser sends a spinning spiked ring slamming into the right shoulder. Laughing, the Destron lets go of his end of the chain, which loops around Star Saber's neck as a view of the ground below appears. Liokaiser then produces a pike and pierce Star Saber through his chest with it, sending him falling over the plateau's edge yelling and loosing his sword.
The battle turns out to be a nightmare in Jan's mind. Thinking it could be a prophecy, he quickly gets dressed and goes looking for Star Saber on his hoverboard as the scene changes. Blacker, noticing Jan calling out "Soushireikan!" (which means "leader", or "Prime" if you want to), tells him that Star Saber is outside their base, and keeps looking after the boy before returning to work. Jan finally found him out by a shore, looking out over the moon-lit water, and called out again, saying, "Makenai, Liokaiser-- (Don't give up, Liokaiser--)" before he is interrupted by his reassurance. The melody plays out as a Star Saber in battle mode stands tall against the moon before the scene change.
Leozack and Guyhawk appear in jet modes flying into the Schaefer energy facility area, with Hellbat showing up later, and firing with no opposition. The humans in the area try to escape, with Hellbat putting the ones in his way to sleep with his hypnotism. Back at the base, (note the red "EMERGENCY" on a screen) the Cybertrons are alerted to the attack and move out. The Brainmaster cars Laster, Blacker, and Braver, seen left to right, roll out at high speed from the launch bay, and Star Saber follows right after them. The clip ends with a commercial break featuring Deszaras.
"The Power of Rage" (Part 3 of 5)
The Cybertrons are moving in to evacuate civilians from the area and the
Schaefer energy facility and to battle the Destrons, who are guarding the facility
while taking away its energy crystals.
Technical details:
The source is a second-generation videotape, though of a much better quality than the Masterforce clips. The full-screen view does look great at 1280X1024 resolution on my monitor, helped by the sharpen filter I applied to the video.
Description of the events in the video:
After a commercial break with the Dinoforce, the Destrons continue their attack. Swooping down, the three Breastforce jets hover over their comrades rolling along on the ground. Leozack is seen over Killbison and Drillhorn, and zips off as Jargua appears. The huge Destron ship Thunder Arrow moves behind some tall buildings, lowering the landing gears before landing near the Schaefer energy facility. The Dinoforce come out, led by their leader Goryu on a T-Rex and a clumsy falling Kakuryu, as they are ordered by Leozack to go in and get all the energy as soon as possible.
After the scene change Star Saber is flying high in superjet mode with light reflecting off him. The three Brainmaster cars, followed by the three land Rescue Force vehicles, drive along on the ground as Star Saber give them their orders before zooming off ahead.
After another scene change the three Rescue Patrol vehicles stop. Jan gets out of the police car Holi before he transforms and gives the rest some instructions before they roll off. Jan says "Mina, gambatte na! (Everyone, good luck!)" as the view switches to a rear one of Blacker and his Brainmasters rolling off at high speeds. The view then shifts upwards to the facility itself, where the Breastforce are guarding it from the outside. The Cybertron Brainmasters then transform, showing off their brain-formation as they call out "Brain set!"
Walking around, Breastforce member Jargua notices Star Saber approaching and informs the others. Killbison on the upper left wants to do something, but Guyhawk in the upper right tells him to wait as he jumps down, transforms, and flies off to fight Star Saber himself. Jargua is hit a bit by Star Saber's wake as the two jets fly off around each other into higher altitude, and then come back down with Guyhawk in pursuit and firing. Star Saber then shouts "Transform!", uses his jet booster as a battle sled, and swings his sword as the scene changes.
Inside the facility, the Brainmasters run through the tunnels toward the area where the Dinoforce are piling boxes of Schaefer energy crystals into a transport van. Talking atop his T-Rex shell, Goryu hits Kakuryu when he opens a box to take out and caress a crystal. Kakuryu then raises a white flag. A dome opens up somewhere else inside the building as Blacker, Laster, and Braver jump out.
The view returns to outside the building. Dodging Guyhawk's missiles, Star Saber swings his sword and slits the Destron's right wing. Star Saber then aims his glowing sword at Guyhawk and fires some energy at him, covering him in some glow, before Leozack tells him to return. After Guyhawk transforms and lands, Star Saber flies off behind the building as the scene changes.
The Dinoforce is moving off with the energy inside the transport van. The Brainmasters see them and continue moving down a different corridor, firing on Kakuryu when he comes out with another box to knock him down before they continue into the chamber, which is totally empty of everyone and everything.
"The Power of Rage" (Part 4 of 5)
The battle is heating up with the appearance of Star Saber and Liokaiser.
Road Caesar shows up to help while Star Saber prevents a huge tower from
collapsing onto the people still in the area below.
Technical details:
The source is a second-generation videotape, though of a much better quality than the Masterforce clips. The full-screen view does look great at 1280X1024 resolution on my monitor, helped by the sharpen filter I applied to the video.
Description of the events in the video:
With the other Breastforce members standing around his tank mode, Killbison fires into the air at Star Saber. He leaps off his sled/booster and shouts "Transform!", merging with his booster to form a larger robot and saying "Battle up!" as his helmet slides down over his head from the back. The Breastforce then combine into Liokaiser, who draws his twin-barrel blaster and starts firing. Star Saber leaps away from the shots and lands in front of a huge tower. Liokaiser's missed shots while Star Saber keeps moving forward end up hitting the tower, which appears to be the combiner's aim all along. Star Saber is forced to hold the tower in place so it won't fall on people below while Liokaiser is free to attack him with no resistance.
The Brainmasters exit from the building underneath to find Star Saber in trouble. "Soushireikan! (Leader!, or Prime!)" Liokaiser spins his nunchuk chain around and lets loose, whipping Star Saber a few times before it wraps around his neck as in Jan's premonition. The Destron then chuckles as he pulls on the chain.
Meanwhile people down below are running, with Jan guiding them down a corridor and looking up at the building and its huge tower. "Soushireikan," he whispers. He looks back one more time after Holi calls for him before going.
Back at the building Star Saber is choking on Liokaiser's chain. Blacker, saying that as Road Caesar they might be able to help him, jumps up into the air with Braver and Laster as his legs to form the combiner. Shields become chestplate and feet with leg guards, blasters become the fists and head, and swords join together. Landing on the building, Road Caesar challenges Liokaiser to a fight, which he accepts, throwing a pike at him. Road Caesar strikes it away with his sword, and then leaps up to throw energy blasts from his sword at Liokaiser, who chuckles as he blocks them with a new pike and fights him with it. After a cut to Star Saber kneeling from the tower's weight, the view cuts back to Road Caesar, whose antennae are nicked by the pike as he tries to avoid getting pierced in the face. Liokaiser then slams him in the side and drives the pike into Road Caesar's right Laster leg. Laughing, Liokaiser materializes a new pike and turns it into a chain, which Road Caesar moves off to his left to avoid.
Holi is moving some children into Pibo's ambulance mode while Jan is supervising the people coming down the ladder onto the fire truck member of the Rescue Patrol. The two vehicles then move off as Holi transforms and Jan gets in.
Back at the battle, a giant spinning spiked ring is being formed at the end of Liokaiser's pike as he throws the ring off at Road Caesar, who strikes it away with his sword but is hit with three other spiked rings simultaneously in the left shoulder, lower arm, and right hand, forcing him to drop his sword. One more spiked ring tears by his left body side while another slams into his right shoulder. A chain appears, loops around Road Caesar's wounded right Laster leg, and pulls him down. Liokaiser then sends the chain around his neck and tries to choke him, chuckling as the video clip ends.
"The Power of Rage" (Part 5 of 5)
Freed from holding up a huge collapsing tower, Star Saber takes the
overwhelmed Road Caesar's place in fighting Liokaiser, but the Destrons still
escape with the Schaefer energy crystals.
Technical details:
The source is a second-generation videotape, though of a much better quality than the Masterforce clips. The full-screen view does look great at 1280X1024 resolution on my monitor, helped by the sharpen filter I applied to the video.
Description of the events in the video:
With the battle between Liokaiser and Road Caesar raging behind him, Star Saber is still straining to keep the huge tower from falling. Just then Jan arrives in Holi and gets out to say the evacuation is complete, and leaves ("Hai! (Yes!)") after being told. Star Saber then guides the tower's collapse on the way down, and calls out "Saber Blade!" to pull it out from its scabbard in his back as the Victory theme plays. He slices apart the chain. "Star Saber!" shouts a surprised Liokaiser. "Soushireikan!" says a relieved Road Caesar as he breaks off the rest of the chain around his neck. At Star Saber's declaration that he will take over from here, Liokaiser laughs as if belittling his ability. The Destron spins his chain and lashes out with it, but it is sliced up by Star Saber's sword as the view changes to them both atop the building.
With bright glowing eyes and his sword raised, Star Saber calls out a special attack pattern, "Saber Power!" Energy starts glowing all around him from the sky and ground (as if he were He-Man ;)) as Liokaiser backs off and summons his twin-barrel blaster. However, the energy flow from Star Saber blows away his weapon into pieces (similar to his figure's) as he tries to shield himself from the flow. Star Saber then leaps into the air with his blazing sword and swings it at Liokaiser' left shoulder, cutting into it before kicking him in his left side away into the ground.
Deszaras simultaneously calls on Liokaiser to return. When asked, Deszaras replies from the ship that they have taken the Schaefer energy crystals, which is their goal. Liokaiser then tells Star Saber to beware him next time and laughs as he returns back to Thunder Arrow.
After a scene change the day is coming to an end over the area, which still has smoke coming out in a few places. Among the people watching from the distance are the Cybertrons. With Jan listening on Star Saber's right shoulder, the commander and Road Caesar apparently state that they will never give up trying to protect the planet from the Destrons as the commercial break with Jan and Holi appears.
Next is the preview for the next episode. Through falling shards of ice, Deszaras in dragon mode soars, lashing out with his razor-sharp wings at Star Saber atop his sled/booster. An energy absorber is seen next atop the icy area, with sparks flying about as the Breastforce emerges from the ship. Liokaiser appears wielding a pike, but turns invisible and hits Cybertron combiner Landcross in the face, back, and face again without being seen. He also hits Star Saber, who then appears being choked by Deszaras with a cut view to energy crackling through the ice as the title, roughly translated as "Struggle at the South Pole", appears before returning back to Deszaras.
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