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- "Trooper transform!"
- ―transformation call[src]
Ryan Steele is the leader of the VR Troopers, a group that is part of the Earth Security Taskforce.
He is an Earthling that trained with his girlfriend Valentina and friend Jun in the Eltarian Youth Corps, under the guidance of their trainer Admiral Janessa, Jun's mother.
History[]
Past[]
Two years ago, Tyler Steele and his colleagues study the reality barrier without the Eltarian government's knowledge or approval, attempting to pierce it and offer Earth another reality. They manage to break through the barrier but the experiment failed leaving no survivors. A cloaked fugitive later crosses the reality barrier from an alternate Earth into Angel Grove, leading the Eltarian government to form the VR Troopers to combat the threat. 
COMIC STORY- Power Rangers Prime #1
One month ago, Ryan and his girlfriend Valentina do some evening sparring at the Angel Grove mesa scenic overlook to let off some steam. Valentina and Ryan disagree on her idea for a protest to expand refugee rights with Ryan worried about making enemies of the Eltarians. COMIC STORY- Power Rangers Prime #8
First Arc[]
The VR Troopers take down mutant criminals.
In Angel Grove, the VR Troopers are covered on the local news tracking down mutant criminals in the ski slopes and bringing them to justice. VR Ryan, VR J.B., and VR Kaitlin recover the stolen military-grade energy conductors from the smugglers and report it to their Eltarian support, Zarysh. While the Troopers sign autographs and take pictures with the locals, a mysterious figure reports their losses to Grimlord as he warns the Troopers have no idea what they're dealing with and their Eltarian masters won't tell them until it's far too late. COMIC STORY- Power Rangers Prime Issue 1 COMIC STORY- Power Rangers/VR Troopers 2025 FCBD Special
Ryan's friend Jun agrees to shelter the fugitive Red Samurai Ranger Lauren Shiba in his apartment from the Earth Security Taskforce but his roommate Valentina has trouble accepting her. She calls Ryan and voices her concern for Jun. The VR Troopers receive the location of the space witch Rita Repulsa from a tracker EST guard Bulk activated, but Ryan makes the decision to pivot from the mission and pursue Lauren Shiba instead. COMIC STORY- Power Rangers Prime #2
The Earth Security Taskforce deploy the VR Troopers to capture Lauren at the Angel Grove Natural History Museum. Rita makes Lauren an offer to team up by combining Lauren's powers with her magic. After Lauren agrees, Rita casts a spell using her connection to the Morphin Grid, her Magic Wand and a dinosaur bone fragment from the battle to create a new Power Coin and transform Lauren into the Prime Red Ranger. COMIC STORY- Power Rangers Prime #3
Lauren creates an escape route to allow the others to get out while Captain Kanel leads a group of sentries to their location. The VR Troopers join the battle as Ryan blasts Lauren with his pistol. Orion, Mark, Jun, and Valentina go back to help Lauren as Bulk stays behind and retrieves four colored stones for Rita to use as resources. Rita casts a spell to create four new Power Coins as Jun, Mark, Valentina, and Orion become Power Rangers. COMIC STORY- Power Rangers Prime #4
A battle breaks out between members of the Prime Rangers and VR Troopers as others are trying to stop the fighting. Rita creates a T-Rex fossil monster as a distraction and points out to Lauren that her Rangers are not ready. Lauren uses her wrist blade and Rita's Magic Wand to explode the monster, creating a chance for them to escape. Jun and a frustrated Valentina leave on their own to try to fix the situation themselves while Mark is taken captive by VR Ryan to get some answers. COMIC STORY- Power Rangers Prime #5
Ryan tries to learn more about the Power Rangers and pries into Mark's past on becoming a refugee on Earth following a Beast Brigade attack on his home planet Aquitar. Mark finds the strength to stand up for himself and morphs into the Prime Blue Ranger. VR Ryan tries to beg off but Mark doesn't relent until he is tased from behind by JB Reese. COMIC STORY- Power Rangers Prime #6
Jun and Valentina arrive fashionably late to the gala at the Eltarian Consulate as their parents, Admiral Janessa and the mayor of Angel Grove each give them stern warnings about knowing their place. Ryan finds Valentina and tries to sort things out following their fight at the museum. Jun keeps trying to contact the missing Mark which leads Ryan to make an offer to trade the custody of Mark for the Prime Red Ranger. COMIC STORY- Power Rangers Prime #7
At the meeting spot, VR Kaitlin and VR J.B. disagree with Ryan's tactics. They go ahead with the plan to swap Mark with Lauren as VR Ryan restrains the Red Ranger. Ryan wanted to hand over only Lauren given she was the only one on the Eltarians' radar. Valentina and Jun disagree with the VR Troopers as the Prime Rangers regroup and all morph and ready for battle. As the fight goes on, VR J.B. unleashes an EMP-like attack, knocking the Prime Rangers out of their Ranger forms. However, the Prime Green Ranger arrives on the scene to shift the balance of the fight. COMIC STORY- Power Rangers Prime #8
TeeZee grows into a full-sized Zord and attacks the VR Troopers before Lauren calls it off.
Rita as the Prime Green Ranger takes on the VR Troopers and uses her magic to cast a spell as Bulk and TeeZee look down on the battle on a nearby cliff. Rita's spell makes the Zordling grow into a full-sized Zord as it starts attacking the Troopers. Lauren stops the battle and calls off TeeZee, turning herself in as originally planned in exchange for the safety of the others. As the VR Troopers drive Lauren to a secluded Eltarian base, she reveals her hopes of finding her father and brother who were taken when she was a teenager. COMIC STORY- Power Rangers Prime #9
Lauren and Mr. Shiba finally reunite as he tells her they have Jayden and they'll take him away for good this time unless she helps the Eltarians. He tells her again that he always chose family first over the power as Volar echoes similar sentiments. The VR Troopers look on at Lauren's reunion with her father as Zarysh gives them their next orders to report to Volar and join him on his mission to capture the other Prime Rangers. She tells them it's their choice how they handle the orders and they haven't disappointed thus far. COMIC STORY- Power Rangers Prime #11
VR Troopers[]
Ryan is unable to sleep and goes for a late night run and comes across a break-in at Angel Grove Water and Power. He transforms and comes across a mysterious alien and discovers a cloaked figure working on a machine. VR Ryan calls Kaitlin Star and JB Reese for backup as a battle breaks out. VR Ryan destroys the machine the cloaked figure was working on, causing them to take the civilians hostage in exchange for his Virtualizer. Ryan gives it up to the cloaked figure who nearly transforms until VR JB and VR Kaitlin make the save and force a retreat.
Back at VR Trooper HQ, the Troopers go over the case with Zarysh and discover the machine was some sort of teleportation device. The cloaked figure is revealed to be from an alternate reality Earth and Ryan learns the truth surrounding his father's death that the Eltarians were keeping from him. Ryan leaves HQ to get some space and contemplates who his allies really are. Meanwhile, JB and Kaitlin talk about what Zarysh is still hiding from them about the case and what happened. JB notes that since the Virtualizers are keyed to their unique bio-signatures, the mystery criminal must be related to Ryan. COMIC STORY- VR Troopers #1
The next morning at VR Trooper HQ, the VR Troopers meet up to discuss capturing the alternate reality fugitive and suspicions surrounding Ziktor Industries and their visors. Kaitlin decides to investigate Ziktor Industries on her own while J.B. fills in Ryan on their suspicions that the fugitive could be Ryan's father. COMIC STORY- VR Troopers #2
At VR Trooper HQ, Ryan contemplates the possibility that his father is still alive, remembering his childhood when it was reported that his father died. No body was found and they couldn't track down his mother, so Professor Horatio Hart's family took Ryan in. As he recalls being recruited for the VR Troopers, he starts to question all of the secrets Zarysh and the Eltarians are withholding and asks J.B. for help in deciphering his father's old notes.
J.B. breaks down Professor Hart and Tyler Steele's old notes and learned that they wanted to achieve something humans could do that Eltarians could not. He finds a one-time passcode on dozens of files that Ryan reveals to be his mother's name Amy. The files reveal that Tyler and Professor Hart created the VR Troopers as Ryan grabs his phone to tell Kaitlin. Ryan reads Kaitlin's SOS message on his phone right as the mysterious fugitive enters HQ and begins attacking. VR Ryan and J.B. manage to neutralize the fugitive and removes its exo-suit, revealing their identity to be Ryan's mother, Amy. COMIC STORY- VR Troopers #3
Ryan confronts his mother Amy as she reveals Karl Ziktor's consciousness is completely entwined with Grimlord and they will stop at nothing to breach the reality barrier. Grimlord and Ziktor have only mastered transferring energy across but not matter. Only Tyler Steele and Horatio Hart ever mastered inter-reality matter transfer when they created the VR Troopers.
Amy reveals that they're both still alive as she talks about her previous defense position at The Pentagon which acted as a shell for the Eltarian Empire. Tyler stopped believing Amy would keep his research into the reality barrier secret from the Eltarians and took Ryan across the country to Angel Grove. When Tyler and Horatio were getting close to breaching the barrier, Amy confronted him the night they opened the portal. Eltarian guards stormed in and threatened to shut everything down before Amy opened the portal which pulled her in along with Tyler and Horatio. The portal was closed behind them as they were trapped in Grimlord's reality, tortured, and forced to do his bidding to breach the reality barrier. Amy was cast aside and spent years trying to get back to save them. Once she penetrated Grimlord's stronghold, she found Horatio Hart who sent Amy back through the reality barrier and destroyed it behind her.
Amy reveals that Tyler Steele has now become the evil Dark Heart as both she and the Troopers get on the same page to save Kaitlin, Tyler, and Earth. COMIC STORY- VR Troopers #4
Personality[]
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VR Trooper[]
VR suit
Powers and Abilities[]
Powers[]
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Abilities[]
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Attacks[]
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Weaknesses[]
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Arsenal[]
- Virtualizer
- Laser Pistol
Relationships[]
Allies[]
- Earth Security Taskforce
- VR Troopers - Teammates
- Admiral Janessa
- Captain Kanel
- Zarysh
- Liam
- Bulk
- Horatio Hart
- Jeb
Family[]
- Tyler Steele - Father
- Amy Steele - Mother
Others[]
Enemies[]
- Beast Brigade
- Dark Heart
- Skugs
Behind the Scenes[]
Design[]
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Etymology[]
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Notes[]
- Ryan was originally the main character of the 90s Saban series, VR Troopers
, which adapted the Metal Heroes tokusatsu series. He was portrayed by Brad Hawkins, who would later provide the voice of Trey of Triforia in Power Rangers Zeo.
Potential Green Ranger candidates in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.
- MMPR #53 includes an easter egg to VR Troopers. Promethea sought to create a new Green Ranger and included Ryan, JB Reese, and Kaitlin Star in their list of potential candidates.
Appearances[]
See Also[]
- Ryan Steele on Metal Heroes Wiki
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