STORY
EPISODE SYNOPSIS
1. "FRIEND OR FOE"
The Earth is invaded by hordes of monstrous Spidercrabs under the control of the
Venomoid warlord, DARKON. His first target is the Space-Ring, a huge orbital space station
surrounding the Earth. Suddenly, an armored figure appears -- the Teknoman, BLADE -- who
attempts to stop the attack, but is confronted by Dagger, one of the mutant Teknomen under
Darkon's control. In the ensuing battle, Blade is badly wounded and sent plummeting toward
the planet below, where his explosive impact creates a gigantic crater. The SPACE KNIGHTS,
Ringo and Star, are sent to investigate and are amazed when the injured Blade emerges
from the crater. They take him back to their base and nurse him back to health. They have no
clue as to Blade's identity or where he came from, and neither does Blade, who can remember
only two things: his name is Blade and he must stop the Venomoids from conquering Earth.
2. "INVASION"
The "Blue Earth" is damaged and is forced to make an emergency landing on the
Space-Ring. Ringo questions Blade about his ability to transform, but Blade claims he still
can't remember anything. Ringo suspects Blade is hiding something and is determined to find out
what.
3. "POWER OF THE SPACE KNIGHTS"
In an attempt to place Blade under his command, General Galt orders an armed
take-over of the Space Knight Command Center. But his plan is foiled by the intervention of the
PRESIDENT OF THE TERRAN PLANETARY COUNCIL. Meanwhile, a section of the Space-Ring has
become detached from the station and is falling toward Earth.
4. "FALLING STAR"
The SPACE KNIGHTS are sent into action against the aliens. The mission is a success,
but Blade's energy is almost totally depleted and he is left drifting helplessly in space. Ringo
thinks that he and Star should head for Earth while they still can, but Star insists that they go
back and save Blade.
5. "TIME'S UP"
Blade tells Tina he now realizes that if he remains in his Teknoman guise for longer
than thirty minutes, the Teknoman side of his being will take over. He will lose his "soul" and
become a slave of the VENOMOID WARLORD Darkon. He makes Tina promise to have Ringo
blast him out of the sky before that can happen.
6. "SHATTERED CRYSTAL"
The Space Knights receive a distress call from the Space-Ring, supposedly from
survivors of the previous attack. Blade and the Space Knights are sent to rescue them, but it
turns out there are no survivors, but merely a plan by the vile Dagger.
7. "TEKNOBOT"
Maggie attempts to design a TEKNOBOT which, when Blade enters its Interlock
Chamber, will amplify the power of his shattered Tekno-crystal and enable him to transform
into Teknoman again. Meanwhile, Dagger announces that he will call off the attacking
Spidercrabs if Blade is handed over to him. Slade steals a rocket and flies off to meet
Dagger one-on-one, carrying a bomb he believes will blow Dagger (and himself) to atoms.
8. "SNAPSHOT"
General Galt, anxious to know the source of Tekno-power, sends Balzac to infiltrate
the Space Knights in the guise of a war correspondent. Meanwhile, the aliens are attacking Earth
with the computer controlled Space-Ring laser cannon. Commander Jamison tells the Space
Knights that they must alter the computer's laser-control program without attempting to destroy
the computer. If the computer is damaged or destroyed, its back-up system will switch on all the
lasers and the Earth will be destroyed. Balzac accompanies the Space Knights on their mission.
After boarding the Space-Ring, a fight between the aliens and Teknoman sets off the back-up
system, and Balzac is the only one who can figure out how to disable the system.
9. "CONVOY"
One of Jamison's old friends, Dr. Silas Random, a long time opponent of the military's
efforts to take control of the planetary government, is in command of an Earth-bound convoy
carrying vital supplies. Random transmits several messages over an "open" channel (one that can
be picked up by Venomoids), leading the Space Knights to believe that he's planning to lead
the convoy into a trap.
10. "BOLD SOLDIER BOY"
Blade, Star and Ringo are assigned to help a Special Forces Commando Squad retrieve
three ultra-speed attack fighters from the Space-Ring. When the "Blue Earth" is damaged by
Spidercrabs, Ringo and Star are forced to return to Earth. Blade fights his way to the Space-Ring
where he meets Captain Miles O'Rourke, leader of the Commando Squad. O'Rourke resents an
outsider interfering with his mission, just as Blade resents having to assist in a military operation.
But as they fight their way toward a common objective, a mutual respect develops between the
two. Later, when Blade congratulates O'Rourke on the "success" of the mission, the Commando
leader reminds Blade that during the so-called "success," they lost three men and asks, "How do
you think the families of those three will feel when they hear of their loss? War isn't numbers,
Blade, it's people. Never forget that."
11. "BROTHER BEWARE"
During a combined Space Knight/military attack against the Spidercrabs infesting the
Space-Ring, a young cadet is partnered with a seasoned veteran who teaches him about the
glories and horrors Episodic of war. After the battle, Blade gets an unpleasant surprise!
12. "SIBLING RIVALRY"
When the Space Knights are given shore leave, Tina, Maggie and Star go to the
shopping mall. When they see Blade there, they call out to him but he doesn't respond to
their greeting. Later on, they learn Blade wasn't at the mall. In fact he's been with Mac at
the Command Center all day. The women are amazed, saying, "This guy could have been
Blade's twin!" Blade immediately knows what this means -- his twin brother Saber, one
of Darkon'S most lethal warriors, has come looking for him. Shortly thereafter, the twins
meet and Saber mocks Blade for being weak, for refusing to acknowledge the dark side of
his Tekno-nature and rejecting the gift of unlimited power Darkon has offered them. The
twin brothers fight, and Saber gains the upper hand just as Blade's thirty minute time limit
is about to expire.
13. "FAMILY FEUD"
The Venomoids attack a nuclear fusion plant in order to steal the Earth's energy. When
Blade rushes to oppose them, Saber appears and the two Teknomen do battle once again.
During the fight, more images from Blade's childhood flash through his mind. He sees himself
and Saber playing as brothers with their sister, Shara.
14. "SABER STRIKE"
Blade has been in his Tekno-mode too long and he can't change back. He sinks
deeper and deeper into the dark side of the TEKNOMAN persona. In an attempt to get
him to transform back to his "human" self, Tina, who reminds Blade of his sister Shara,
risks her life by confronting the inhuman monster which Blade has become.
15. "SPY GAME"
Balzac discovers Commander Jamison's secret underground research laboratory
below the Command Center. While the SPACE KNIGHTS are responding to an alien attack,
Balzac bypasses Jamison's security system and enters the lab. To his surprise, Balzac finds
Jamison, who's known his true identity all along, waiting for him. Balzac's surprise increases
when Jamison gives him the information he's been sent to find. A complete record of all research
concerning Tekno-power and its potential use in the creation of a Tekno-suit.
16. "SWORD & STEEL"
General Galt orders Commander Jamison's SPACE KNIGHTS to protect a facility that
produces Zeetron, a substance essential to the production of the military's Tekno-suits. A
huge squadron of aliens attack the facility and Blade, afraid that he will lose control again
and hurt his friends, is reluctant to transform into Teknoman. Star finally convinces Blade
to transform and he, as Teknoman, goes to defend the facility. But his help turns out to be
unnecessary.
17. "THE VISITOR"
The new "TEKNOMAN" turns out to be Balzac, wearing the military's newly developed
Tekno-suit. Meanwhile, Balzac's friend Marlow, the scientist responsible for designing the
Tekno-suit, is hurt while attempting to transport the suit's Zeetron power source to a safe
location. Balzac blames Blade for Marlow's death and accuses him of cowardice because
Blade delayed his transformation.
18. "BATTLEGROUND"
Shell-shocked, Blade has been put in the "care" of General Galt, who is studying him
in an effort to improve the design of the military's Tekno-suit. Star and Ringo break into
Galt's headquarters to try and free Blade so he can help against the VENOMOIDS.
19. "RESURRECTION"
Despite the aliens' furious attack against the Allied Military Command's headquarters,
Blade refuses to transform himself into Teknoman. He fears the Venomoid monster he
will become if he exceeds the thirty minute limit. Frustrated by Blade's reluctance,
Ringo takes matters into his own hands by hijacking Tekno-suit Number Two and going
out to meet the enemy.
20. "MIND GAME"
It's obvious to Ringo that Blade and Star's mutual shyness is preventing them from
developing the romantic relationship they both want. During a racquetball game, Ringo gives
Blade some "man-to-man" advice about how to resolve the situation. Meanwhile, Blade's sister
Shara leaves Darkon's base on the moon to search for Blade and to warn him about
Darkon's plans.
21. "DECISION"
Arriving on Earth, Shara finds herself in a desert village where she transforms into
her Tekno- persona to save a little boy from a Spidercrab. Meanwhile, Jamison rushes
to develop a new and devastating weapon with which Blade can defeat Saber -- an anti-matter
warhead missile.
22. "REUNION"
SABER, leading an attack which has almost destroyed the Space Knights' Command
Center, demands that Blade come out and fight him. Ringo buys some time for Blade and
the Command Center by attacking Saber in Tekno-suit Number Two.
23. "IN THE BEGINNING"
Blade tells the Space Knights the story of how he became involved with the Venomoids.
His real name is Nick Carter and his family was aboard the deep-space research vessel "Argos"
when it encountered a strange alien craft near the rings of Saturn. Thrilled at the prospect of
an encounter with extra-terrestrials, they boarded the vessel, only to be attacked by
frightening creatures called TEKNOPODS, which like the Terran plant called the Venus Fly
Trap, swallowed them whole.
24. "SHARA'S SECRET"
Shara warns Blade about Darkon's secret underground base on the dark side of the
moon. She also warns him about the imminent arrival of three more evil TEKNOMEN -
LANCE, AXE and SWORD - who are being sent by Darkon to help Saber destroy Blade.
25. "FORGET ME NOT"
Mistakenly believing that the aliens are using the Space-Ring as their headquarters,
General Galt launches an Ultron Bomb to destroy it, in spite of the millions of human lives
which will be endangered by the resulting debris falling to Earth. Blade succeeds in destroying
the bomb. Meanwhile, an ailing Shara leaves the Command Center in order to help Blade by
destroying Saber and his Teknomen cohorts.
26. "CHRONICLE"
This is a recap of the series up to this point. An unidentifiable, hooded figure picks up
an audio-computer chip from the deserted area near the demolished Space Knight Command
Center. When the hooded figure opens the chip's casing, the voice of Commander Jamison
praises how the "efforts of the Space Knights on behalf of the planet Earth.
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