After being expelled from the Academy, a depressed Sophie falls right into Valko’s grasp. She is taken and hooked up to Goradon’s internal systems while Doggie tells the Rangers off for expelling a fellow cadet and sends them out to find her. Bridge eventually realizes that Sophie houses the piece of equipment Valko needed, a Series One Processor Hyper Intelligent Encryptor (aka S.O.P.H.I.E), and find Valko with Piggy’s help. Sophie proves to be the key to unlocking the Rangers’ greatest weapon yet: the Delta Command Megazord. Except first she must escape Valko without the help of the Rangers, who are busy handling a rogue Goradon. In the end, fed up with Mora’s failure, Gruumm transforms her into her true form.