Why did Specter take so long?
 

Why did Specter wait thousands of years to conquer the galaxy?

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There was all kinds of gamesmanship from both sides. Zordon was thought to be dewd but the UAE wasn't strong enough to take out the forces of good in a fair fight. Both sides were busikding each others forces in a cold war and minor skirmishes. Thats why the members of the UAE were allowed to act on their own so much. It allowed from plausible deniability from.the UAE.

Its likely the forces of good operated like this as well. Once Zordon was discovered to be alive , Specter decided to actively attack the forces of good. Once a Eltar fell and Zordon was in his grasp .....Specter had everything he needed to win the war. Once he drained Zordon of his powers no one could stop him..Of course the Space Rangers and Zordon had answer to that.

Re: Why did Specter take so long?
 

Thousands of years is nothing when you can live for several melleniums or who knows how long. Both Zordon and Specter didn die naturally.

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It is odd that he wouldn't attack the galaxy with Zordon presumably gone. Most of the Galaxy should have been conquered by then.

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When you dealing with a lot of life forms on each side that can live practically forever, its not that much of a stretch for a Cold War to last as long as the PRU's did.

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The forces of good weren't so easy to defeat.

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There were very many battles fought. Lets keep in mind that Earth was mostly on the outskirts of the conflict. It was just a small planet Zedd and Rita were trying to conquer. The old school forces of good probably did face a lot of damage from the UAE.

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I agree , most of the Galaxy was probably devastated or at war. We just didn't see it. Specter and Astronema just tried to take over what was left over in "Countdown To Destruction".

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That's right we never saw the core member worlds. We only saw the fringe worlds like Earth.

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I think both sides probably had there victories and losses. This went on for thousands of years and saw the tides turn multiple times. Leaving the universe pretty chaotic. Earth was pretty lucky it stayed on the sidelines while Rita was trapped. But with Zordon MIA to the rest of the Galaxy Earth wasn't very valuable. Most people didn't know it had so many aritifacts. Most that did were trapped like Rita.