Centurions (TV series)

The Centurions

The main protagonists. There were originally three but two more were added later on in the series.

Original Team:

• Max Ray – A commander in sea operations and the de facto leader of the team. He uses a green exo-frame suit and weapon systems suited for underwater missions.
  • Cruiser – A sea assault weapon system that is used in and out of the water and includes hydro thrusters, and a keel-fin radar unit. Its weapons include two re-pulsars and a missile launcher.
  • Tidal Blast – A sub-surface attack weapon system with two hydro-powered keel-fins used for above and below the water that has battle modes such as cruise, subsonic speed, and rear attack. Its weapons include a re-pulsar lesion cannon and missiles.
  • Depth Charger – A mini-sub with two pontoon thrusters and two mobile directional aqua fins. Its weapons include two cannons, deep-sea torpedoes, and a hydro mine.
  • Sea Bat – A sea assault weapon system that includes a bat-wing thruster unit, a chest hydrofoil unit, and multiple flexi-hose connectors attached to a deep sea scope. Its weapons include barracuda missiles, an explosive depth charge, and heat-seeking harpoons.
  • Fathom Fan - A submersible assault weapon system resembling an airboat with hydrofoil launcher missiles and a small laser in the chest.
• Jake Rockwell – A land operations specialist who uses a yellow exo-frame suit. A passionate idealist with a strong moral compass, he has a short fuse that often puts him at odds with the cocky and casual personality of Ace. His weapon systems have the most firepower and are best suited for land missions.
  • Fireforce – A land assault weapon system that includes back-mounted launcher, twin laser cannons and a rotating plasma re-pulsar. It is waterproof for submerge underwater.
  • Wild Weasel – A protective armor assault weapon system resembling a motorcycle with a head shield and protective back shell. It has battle modes including tracking, anti-aircraft, high-speed travel, and land attack. Its weapons include two land lasers and a front assault pack module for storage.
  • Detonator – A heavy artillery weapon system for maximum firepower. It has many battle modes including air attack and ground assault. Its weapons include sonic ray guns and freeze ray blasters.
  • Hornet – An assault helicopter weapon system with surveillance, high-speed assault, and sneak attack modes. Its weapons include four sidewinder missiles and a rotating freeze cannon.
  • Swingshot – A mid-sized assault weapon system with arm shield blasters and missiles, a chest-mounted howitzer, backpack targeting sensor and infrascope with tank tracks that swings up to cling to the ceiling.
  • Awesome Auger - A vehicular assault weapon system shaped like an ATV with a drill, a sonar shredder and another weapon for boring underground. Changes mode from fold-up to combat seating position and drilling lie-down position.
• Ace McCloud – An air operations expert who uses a blue exo-frame suit. He is a brave but cocky womanizer who is sometimes at odds with Jake. Ace uses weapon systems are best suited for aerial missions.
  • Skyknight – A air assault weapon system that has two turbo thrusters. Its weapons include stincel missiles, laser cannons, and laser bombs.
  • Orbital Interceptor – An air weapon assault system with inner atmospheric thrusters. It has battle modes including cruise, pursuit, and power blast. Its weapons include two particle beam deflectors and a particle beam missile.
  • Skybolt – An air reinforcement weapon system that has two booster stabilizer pods, radar tracking wings, and modular invertible wings with battle modes including reconnaissance, backfire, and anti-attack. Its weapons include missiles and an invisibility cloaking device.
  • Strato Strike – An air assault weapon system that can reverse thrust.

Extended Team (later additions):

• Rex Charger – An energy programmer who uses a red and green exo-frame suit.
  • Electro-Charger - A flight assault weapon system with energy manipulating abilities.
  • Gatling Guard - A heavy flight weapon system with revolver for multiple unusual energy functions missiles.
• John Thunder – An infiltration commander who uses a black exo-frame suit.
  • Silent Arrow - A crossbow-like net cannon weapon system mounted on the back, armor pieces and a sonic knife.
  • Thunder Knife - A tracked assault weapon system with lasers shooting arm mounted cutter wheels, a missile backpack and a tank track platform.

Cyborgs

• Doc Terror - A scientist whose main goal is to conquer Earth and turn its inhabitants into robotic slaves to suit his purposes.
• Hacker - Terror's right hand-man. He was originally an ordinary criminal before he was persuaded by Terror to be the first human in his experiment of being a cyborg.
• Syntax and Legion - Two computer systems who are respectively bound to Terror and Hacker. They can separate from their hosts at will and merge into a powerful machine called Uniborg.
• Doom Drones Traumatizers – The most commonly seen drones are walking robots with laser blasters for arms.
• Doom Drones Strafers – A flying robot armed with missiles and lasers capable of spaceflight.
• Groundborgs – A land-based robot armed with lasers that move on big wheels.
• Seaborgs – A ship-based robot armed with lasers for sea battle.
• Cybervore Panther – A robotic panther.
• Cybervore Shark – A robotic shark.

Supporting characters

• Crystal Kane - The operator of the space station Sky Vault who gives the Centurions their missions and transports them, and their requested weapon systems, to the needed location.
• Shadow - Jake Rockwell's dog who occasionally helps out with their missions.
• Lucy - Crystal's pet orangutan and companion on Sky Vault.
• Amber - Doc Terror's daughter who is a mistress of disguise and often helps her father in his plans.

Main voices

• Michael Bell – John Thunder
• Jennifer Darling – Amber
• Vince Edwards – Jake Rockwell
• Ron Feinberg – Doc Terror
• Pat Fraley – Max Ray, Dr. Wu
• Ed Gilbert – Hacker
• Diane Pershing – Crystal Kane
• Bob Ridgely – Rex Charger
• Neil Ross – Ace McCloud
• B. J. Ward – Cassandra Cross/Lilith Cross
• William Woodson – Narrator

Additional voices

These actors are listed at the end credits of each episode, but their roles are not listed.

• Dick Gautier – Sukuma (in "Cyborg Centurion")
• Dan Gilvezan – Colonel Chuck Bates (in "You Only Love Twice")
• Tress MacNeille – Isabelle (in "Tornado of Terror")
• Mona Marshall – Pharaoh (in "The Mummy's Curse"), Madame Arpeggio (in "Whalesong")
• Bill Martin – Captain Newman (in "Malfunction"), Demon (in "The Road Devils"), Neutron (in "Sungrazer"), Dr. Damon Zemo (in "Sungrazer")
• Mea Martineau – Mei Lee
• Stacy McLaughlin – Gina (in "Child's Play")
• David Mendenhall – Randy Chang (in "Let the Games Begin")
• Alan Oppenheimer – Professor Storm (in "Tornado of Terror"), Dr. Gates (in "Double Agent")
• Patrick Pinney – Jimmy (in "Child's Play")
• Peter Renaday - Merlin (in "Merlin")
• Peter Cullen - Casca (in "Film at Eleven")
• Stanley Ralph Ross – Claw (in "To Dare Dominion")
• John Stephenson – Dr. Sayer (in "Counterclock Crisis")
• Frank Welker – Dr. Kent (in "An Alien Affair"), Zorg (in "Found: One Lost World"), Lunex (in "Operation Starfall"), Terry (in "Operation Starfall"), Dr. Lucas Yates (in "The Chameleon's Sting"), Chameleon (in "The Chameleon's Sting")
• Keone Young – Blaster McGraw (in "Three Strikes and You're Dead"), Wheel (in "Three Strikes and You're Dead")

Miniseries

Main series

Books

In 1986 Golden Books released two illustrated books with cassette stories entitled Vacation on Terror Island and Terror for President, written by Dwight Jon Zimmerman and illustrated by Gene Biggs.^[7][8] Another illustrated book, Centurions Power Extreme Annual 1988, was published in 1988 by World International Limited.^[9]

Comics

In 1987, DC Comics released a 4-part comic book tie-in, written by Bob Rozakis.^[10][11]

Games

A board game called Centurions: Jake Rockwell's Battle to Stop Dr. Terror Game was released by Parker Brothers in 1986.^[12]

A video game called Centurions Power X Treme was published by AriolaSoft for Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC^[13] in 1987. It was met with mixed positive to average reception by critics.^[14]