''Vor-Tech: Undercover Conversion Squad'' is an

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produced by

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. It aired for one season of thirteen episodes in

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as part of Claster Television's "Power Block" package along with '' ReBoot'', '' Beast Wars: Transformers'' and ''

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'', until the block's discontinuation in 1997. The series was based on a toy line developed by Kenner Products.

Overview

The VOR-Tech Undercover Conversion Squad is a group of secret agents led by Hudson Roarke. Their mission is to stop Hudson's older brother Damian Roarke—known as Lord Matrix—and his evil "Bio Mechs" from infecting the world with a techno-infectious plague. Similar to the ''

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'' franchise, the VOR-Tech agents had special masks and transforming vehicles, with special computer systems that imbue them and their vehicles with special powers. The series was canceled after only thirteen episodes, and has not been released onto home video.

Cast

* Michael Donovan – Hudson Roarke *

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– Lord Matrix (Damian Roarke) * John Payne – Rick Rhodes * Ian James Corlett – Brad Logan and Hardfire (Jason King) * Scott McNeil – "Sonic Stinger" vehicle * Venus Terzo – Miranda Ortiz * Jim Byrnes – Vance Logan * Andrea Libman – M.J. Sloan *

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– Frostbite (Dorian Harding) * Saffron Henderson * Mark Hildreth * Richard Newman *

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* Dale Wilson – Tate Osborne * Lenore Zann * Ashleigh Ball * Lyon Smith * Tom Pickett – Jeremy MacMasters

References

External links

''Vor-Tech'' at Albert Penello's ''MASK'' Page

The Action Figure Archive
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