Carter Grayson

Carter Grayson is a Mariner Bay firefighter, the Red Lightspeed Ranger and the leader of the Lightspeed Rangers.

Biography
Carter Grayson was born on January 19, 1981 in Mariner Bay, California to Xavier and Carolina Grayson. Carter dating Dana and Jane Mitchell when they started training as a paramedic and firefighter at the same station. When the Aquabase is getting built by Captain Mitchell, Dana and Jane stay at his parents' house when the Aquabase is getting built.

As a child, Carter was saved from a burning building by a mystery firefighter. This encounter led him to follow in his savior's footsteps and become a firefighter himself. He later found this mystery firefighter to be none other than Captain Mitchell. Over the years, Captain Mitchell kept a close eye on Carter, watching him become a fireman and saw he had the potential to be a great Power Ranger and leader.

Carter Grayson was one of Mariner Bay's best firefighters. His daredevil maneuvers risked his life, but saved those in danger. Carter is brave, headstrong, and quick thinking. Carter was the first to accept his role and took up the position of team leader as the Red Lightspeed Ranger, and courageously led the Rangers against Diabolico's forces. As the Red Ranger, Carter is a strong leader, however he is strict and by-the-book.

In Operation Lightspeed, he joined his girlfriends after he rescued two little girls from a burning building. Carter saw one of his girlfriends, Dana at the scene and he asked where is Jane right now. Dana replied that she is waiting for them at the car.

Physical appearance
Carter is Caucasian with short black hair and standing at 6'2" tall. He has muscular build. He wore red shirt, blue pants and a Lightspeed Rescue jacket.

Personality
As a career fireman, Carter's priority has always been the well-being of others. In his debut scene, he refuses to leave a burning building that's about to collapse without retrieving the civilians trapped inside. At the end of Lightspeed Rescue, he even urges his friends to close the lid of the tomb to the Shadow World so he can sacrifice himself to stop the demons from being unleashed. Carter's dutifulness to protect others is somewhat misguided. He never took a day off, even when Captain Mitchell gave the Rangers crystal clear orders to take a day off and relax. This was because he believed to help others, he must put himself through intense training, even if he isn't happy with it. It wasn't until a pep talk from Captain Mitchell did Carter finally realized even selfless people need time to themselves once and a while.

Carter is shown to be a brave individual with a warrior's pride. He refuses to retreat even when it was clear the resurrected and empowered Trifire and Magmavore were overpowering their Lightspeed Megazord and would rather die fighting. He could also be impulsive, sometimes performing actions that would result in more casualties if not for Captain Mitchel's guidance. He eventually learns to listen to Captain Mitchel's orders to retreat, realizing it's better to live to fight another day than to die for nothing. Carter also has a sharp battle instinct, shown when the Lightspeed Solarzord seemingly destroyed Diabolico and again when the Lightspeed Megazord seemingly destroyed Queen Bansheera, he concluded it was way too easy and accurately deducted during the second time that Queen Bansheera escaped, rather than being destroyed.

Weapons

 * Rescue Morpher
 * Rescue Blaster
 * V-Lancer
 * V-Lancer
 * Lightspeed Cycle

Zords

 * Pyro Rescue 1
 * Rail Rescue 1
 * OmegaZord 1

Relationships

 * Unnamed parents
 * Unnamed younger brother
 * Dana Mitchell (girlfriend)
 * Jane Mitchell (girlfriend)
 * Captain William Mitchell (father-in-law)
 * Ryan Mitchell (brother-in-law)

Trivia

 * Carter is the third Red Ranger to be an adult at the time he was first introduced. The first was Aurico, the Red Alien Ranger, and the second was Leo Corbett, Red Galaxy Ranger.
 * Carter is a firefighter like his Sentai counterpart. However, of the Lightspeed Rangers, he's the only one that is a fire fighter.
 * He is the first Ranger to try to go against a giant monster (if unsuccessful) without Zords.
 * Carter is dating Jane and Dana, Captain's daughters.