Pacific Rim AU

[lowlaw]

The Pacific Rim Meme



We always thought alien life would come from the stars. But it came from deep beneath the sea, a portal between dimensions in the Pacific Ocean. Something out there had discovered us. The first Kaiju made landfall in San Francisco. The second attack hit Manilla. Then the third one hit Cabo. Then we learned this was not going to stop. In order to fight monsters, we created monsters of our own. We needed a new weapon. The Jaeger Program was born. Two pilots, our minds, our memories, we were connected. Man and machine became one.

In the near future, giant monsters identified as "Kaiju" have begun attacking Earth's coastal cities, resulting in a war that takes millions of lives and quickly consumes humanity's resources. To combat the monsters, a special type of weapon is designed: massive robots, known as Jaegers. The Jaegers are controlled simultaneously by two pilots who are bound together in a process called Drifting, creating a neural link between their minds. The link lets them share the mental strain which would otherwise overwhelm a single pilot. The Jaegers are the last, best hope for humanity's survival.

Instructions:
1.Choose a role (or multiple roles!) and post with your character/fandom.
2. Others will post to you with a scenario.
3. All Jaeger names must made up of two words that have little to do with each other. This is mandatory.
4. Go big or go extinct. Or just have fun, that works too.

Roles:

1. Jaeger Pilot: The rock stars of the kaiju wars. You and your partner may be siblings, spouses, parent and child, or just two people who have the trust and compatability necessary for a successful Drift. Get out there and kick some ass.

2. Engineer: The war against the kaiju isn't just fought by the pilots. You're one of the countless support staff that design, repair, and enhance the Jaegers for maximum kaiju-smashing potential.

3. Scientist: Biologist, physicist, kaiju groupie. You study these horrific monsters so you can figure out how to destroy them...or you just really have a thing for alien anatomy.

4. Mission Control: Off the front lines but not out of the battle. You're watching the monitors, dealing out the orders, and generally making sure your Jaeger pilots don't do anything more stupid than normal.

5. Civilian: A black market dealer in kaiju organs, a reporter trying to get her big scoop, or just some poor schmuck trying not to get stepped on. You're one of the folks that the Jaegers are fighting for.

6. Other: Go wild.

Scenarios:

1. Preparations: Dealing with kaiju is a process, not a moment. Pilots need to physically and mentally hone their strength, engineers need to perfect the Jaeger weaponry and armor, scientists need to run their experiments, and black market dealers need to make their money.

2. First Neural Handshake: It's time to Drift with your partner. You'll experience each others' most painful secrets, joyous memories, and the time you got drunk and made out with the captain of the football team. Hang on, it'll be a bumpy ride.

3. Downtime: Chill out, have a beer, pretend the world isn't ending. You can explore the thriving towns that have grown up amongst the kaiju remains or just stay in the Shatterdome doing combat practice. However you relax, you've earned it.

4. Kaiju Detected: Battle stations, folks. Get to your cockpit, your command post, or your underground bunker. The monsters are coming, and they ain't gonna stop until someone does something about them.

5. Combat Mode: It's go time! You're in the heat of things, punching these otherworldly abominations in the face with your awesome. Remember to call your attacks; it makes them more powerful if you shout their names first.

5. Aftermath: Job well done, folks. Sit back, enjoy the celebrations, put another tick mark on your kill count...and if necessary, mourn the dead.

6. Other: Go further wild.
(reposted from here)

Comments

Reese | Malcolm in the Middle

[bigbrobully]

Eliot Spencer | Leverage | OTA

[90minutesofsleep]

[Civilian, mechanic, enforcer for a black-market kaiju-parts dealer, you name it, he's probably done it.]

Valkyrie | Thor Ragnarok (and etc) | OTA

[angrygirl]

[She was a pilot, once, until the Hellbeast ripped apart her Jaeger and her team. She runs parts and material and other probably-contraband for a guy now, but could probably pilot again, given the right circumstances and the right partner(s)]

Chrissy Cunningham + Stranger Things + OTA

[cheerybomb]

[Civilian, potential pilot, some kind of support staff, I'm all for it, let's go!]

Techie | Dredd | OTA

[clan_techie]

[Engineer, maybe command center - used to be prisoner of a Bone Collector, still more than a little jumpy due to the experience]

Nick Fury | MCU & Etc. | OTA

[gotmy_i_onyou]

[Ex-pilot, current command center lead. People say he lost his eye in a Kaiju attack. He will neither confirm nor deny this.]

Merlin | Kingsman | OTA

[grumpytechwizard]

[Command center for sure, possibly former pilot, definitely some engineering knowledge, old man's been around.]

Eddie + Stranger Things + OTA

[jukebox_hero]

[Civilian mechanic (and minor kaiju parts dealer) I think? Probably wanted to be a pilot but never made it into training, had to care for an ailing/injured uncle after getting the 'maybe next year' promise from a deadbeat dad to many times to count.]

Alanna Calrissian | Star Wars OC | OTA

[lady_calrissian]

[Civilian of sorts, her father was a pilot, she may be a potential pilot, but she mostly just gets by reselling parts -Kaiju and mechanical alike- and possibly runs a Church of the Kaiju on the side]

Charlene Foster Offdensen | Metalocalypse | OTA

[lady_cfo]

[Pre-Doomstar she's absolutely LoCCENT/Dome command, and post-Doomstar you're looking at the leader of the cult of the kaiju baybee.
Is 'Doomstar' just a Category 'huge' Kaiju in this 'verse? Maybe! Whatever, I'll roll with it.]

Claire Temple | MCU | OTA

[night_nurse]

[Doctor, either Civilian or PPDC, whichever, y'all need a medic.]

Klaus + Umbrella Academy + OTA

[ouiking_ouija]

[Old Reginald was one of the originators of the Jaeger tech, specifically the neural handshake upgrades, and figured if the PPDC wasn't going to do enough, it was up to him, collecting children orphaned by the Kaiju and setting up his own Shatterdome to train them.
Klaus is one of those, most compatible with his siblings, of course, but whatever, if you've got an idea LMK, I'll roll with most anything.]

Star + Terminator: Salvation (AU) + OTA

[silentstar]

[Mechanic/engineer. She studies the Kaiju to better outfit the Jaegers against known defenses/offenses. Also: she lost her family in a Kaiju attack when she was young & hasn't talked since, but has something of a 6th sense for incoming Kaiju activity.]

Ben Solo | Star Wars (AU) | OTA

[solo_junior]

[Civilian supply plot, probably running Kaiju parts as much as he runs anything else. Related to not just one, but two well-known generals, he only claims relation to one of them, he and his mother are estranged.]

Poe Dameron | Star Wars | OTA

[squadless]

[Definitely a pilot, probably with a high compatibility rate for copilots]

Steve | Stranger Things | OTA

[the_hair]

[I can't decide between pilot and civilian running a halfway house for Kaiju-orphans and folks passing through. I'm sure there's other options that would fit him, too.]

Shiny \ Fabulous Killjoys OC \ OTA

[twice_as_shiny]

[Scavenger & civilian engineer/mechanic]

Bobby Singer | Supernatural et al | OTA

[unclebobby]

[Retired pilot, now works as a mechanic. He has a knack for knowing/spotting the weak points on any new Kaiju to emerge.]

Boba Fett | Star Wars | OTA

[work_for_me]

[He's the guy who ousted the resident gang kingpin and bone collector. He's picked up some of the same business partnerships, but not all of them, and he's becoming known as a fair boss and a reasonable guy to work for by anyone put out by the previous guy or the government.]

Din Djarin | The Mandalorian/BoBF | OTA

[foundlingfather]

[Definitely a pilot, with a side of engineer who tends to work on his jaeger along with piloting. Got a son that he adopted, after the kid was orphaned in an attack. Could possibly onto his second jaeger after the first got destroyed]

Megumi Fushiguro | Jujutsu Kaisen

[gyokukenkon]

[ Either Ranger Ready and getting his first Jaeger or still participating in the program at the Jaeger Academy. ]

[metaldad]

He definitely didn't sign up to be the errand boy of the base, but here he is anyway, going on an errand to the local kaiju part collector to pick up something for the scientists.

For the sixth time since he arrived, Din bites back a sigh. There was a kill two days ago, and codename: Titagan is dead on the wharf, blue blood smeared on the concrete, its corpse being hollowed out by workers covered head to toe in protective gear. What can only be the aortic valve is being carried out from between the ribs, and Din only barely resists a grimace as someone walks past him holding a live parasite, massive and wriggling.

(He's not the one who killed it. He's retired, sort of. Formerly a pilot of Razor Crest, one of the most ruthless killing machines ever made in the history of jaegers, his co-pilot had been killed a couple of years ago. Now, with an orphaned kid he adopted and a bunch of scars both internal and external, he officially works as an engineer. Unofficially, he could be called to pilot again at any time.)

Din spots an approaching figure; it can only be Fett, the guy who took over this operation recently. The last kingpin had been a nasty figure to deal with. He can only hope this guy is better.

"Boba Fett?" Din asks, his voice full of static where it comes out from behind his helmet. "I'm from the local Shatterdome, I was sent to pick up the brain sample you agreed to provide."

natasha romanoff | mcu | ota

[brushpass]

(the way i am obsessed with the idea of a career spy being recruited to pilot a jaeger and have to drift with someone else is everything to me.)

Yancy Becket | Pacific Rim

[listentome]

[Former Dominant pilot of a certain Mark III Jaeger by the name of Gipsy Danger based in the Anchorage Shatterdome. Game for things that happen pre-Knifehead or AU scenarios in which he survived (ie: still an active Ranger, one that has been forced into retirement because of injuries sustained during the Knifehead battle who now hangs around the Shatterdome or Academy in other capacities, etc.).]

John Constantine | DCTV | ota

[lostsoulwizard]

[Former pilot who was a bit of a jerk to any partner he had. Vanished after a fight where the rumor is a child might have died. Can be found at the local bar getting shit faced drunk and causing problems when he wants to be found.]

Fushiguro Megumi | Jujutsu Kaisen

[chimerashadow]

[one half of the team that pilots Divine General Mahoraga. one of the youngest active pilots. currently waiting for new partner who can handle the mental burden of piloting the Divine General.]

Camden Bowe | Sci-fi OC

[interstellartrooper]

[Either Jaeger Pilot or Mission Control. Both sounds fun.]

[work_for_me]

Fett liked the arrangement he had with the local 'dome, his crew got proper protective gear and not just what they could slap together, and the 'dome got first dibs on parts and didn't ask questions about what he did with the rest of it, as long as it was handled within a few days.

Even though this was only the second kill since he'd taken over, it was an arrangement that had been working so far, and one that he would like to continue working, which was why when he got word that the 'dome's runner had arrived, he emerged from his mobile office and made his way over. He nodded at the greeting, "That would be me, and already sent the boys to go fetch it. Jarred it up and put it on ice, wasn't sure when to expect someone."

He considered Din for a moment before he added, "Last time they sent the new recruits. Surprised it's one of their best and brightest this time."

Margo Lane | The Shadow (film)

[likereadingabook]

[Civilian, daughter of a renowned scientist and engineer who's working to update and improve on jaeger tech. Potential pilot. She's the MOST voice-testy, please be gentle.]

Goro Akechi | Persona 5 franchise | ota - m/m for shipping

[detectiveprinceakechi]

[A pilot in this case, probably adaptable to other pilots, but true sync only with Joker]

Keith Kogane | Voltron | OTA - m/m

[stabbypaladin]

[Definitely a pilot, and probably only compatible with very few others]