Post by Oddi on Jan 5, 2014 11:32:27 GMT
"We thought the worst was over.
We were so wrong.
It took maybe five years for the Precursors to rebuild their world in the Anteverse.
At least, that's how long it took on our side. God only knows how time passes there. We didn't expect to
see their creations again. The Kaiju had become a distant memory, their remains scattered about our world like
cherry blossoms in the wind. By 2030, everyone just assumed their normal lives. It was all back to normal.
The 9 to 5, traffic jams, world leaders becoming enemies after joining up for the Pan Pacific Defense Corps.
People became people again, no longer ruled by the threat of constant attack. It was good.
Then a breach opened above the Grand Canyon. There was a total of four people who knew what a breach looked
like, and two of us were dead. So when the tourists saw the light show above them, they only assumed it was some
kind of cosmic happenstance. An atmospheric event, perhaps. About five minutes after the breach formed, it dropped
a Kaiju on them before vanishing completely. It was code-named Warmonger, and it was small compared to other
Category Twos. Even then, without any jaegers to stop it, it took four days for nuclear weapons to bring it down.
It's not the Grand Canyon anymore. It's a Kaiju graveyard.
It marked the return of the Jaeger.
Shatterdomes were constructed all over the world for the next two years, built to house the newest wave
of Jaegers. The new ones are advanced, with capabilities never seen in any of the previous generations. New armor
made from synthesized Kaiju skin. Looks like metal. Tougher than titanium. There's new weapons, too. Electric, nuclear,
even some that came right out of Star Trek: Photon. And not a single one of them is digital.
At this time, we don't have a specific means of defense against the Kaiju beyond the Jaeger program. We have no offense.
We can't stop the breaches from opening, and we can't get to them before they close. The scientists are looking for ways
to open our own bridges, this time to the Anteverse. Things aren't looking good.
You're here because you want to die in a Jaeger. That's how it is now: you fight until something kills you, and that
something is a Kaiju. A wise man once told me: 'The world is ending. So where would you rather die: here, or in a Jaeger?'
I can tell you, my brother Yancy would never have chosen anywhere else."
--Raleigh Beckett, Mark 3 Pilot
We were so wrong.
It took maybe five years for the Precursors to rebuild their world in the Anteverse.
At least, that's how long it took on our side. God only knows how time passes there. We didn't expect to
see their creations again. The Kaiju had become a distant memory, their remains scattered about our world like
cherry blossoms in the wind. By 2030, everyone just assumed their normal lives. It was all back to normal.
The 9 to 5, traffic jams, world leaders becoming enemies after joining up for the Pan Pacific Defense Corps.
People became people again, no longer ruled by the threat of constant attack. It was good.
Then a breach opened above the Grand Canyon. There was a total of four people who knew what a breach looked
like, and two of us were dead. So when the tourists saw the light show above them, they only assumed it was some
kind of cosmic happenstance. An atmospheric event, perhaps. About five minutes after the breach formed, it dropped
a Kaiju on them before vanishing completely. It was code-named Warmonger, and it was small compared to other
Category Twos. Even then, without any jaegers to stop it, it took four days for nuclear weapons to bring it down.
It's not the Grand Canyon anymore. It's a Kaiju graveyard.
It marked the return of the Jaeger.
Shatterdomes were constructed all over the world for the next two years, built to house the newest wave
of Jaegers. The new ones are advanced, with capabilities never seen in any of the previous generations. New armor
made from synthesized Kaiju skin. Looks like metal. Tougher than titanium. There's new weapons, too. Electric, nuclear,
even some that came right out of Star Trek: Photon. And not a single one of them is digital.
At this time, we don't have a specific means of defense against the Kaiju beyond the Jaeger program. We have no offense.
We can't stop the breaches from opening, and we can't get to them before they close. The scientists are looking for ways
to open our own bridges, this time to the Anteverse. Things aren't looking good.
You're here because you want to die in a Jaeger. That's how it is now: you fight until something kills you, and that
something is a Kaiju. A wise man once told me: 'The world is ending. So where would you rather die: here, or in a Jaeger?'
I can tell you, my brother Yancy would never have chosen anywhere else."
--Raleigh Beckett, Mark 3 Pilot
