Imprint&reality

by impampersand

"Real isn't how you are made,' said the Skin Horse. 'It's a thing that happens to you." The drift touches not just its Rangers but also the Jaegers that they pilot.

1. PPDC Jaeger Crew's Creed

Pan Pacific Defense Corps Jaeger Crew's Creed, as derived from the United States Marine Corps Rifleman's Creed

This is my Jaeger. There are many like it, but this one is mine. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life. Without me, my Jaeger is useless. Without my Jaeger, I am useless. I must guide my Jaeger true. I must fight better than the enemy who is trying to kill me. I must kill them before they kill me. I will. My Jaeger and I know what counts in war is not the weapons we discharge, the noise of our burst, or the smoke we make. We know that it is the hits that count. We will hit.

My Jaeger is human, even as I am human, because it is my life. Thus I will learn it as a sibling. I will learn its weaknesses, its strengths, its parts, its accessories, its sights and its barrel. I will keep my Jaeger clean and ready, even as I am clean and ready. We will become part of each other.

Before this world I swear this creed. My Jaeger and I are the defenders of our world. We are the masters of our enemy. We are the saviors of my life. So be it, until the victory is ours' and there is no enemy.