?: When I was a kid, whenever I feel small or lonely, I'd look up at the stars. Wondering if there was life up there. Turns out I was looking in the wrong direction. When alien life entered our world, it was from deep beneath the Pacific ocean. A fissure between two tectonic plates. A portal between dimensions, a breach. I was 15 when the first kaiju made land in San Francisco.(Just then, the kaiju appeared, destroying the Golden Gate Bridge. Cars and rubble fell into the water. Fighter jets came and shot at the monster, but were unsuccessful.) By the time tanks, jets, and missiles took it down six days and 35 miles later, three cities were destroyed. Tens of thousands of lives were lost. We mourned our dead, memorialized the attack, moved on. And then, only six months later, the second attack hit Manilla. (In said country another was seen as the blue blood poisoned the land scape.) And then the third one hit Kabo, and then the fourth. And then we learned this was not gonna stop. This was just the beginning. We needed a new weapon. The world came together, pooling its resources together and throwing aside old rivalries for the sake of good. To fight the monsters, we created monsters of our own. The Jaeger Program was born. There were setbacks at first. The neural load to interface with the Jaeger proved too much for a single pilot. A two pilot system was implemented. Left hemisphere, right hemisphere, pilot control. We started winning. Jaegers stopping Kaijus everywhere, but the Jaegers weren't only as good as the pilots, so Jaeger pilots turned into rock stars. Danger turned into propaganda, Kaijus into toys. We got really good at it. Winning, then… then it all changed.
Meanwhile in The X Organization's hideout...
Lazarus: (evil laugh) Such pathetic humans. They created their own machines to take them out.
Marie: Sooner or later, they'll eventually be defeated.
Slappy: Those people don't know the strength of the kaijus.
Lazarus: Yes, but it appears that some intruders are appearing in that universe. SEND IN THE KNIFEHEAD KAIJU!
Nightmare Enterprises Salesmen: Right away, Mr. L.
Back in the universe, the Jaeger were alerted of the kaiju's presence.
P.A.: Gypsy Danger, report to Bay 08, level A-42. Kaiju. Codename: Knifehead. Category 3. 8700 metric tons.
A man woke up, having been alerted.
Man: Yo, Yancy, wake up! Movement… Movement in the breach. (tries to wake Yancy up) Hey, come on. We're being deployed.
Yancy: Great. Good morning.
Man: Morning.
The year was 2020, and it was the seventh year of the kaiju war. They were in an Alaskan shelter, where Jaegers were created.
Man: Kaiju's a category 3. Biggest one yet. Codename: Knifehead.
Yancy: What time is it?
Man: Two.
Yancy: A.M.?
Man: Yep. What do you say? Fifth notch on the belt?
The two men bumped their fists together, and then there was a knock on the door.
Man 1: Come on, Beckett's. Time for the drop.
Yancy: Hey, kid.
Man: Yeah?
Yancy: Don't get cocky.
Yancy and his brother, Raleigh, now headed to their battle station.
Narrator Raleigh: Years before, you wouldn't have picked my brother Yancy and I for heroes. No chance.
Raleigh: Alright, let's suit up and kick some ass!
The two were put into special suits for their Jaeger, the Gypsy Danger.
Narrator Raleigh: We were never star athletes. We were never head of the class. But we could hold our own in a fight. And it turned out we had a unique skill: we were Drift compatible.
They put on their helmets.
AI: Data on helmet. Data relay gel dispersing in circuitry suit.
Soon, the men got inside the Jaeger's head and went into their positions.
Man 2: (intercom) Good morning, Becket boys!
Yancy: Tendo, what's happening, my man?
Raleigh: How's that date with Alison go last night, Mr. Choi?
Tendo: Oh, she loved me. Her boyfriend? Not so much.
Yancy: You're gonna get your ass kicked.
Tendo: Ha, ha. A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do, brother.
Commander: Engage drop, Mr. Choi.
Tendo: Engaging drop, sir. Marshal Pentecost on deck. Securing the Conn Pod. Getting ready to drop.
In the control room, the crew were getting ready to drop the Jaeger head into the body.
Technician: Conn Pod door lock secure.
Yancy: Release for drop.
Raleigh: Gypsy Danger ready for the big drop.
The Jaeger head is dropped into the body.
Yancy: Here we go.
Raleigh: Yeah! Here we go!
The head now landed on the neck of the body.
Tendo: Coupling confirmed, sir.
Pentecost: Engage pilot to pilot protocol.
Tendo: Engaging now.
AI: Pilot to pilot connection protocol sequence.
The Jaeger was moving on a tank as the giant door opened.
Intercom: Gypsy launch, Bay 6.
The giant machine was now on the water.
Yancy: Gypsy Danger, ready and aligned, sir.
Pentecost: Rangers, this is Marshal Stacker Pentecost. Prepare for neural handshake.
Tendo: Starting in 15 seconds. 14, 13, 12, 11, 10…
Yancy: Ready to step into my head, kid?
Raleigh: Please, after you. Age before beauty.
In mere seconds, a wave of neural memories coursed though the two brothers minds and the Jaeger itself.
Narrator Raleigh: The Drift, Jaeger tech. Based on dark jet fighter neural systems. Two pilots, mind melding through memories through the body of a giant machine. The deeper the bond, the better you fight.
The two pilots then calibrated their hands together, making the Jaeger copy their hand calibration.
Pentecost: Gentlemen, your orders are to hold the Miracle Mile off anchorage, copy?
Yancy: Copy that, sir. Sir, there's still a civilian vessel in the Gulf.
Pentecost: Gentlemen, you're protecting a city of two million people. You don't risk those lives for a boat that holds ten, am I clear?
Yancy: Yes, sir.
Raleigh: Man, that's cold. You know what I'm thinking?
Yancy: I'm in your brain. I know.
Raleigh: Now let's go fishin'.
Yancy: Here we go.
The two men walked together at the same time. This makes the Jaeger move through the water.
Narrator Raleigh: There are things you can't fight: acts of God. You see a hurricane running, you have to get out of the way. But when you're in a Jaeger, suddenly, you can fight the hurricane. You can win.
Meanwhile, on the Alaskan coastline, a ship was caught up in a storm. The radar system is picking a strange thing heading their way. Turns out what's heading their way is the kaiju, Knifehead. The kaiju now stood up as the men in the boat watched in horror. Just when all hope is lost, the Gypsy Danger rose from the sea. The Jaeger picked up the boat before the kaiju could destroy it.
AI: Ship secured.
Yancy: Adjust the torque.
Raleigh: I'm on it!
AI: Torque locked.
The Jaeger dropped the boat to a safer place away from the battle. Soon, the machine punched the monster and then slammed it.
Yancy: Get him. Come on. Shoot him.
Gypsy Danger shot a pulse gun from its hand at Knifehead. But as the duo defeat the kaiju, the gang teleported onto the Gypsy's shoulder without Yancy or Raleigh looking.
Eddy: Whoa, what country are we in, guys?
Double D: I don't know. It seems we have teleported in the Alaskan coastline.
Lori: Are you sure this is the right place?
Double D: I'm sure we are in the right place.
Red: If it's the right place, what are we standing on?
Ed: Look.
The gang look at the head of a giant robot.
Lincoln: Looks like some kind of giant robot.
Chuck: And we're on the shoulder.
Then, Red slipped off of the shoulder and Chuck grabs Red's arm to save him.
Red: That was close.
Sora: We have to be careful, guys. One slip and you're a goner.
Meanwhile, back at home base...
Tendo: Plasma cannon in the shallow shelves 7 miles off the coastal line.
Pentecost: Gypsy, what the hell is going on?
Yancy: Job's done, sir. Lit it up twice and bagged our fifth kill.
Pentecost: You disobeyed a direct order!
Yancy: Respectfully, sir. We intercepted a kaiju and saved everyone on that boat.
Pentecost: Get back to your posts, now!
Raleigh: Yes, sir.
Tendo: Kaiju signature rising. That thing's still alive, sir.
Pentecost: Gypsy, we're still gaining signature. That kaiju's still alive! Grab the boat and get outta there! You copy? Pick up that boat and get outta there now!
Suddenly, Knifehead jumped out and attacked Gypsy Danger.
Yancy: Laser, Raleigh?
Raleigh: I got this.
The Jaeger got out a laser gun, but the kaiju ripped off the arm. Raleigh was in pain.
Tendo: Left arm's gone cold, sir.
The monster then attacked the head.
Eddy: Hold on, guys!
Red: I'm trying!
Lincolin: That monster is damaged this robot, we gotta help it!
Double D: Are you crazy?
Lynn: All i can say is that these guys looked way smaller on TV.
Yancy: It went through the hull! Raleigh, listen to me. We gotta-
Suddenly, the monster took Yancy away. The others saw him fall to his doom.
Raleigh: YANCY!
Sora: No!
The monster kept attacking the Gypsy Danger. Raleigh turned on the pulse cannon, but the kaiju took the weapon. The pulse cannon was loading up, preparing to blast Knifehead.
Lynn: Alright, that's it!
Lynn took out a soccer ball and kicked it to Knifehead's eye, releasing his grip on the cannon.
Lynn: Hey, ugly! Down here!
Soon, the cannon blasted the creature. Knifehead then collapsed on the ground, dead for real.
Chuck: He did it!
Eddy: Good job distracting it, Lynn.
Lynn: No worries, someone had to-whoa!
Gypsy Danger was wobbling around like crazy. Without Yancy to pilot the left side, Raliegh couldn't sustain it as it was crashing down onto the icy shore, the others falling into its line of crash on the ground.
Eddy: Run for it!
Double D: It's no use, it's too big!
Chuck: We're all gonna die!
With everyone screaming, Gypsy Danger fell on the group, but at the last second, a flash of light teleported them away. Raleigh then stumbled out of the cockpit and collapsed near a father and his son. Meanwhile, Pentecost was with the world leaders in the aftermath.
World Leader 1: This is unprecedented. Not only are the Kaiju showing signs of more vital intelligence, but a group of 15 kids, three flightless birds, a duck and a dog-like creature were on the shoulder of Gypsy Danger without a pilot or a executive notice.
Pentecost: I am aware. Those are my rangers that die every time a Jaeger falls, which is why I'm asking you for one last chance.
British Leader: Excuse me, Marshall. We can't afford any more lives lost. Those children were in the midst of a battle. Who knows what would've happened to them if Knifehead had gotten a chance? Our funds are dropping just preserving the Jaeger Project. I'm sorry, but it's over.
Pentecost: I understand.
And just like that, the last hope for mankind in the universe of Pacific Rim was gone. Raleigh, traumatized by the loss of his brother while still connected to Gypsy danger, has scattered to the wind. But our heroes are safe, as they were teleported to a place among the stars...
