5 years later
Alaska Base- Closing Day
"The Titans are adapting. Evolving."
"We're losing Jaegers faster than we can build them!"
"Lima, Seattle, Vladivostok-"
"Category 4 Titans are now coming through the Breach!"
Chiron glared up at the twelve screens in front of him, unable to believe what he was hearing.
"Marshal," the British representative said, rolling his eyes down at Chiron. "Surely you can see that the Jaegers are not a viable line of defence anymore."
"I am aware," Chiron growled, gritting his teeth.
"Those are our rangers that die," Hermes Castellan snapped from Chiron's right side.
"Every single time a Jaeger falls we are the ones who must pick up the pieces," Athena cried from her wheelchair. "The UN has scarcely given enough funding for the development of these facilities so I fail to see why-"
She started coughing suddenly, Hermes rushing to her side as she fell forward in a coughing fit.
"And perhaps you are a good example as to why we did not grant much funding to your research, Ms Spiros."
"What's that supposed to mean?" Hermes snarled, snapping back to glare at the Australian official who had dared speak.
"Well, clearly, your damn Jaeger technology has done more harm than good, has it not?" the woman cried in outrage.
"How dare you say-"
"Do not rise, Hermes," Chiron said softly, holding out a hand to stop him before turning to face the screens once more. "I'm asking you for one last chance."
"Excuse me, marshal?" the British rep asked.
"One final assault," Chiron said calmly. "With everything we've got."
"The Jaeger programme is dead, marshal," the Japanese official said, shaking his head. "Do what you wish with the Jaegers, but you will receive no more funding from the UN."
And with that, the screens went black.
