Contrary to what most might think, stepping into a Jaeger is akin to taking a tight rope walk over the Grand Canyon. How do I know this? Well I have gotten countless interviews with Jaeger pilots, trainees, engineers and hopefuls all with varying descriptions but the general consensus is that whilst exhilarating, the pilots realize they might as well be taking a one way ticket to their own death every time they go out to battle. There are no delusions of grandeur, sure there's a certain level of ego that comes with thinking you are mankind's only hope to defeat the apocalypse, but it's also extremely humbling knowing you are putting your life on the line to accomplish this.
There are no guarantees that they will make it out alive when they rumble with the Kaijus. The plaque at Jaeger central with the names of the fallen is the stark reminder of what type of odds these folks face. There are no overly excited teens rushing to get into these machines. They are not going gung ho about what is at stake. Most of the pilots have come to terms with their mortality. They know what's at hand. Their wills have been written in accordance with their first simulation. Earth's last stand might as well be martyrs. Theirs is a noble cause.
Becoming a Jaeger pilot is an extremely selective process. Making it to the front lines is almost as hard as getting a politician to tell the truth. Only a few nations have the ability and resources to churn out Jaegers. Many nations will pool together to create one of these machines, trying to ration available resources. It not only takes a lot of man power to create these things, but also precious materials that have become even more important with the ongoing war taking center stage.
There have been rumblings that the heads of the allied forces have started to shift their stance on Jaegers. Some are beginning to think they cannot get the job done. The coastal wall has begun to get a lot of buzz, if this ever gets tabled at the union, I feel it could spell doom for our mechanic saviors.
Mankind gets more desperate by the day, the more we get our asses kicked, the more the Jaegers begin to look like expensive pieces of metal.
To quickly summarize, the coastal wall isn't anything new. It's just another variation of a border wall, meant to prevent unwanted and un-liked entities from getting in. Except in this case, this wall is meant to keep out extra terrestrial beings. Many skeptics point out that we can't possibly create a wall strong enough to keep out Kaijus, especially with how little we know of them. Barely guessing how powerful these things can be is recipe for disaster. In the past few years, we have seen stronger and faster Kaijus step out of the ocean floor. These things seem to get more nasty by the day. Diverting precious resources to a wall that may or may not work is cause for concern. Sadly these pleas seem to be falling on deaf ears. Rumblings persist that most leaders of the allied nations have agreed to the coastal wall and will stop funding the Jaegers shortly. A crushing blow to the brave men and women who have fought for us. To discard them so, for something that's not even proven to work is shameful. I can only hope our leaders know what they are doing. At this point, we are losing this war. I can't even begin to imagine what might happen if the wall fails.