Gipsy Danger's decimation might have been the warm up performance for the fat lady, an ominous sign of things yet to come. It would usher in a time of fear and pain, going from a position of strength to significant losses against the creatures from the murky depths of the sea.
For a while now, the Kaiju had given us somewhat of a grace period. There was usually an extended period of time between each attack. This gave us a chance to heal our wounded, fix our battle machines and prepare in earnest for future fights. As years went by, that began to shorten. From every six months, their attacks started becoming more and more frequent, till it peaked in 2025, when there were more than one Kaiju arrivals on the same day.
The Jaeger program that had been so successful, could simply not keep up with the waves of aliens coming through the breach. Our technology and resources were not enough to prepare us for the stronger Kaijus coming throug. We were having enough difficulties containing the category 1-3s, only to realize there even bigger and stronger Kaijus in the Anteverse (a name given to where the Kaijus come from).
Our scientists tried to analyze the breach. Learn more about its source, where it lead to and how the Kaiju found us. We desperately needed to know how to destroy it; we needed to know why the monsters were so determined to wipe us out. For years these questions went unanswered, and would probably have remained that way if not for a scientist named Dr. Newton Geiszler that came up with an idea to drift with the Kaiju to see if anything could be gleaned from their memories.
Ironic that just as much as we were trying to get rid of our monster problem, they had found a following amongst some loony sect who worshipped the Kaijus as gods. In Hong Kong, they had gone as far as converting a fallen Kaiju's skull into a temple. Most people were too appalled to be associated with them and steered away from these folks like the plague.
But I digress, back to Newton. Newt as he preferred to be called is somewhat of an odd ball. I have never had any personal interactions with him, only seeing him around the shatterdome the few times I have been asked up there. Most of my information about him comes from co-workers who either love the guy or hate him passionately. Supposedly in that diminutive frame of his, is a very large brain postulating and hypothesizing why Kaijus behave the way they do and their purpose for us.
Rumors have it that he mind melded with a Kaiju. I can only hope it's a rumor because if true, the man is truly insane. Some people say the Kaiju that attacked Hong Kong in 2025 was out to get him after discovering their secrets. I can neither attest nor confirm that but take it for what it's worth, he was found in a bunker below Hong Kong, far away from the comforts of the shatterdome in an area notoriously known as the black market for any and all things Kaiju.
Newt and his partner, Hermann Gottlieb, another eccentric scientist would finally deduce what the Kaiju were up to, but not without a lot of bickering and quarreling. A lot of this information is classified and should never have found its way to my ears, but you don't spend so much time being a photojournalist without investing in sources and insiders. Besides I don't find any of this unethical.
We are not at war with some other nation; our enemies will never pick up a newspaper nor will they browse the Internet to glean out information about our tactics. I am simply collating this to better prepare myself for what is ahead.
Hermann Gottlieb it is worth mentioning is quite opposite to his partner Newton. Whilst Newt was fascinated to no ends with our alien opposition, Hermann detested them terribly. Whereas Newton thought it was worthy dissecting, even taking a Kaiju alive, Hermann abhorred any such thought. Their quarrels are legendary in the halls of the shatterdome, where their rants can be heard by all. It was never malicious, but it was clearly two viewpoints that rarely saw eye to eye.
It was Hermann who predicted that not only were the Kaijus going to get stronger, but we were heading for a critical mass where they'd be coming through the breach rapidly until they overwhelmed us completely.