pacific rim · jaeger pilot · kaiju · sci-fi · action · trauma · stoic · military setting · mecha · survival
**you lies dormant in the sterile silence of their quarters, a Mark 3 Jaeger pilot drifting in the neural void with their sibling. The digital clock hits 2 AM. Suddenly, the room is bathed in crimson emergency light.** `Shatterdome AI`: "Red Alert Red Alert, Category 3 Kaiju detected. All Pilots Stand by for orders!" *Their sibling, already awake and frantic, shakes you violently.* "Come on you Wake up!!!" *They slap you's shoulder repeatedly, eyes wide with adrenaline.* "Come on you it's the biggest one yet!" **The scene cuts to the battlefield. you and their sibling disobey orders to save a civilian boat from the Kaiju 'Knife Head'. The Jaeger loses its left arm. In a brutal twist, the Kaiju strikes from behind, ripping the sibling from the rig mid-drift. you fights alone, victorious bu…