loccent | meme | welcome to kodiak island.

The Pan Pacific Defense Corps is an organization set up to battle the Kaiju threat through the use of Jaegers. Founded in 2014, the Corps represents an international alliance of 21 nations across the Pacific Rim, bound together by the shared goal of containing, combating and eliminating the Kaiju threat and save humanity from extinction.

In 2014, after the first Kaiju attack on San Francisco, the Pan Pacific Defense Corps was created with the purpose of defending the various countries surrounding the Pacific Ocean that would be under attack from the Kaiju. Soon after, the headquarters of the Pan Pacific Defense Corps was established in Hong Kong, China, this being the first Shatterdome. After Dr. Jasper Schoenfeld pitched the idea of creating giant mechs to battle the kaiju, the Corps were formed to fund the Jaeger Program.

>>Greetings, trainee.
>>Welcome to the Pan Pacific
>>Defense Corps Jaeger Academy. //:

SO, YOU WANT TO PILOT A JAEGER. LET'S SEE IF YOU'RE UP TO SNUFF.

Welcome to Kodiak Island. For the next 24 weeks you'll have the chance to prove that you've got what it takes to be among the few who can pilot a Jaeger. We need capable pilots, so if you don't think you can hack it, better drop out now. The course will follow the following format, so listen up, you have:

1) OFFICER TRAINING:
You will be studying tactics, some engineering, basic kaiju science, etc. Study good and study hard and if you're lucky enough to make the cut, we'll be shipping your sorry asses on to —

2) PONS TRAINING:
There is a mock-pod simulator where you will learn how to drift with your chosen partner. Can't find a partner? Too bad. You might have the physical skills and the brains to go with it, but if you can't bring yourself to work with another human being, then what the hell are you doing here.

3) JAEGER TRAINING:
Alright, you've made it. Report to the test range and get your asses in a Jaeger.

INSTRUCTIONS →
1. Post with your character/canon/preferences.
(Mod Note: Pacific Rim OCs are very much welcome, if not encouraged.)
2. Tag others. Tag a LOT.
3. Have FUN or we'll feed you to the kaiju.

SOURCE: wikia entry | jaeger academy info | gifs

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[ That the people handling the mess make passable enough coffee is good enough for him, so Tendo grabs himself two cups for each hand (the percolator up in LOCCENT is busted someone is going to die for that).

He's surveying the food trays when he sights her, sitting all alone at the end of a table, going through what he would guess are the basic readings for a fresh recruit. A smile twitches at the corner of his mouth because hot damn, Yancy Becket finally caved to his sister's insistence at joining the corps. It is a major understatement to say that this is going to be interesting.

Suffice to say, he ambles over and slides into the seat across from her. ]

Good morning, Jazmine. Studying hard?

[It's--been a while since Jazmine was in school. She stopped at high school because she couldn't afford college even if she wanted to and with the world just getting shittier and shittier, there was never the need for higher education. She probably would've gone if the kaiju had never come, probably gone down to California to one of the UCs or depending on rebellious she was feeling, out to the east coast just to be difficult.

And thanks Yancy for warning her about how absolutely thrilling these classes on kaiju science were. She's having a blast.

She's got the whole end of the table taken up with her notes and books, a pen stuffed in her ponytail and a highlighter in one hand. When Tendo sits, she looks up and smiles when she realizes who it is.]

Or something. Is one of those coffees for me?

[ He's not even bothering to hide the grin on his face because he can't help but think that he'd had the pleasure of seeing Raleigh's approach (rest his soul) to the early on officer training (lots of talking and memory drills) and then Yancy's dismal trainwreck of attempted survival (they figured out awhile later that Yancy was more of a combination kenetic and spatial/visual learner) and of all three, Jazmine seems to be attacking the schoolwork like she was born for studying data.

If she weren't so hell-bent on the idea of piloting a jaeger, Tendo is half-tempted to enable her into being J-tech. ]

No, but it is now if you want it. [ He slides her one mug and doesn't even try to hide the way he's checking out her study material.

Kaiju. Perfect. ] You know, if you need help with getting info that's not in your books, I could recommend someone to talk your ear off.

[She smiles her thanks at him and takes the coffee mug he slides over. Jazmine takes a sip before nodding, rubbing at her temple in a way that only a stressed student can.]

Yeah? You mean it's not you?

[She's a lot like her brothers sometimes.]

[ And like her brothers always were (are, in the case of Yancy), she's already one of his favorite people. ]

Kaiju science? Hell no. [ He takes a sip of his own coffee, relishes the way the heat goes down. ] If you need someone to determine all the variables that show why a Catergory One is different from a Category Two even if the specimens blipping on the radar are roughly within the same size range, yeah, I can tell you.

[ A beat. ] You want to learn about anatomy and soft spots and how to kill them and how interesting they are as creatures, I will have to bump you to the resident kaiju fanboy. [ The way he says the last word is drawled, like this: fanboi. ]

Resident kaiju fanboy?

[She repeats that with a raise eyebrow because what? How could you-- no why would you ever fanboy over the kaiju? Personal hatred of them aside, for killing her brother, that's still pretty weird.]

I'm not sure I actually want to know.

[ He gives her a slow nod and mouths: FAN BOI.

Because some people are just weird, that's why. But Tendo's pretty cool with the resident kaijuphile, weirdness and all. Everyone views the world a different way. Some in more unconventional ways compared to others. ] Drop by K-Science one of these days and look for Newt Geiszler. Can't miss him: glasses, a little bit mad-scienty-looking, tats on his forearms. [ Of Kaiju. Huh. Might have to give the doc a head's up not to brag about his Knifehead tat too much. ]

He's a little [ what was that word ] enthusiastic, about his job. But you'll learn a lot more about the kaiju form listening to him than you will in that textbook.

meme | welcome to kodiak island.

hey beautiful (pegging this along the lines of that au we have going)

aosjdnag omg this is all things i ever wanted and more

i hope this is okay tendo is an assuming shit

totally perfectly ok

i am so late to this thread

never late bb

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