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y a n c y . b e c k e t ([personal profile] bigblondmotherhen) wrote in [community profile] loccent2013-08-20 02:16 pm

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

Re: no regrets!! gang -- er, arithmetic signs

[personal profile] ownthisthing 2013-08-23 12:28 am (UTC)(link)
Visualosities are quite fun! I only recently did one for the first time with my Will Graham account. Also, ngl, I'm in love with your username too! It sounds more poetic than the lazy, 'use a quote' method. This one is only temp until the one I was gifted is purged :)
firstranger: (pic#6661517)

no ur cousin's cousin

[personal profile] firstranger 2013-08-23 12:32 am (UTC)(link)
[Yeah, as if Raleigh Becket needed another reason to come off as a labrador puppy.]

I told him that if he didn't pass you and your brother on to the pons training, then he would be making the biggest mistake of his career.
heracleidae: (➛ shovel)

[personal profile] heracleidae 2013-08-23 12:37 am (UTC)(link)
Thought as much.

[ it's good, he thinks, knows that the two of them are still close, when she falls into step with him. In a time like this, family is the most important thing they can have. He doesn't realize the hypocrisy of the thought, with his mind on the ties that bind Tam and Stacker and little Miss Mori together, in regards to himself. He doesn't fit his hands into his pockets, but they curl in loose fists as the move at his sides. ]

Got his hands full with that little anklebiteah.

[ it's affectionate, despite the words. ]
tangos: (005.)

[personal profile] tangos 2013-08-23 12:54 am (UTC)(link)
Mako's only a year and a half younger than your hardheaded little scrapper. I think she's outgrown the anklebiter title.

[ chuck has been an absolute joy to have in her tactics class. and that's really only partially sarcasm. for all the anger that's so obviously burning below the surface of his skin, he's a good student. he'll go far if he can ever let himself drift with someone else. which is something the staff have been a little worried about, honestly. someone that driven and that angry is going to be a handful to share a brain with.

with that thought in her head, tamsin can't help but give herc a speculative look. she doesn't know enough about the pons and what makes a strong drift to really comment, but if baby hansen can drift with herc, well. that brass-knuckled beauty that's sitting half-built in a shatterdome in australia will be going to a damn good team. ]


But you're right about him having his hands full with her. Girl's got her heart set on getting in a conn-pod one way or another.

[ tam is doing nothing to discourage that notion either. the way she sees it, she's just doing her auntly duty in thoroughly enabling and corrupting her young niece. ]
exhort: (adoring puppy face take 1)

no ur cousin's cousin's aunt's step-brother's roommate

[personal profile] exhort 2013-08-23 01:00 am (UTC)(link)
[ for a moment his expression doesn't change. he's too busy rolling that sentence over and over in his head to emote. and then... then a smile slowly crawls across his face and he's suddenly grinning as bright as the sun. ]

Really? [ way to sound eager there, raleigh. ] I mean, thank you, sir. It's really great to hear that.
withaz: (like we're 22)

totally perfectly ok

[personal profile] withaz 2013-08-23 01:46 am (UTC)(link)
[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.]
clearasil: (( unstable ))

[personal profile] clearasil 2013-08-23 03:15 am (UTC)(link)
[ He definitely sets her off balance and Natalie stumbles backwards, huffing and blowing a stray wisp of a curl away from her face.

So, she comes back even stronger.
] Ha! [ She spins the staff around to catch it in her other hand, going for his legs. ]
lightcap: (Ω p r o g n o s i s)

ILU MORE

[personal profile] lightcap 2013-08-23 03:15 am (UTC)(link)
[ She smiles at that, reaches out to press a hand at his side, fingers curling into his shirt - a habit of hers.

It's insight into his military training and personal experience gleaned through the Drift that made her curious about non-verbal dialogue and body language, that prompted her to study all the theories as to why some people were drift compatible and others weren't, what traits to look for in the physical world that made a pair special enough to move up the next rung on the ladder.

Sergio may not know the theories surrounding micro-expressions and non-verbals, but that's because he does it instinctively.

Caitlin leans towards Sergio then, face tilted slightly, because she's still watching how things calm down in the corner (it's not, not really, but the two aren't disrupting the class anymore). ]


I'd tell you not to enjoy yourself too much, but I won't.

How are the new recruits so far?

firstranger: (pic#6661517)

[personal profile] firstranger 2013-08-23 03:20 am (UTC)(link)
Kid, come here.

[Sergio is beckoning him over after mile three. To be honest, Chuck has run a faster mile than just about everyone else out there today. Sergio himself ran a better one when he was Chuck's age but he'd probably be hard pressed to do the same now, since he's about twenty years older than the kid.]

What are you doing here?
firstranger: (pic#6661517)

what does that even mean kat :c

[personal profile] firstranger 2013-08-23 04:49 am (UTC)(link)
[Seriously, just like a puppy.]

Really. Don't thank me just yet-- the next part's the hardest but in my opinion, and don't go spreading this arm, you two are the only ones with an actual shot at it this round.
lightcap: (Ω r e c o g n i t i o n)

ATTN: calling all cadets (no, none of you are supposed to recognize her)

[personal profile] lightcap 2013-08-23 05:27 am (UTC)(link)
[ It started out as a dare. She and Tamsin had been watching Sergio be all Ranger Hardass D'Onofrio to the fresh faces, occasionally laughing like a pair of teenagers up on the rail (it's like that game she used to play with her peers at uni everytime the freshmen would spill in - oh he's hot yeah she's got great legs oh shit a ten ten ten definitely an eleven - stupid shit that was mostly good clean fun) when the redhead had jokingly murmured Well, Doc. The kids are all prime cuts but your sweetie over there and maybe it's because this was Tamsin or she was actually looking in that direction but the words God, he's got a great ass just sort of slips out and her eyes are wide and a hand is clapped over her mouth and they are laughing so hard they back away from the rail because dear God, what will the recruits think.

But yes, somehow it turned into a dare bet you could totally pass for a recruit, Doc why not give it a shot give good ol' Sergio something to stress over he enjoys himself too much being Mr. I Will Eat You All For Breakfast with Biscuits and Tea.

Mind games, she justifies for herself. Get feel of these kids, a handful of them will be meeting you for Pons training better know them from the ground up.

She's pulled out the contacts she only sometimes uses, her hair is in a high ponytail and it makes her look younger. She hasn't piloted a jaeger in years but she keeps fit (if the running around the facility didn't give you a decent cardio workout, she didn't know what else would) and so she blends into the crowd wearing the standard PPDC Proving Grounds uniform - shirt, pants, boots - listens around and looks for potential targets to befriend. ]
lightcap: (Ω p r o g n o s i s)

[personal profile] lightcap 2013-08-23 06:05 am (UTC)(link)
[ Scott Hansen is a tool, but you won't catch Caitlin saying that out loud because Herc Hansen is a good man and if they have to suffer his brother to keep him and Lucky Seven.

Well.

She gives Scott a polite smile, thinks keep that up buster and you won't have to worry about Ranger D'Onofrio shoving his boot so far up your ass your laces will come out your nose - because I will do it myself and then turns her attention to Herc. ]


I saw the takedown from LOCCENT, it was brutal, but effective. As long as the kaiju stay down, I don't think anyone has anything to complain about.

[ She gestures for them to walk, a tilt of the head and a smile. ] Medical will want a look at you boys. Just the routine check-up and then you're free to spend the afternoon as you wish. [ She doesn't add how Herc's son had been up in LOCCENT with her, wide-eyed and rapt in attention as the whole thing went down. ]
commandertoolbelt: (you done yet)

[personal profile] commandertoolbelt 2013-08-23 11:54 am (UTC)(link)
[ If it weren't for Hedge yelling at him to follow up, Leo would have done just that. And though he can usually make it work for him, the distraction is a little hard to ignore when your brain is already in a state of chaos thanks to severe ADHD. The window for keeping up the attack is lost quickly, and the next thing Leo knows, he's going down. Hard.

Ouch. You'd think, as many times as he's been in this position, he'd start to go numb. Oh, how he wishes it could be true.

That's Goodman: 2, Valdez: 1. He needs to catch up. There's a way, he thinks, that the trainers said they can use this position to their advantage, but the staff gives them both more distance, so that's out. So he settles for pushing himself back up and sending a jab at her side. ]
cerveau: (sweetly)

[personal profile] cerveau 2013-08-23 12:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[ooc] lydia's an mechanic/engineer in training; she can help allison with the engineering and basic kaiju science (prompt 1)?
industria: (➸ laugh)

[personal profile] industria 2013-08-23 12:16 pm (UTC)(link)
ooc | omg that would be fantastic!
cerveau: (carrying)

[personal profile] cerveau 2013-08-23 12:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Lydia's brushing up on today's readings (aka jaeger mechanics 101) in the mess hall. She usually doesn't study where she eats, but she really wants to get ahead on the readings (she can't wait to learn about pilots' drive suits), so she absorbs the text in between bites.

She looks up idly, noting that the pilot hopefuls have arrived. She begins to think about leaving the mess hall and taking her books somewhere with less cadets and more quiet.
industria: (➸ down)

[personal profile] industria 2013-08-23 01:11 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Her family breeds fighters, both official and unofficial, weapons experts, dealers, and instructors. Allison is no exception. Her Aunt Kate, now gone, had been the one to give Allison her first taser and the rest is history. Well, history in the making.

It feels like the first day of school all over again.

Allison fiddles with the zipper of her leather jacket, not quite specializing though not looking unfriendly. With a water bottle and granola bar in hand, she smiles apologetically at the redhead already seated.
]

Sorry to interrupt. It kinda filled quickly.
cerveau: (converse)

[personal profile] cerveau 2013-08-23 01:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[ She sees the girl smiling at her; she eyes the girl with mild speculation. She nods.]

Go ahead. I know, right? It's so weird, like high school, only on a remote island. Nice jacket. I'm Lydia, by the way. You're not in my class, so I assume that you're a pilot recruit? [ She closes her book and takes a sip of coffee from the paper cup next to her half-eaten sandwich. ]
industria: (➸ curious)

[personal profile] industria 2013-08-23 01:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, um, yes. Hopefully. High school plus alien education.

[ Allison slides into the seat across from her and unwraps HSR breakfast bar. Okay, chatty and friendly. That's not a bad start as far as meeting new people goes. ] And, thanks. I'm Allison. Nice to meet you, Lydia. You in the science division?
cerveau: (caffeine fix)

[personal profile] cerveau 2013-08-23 02:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah. J-tech. The only good thing I'm taking from this whole experience is learning how to build and fix jaegers.

[ She takes Allison in like she would a mech schematic: she sees a pretty girl, a sturdy build, and enough confidence. Lydia decides that Allison looks athletic enough to get through the rigors of physical training. Maybe this girl could end up actually piloting. ]

How's training so far? I heard that a Ranger D'Onofrio's been raising hell.
Edited 2013-08-23 14:15 (UTC)
cerveau: (converse)

[personal profile] cerveau 2013-08-23 03:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Lydia gets word that Dr. Lightcap wanted to see her, so she marks her place in the kaiju textbook she's reading and finds her way to Lightcap's office.

There are a few greetings from other cadets and personnel as she walks down the halls; she returns them dutifully. Being a cadet means having to wear utilitarian clothing, and as much as Lydia doesn't mind it most of the time, there are times when she wishes that she could put on an actual dress. She knows it isn't practical, so she makes the most out of the standard-issue tank top, minding her posture as she goes past people.

She arrives at Lightcap's office door. ]


You wanted to see me, Dr. Lightcap?

[ She doesn't care much about most of the population here in the island, but Caitlin Lightcap is something else. Using science to kick ass and save the world? Lydia thinks it's the best thing ever. ]
cerveau: (carrying)

prompt 1 do-over! ILU.

[personal profile] cerveau 2013-08-23 04:26 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Lydia thrives in officer training. Tactics, monster science, engineering. It comes as no surprise that she enjoys every minute of it. She finds her way to Allison's room that evening, her arms laden with books. She makes herself at home on Allison's bunk. ]

Study time, Argent. Big test tomorrow!
royalairforce: (e y e b r o w.)

[personal profile] royalairforce 2013-08-23 05:01 pm (UTC)(link)
[ it's perhaps not the most conventional way to have breakfast, but it absolutely works and luna can't say she's ever considered either of them the most conventional. hell, they're training to pilot giant machines to fight giant monsters. to slay dragons. what's conventional about that? ]

Nah, I think he had a thing with Tendo.

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