#My Pacific Rim AU

[oranjeleeuw]

hows the pacific rim au going ???? its such a neat idea and i need ppl to draw concept art for it

DO I HAVE NEWS FOR YOU MY FRIEND

First of all, life happened and happened for good, I couldn't write much before but Now. NOW is the time.

I planned and plotted a lot during the whole year I first came up with the idea and I have a kind of strong base for the AU. I also have a brilliant beta by my side, my dear friend Frog (@faramircaptainofgender), so hopefully during this summer this idea will be shared with you all outside our little friend group.

I'll take this opportunity and shamelessly turn my answer into a main post for the AU.

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the title:

Human within the Machine

[brief synopsis]

The Nations of the world developed a simulation where future Jaeger pilots can practice for in-action cases. Max Verstappen outshines every other contestants in the history of drifting, there's only one problem - he's no team player.

Charles Leclerc is determined to stop the Kaijus and end their reign, once and for all. He lost his parents due to kaiju attacks, now he feels responsible not only to avenge their deaths, but to bring a brighter future to his brothers.

Jaeger engineering is living its golden age, there is money in it and many enthusiastic contestants who are not entirely aware of the horror that awaits them out at the ocean.

[disclaimer]

There’s no main plot (as in: I am not planning on detailed world-building neither to save the world from kaijus, I am smaller than that), the endgame is to get Max into an active combat where he drifts with Charles and they’re in the Il Predestinato (the legendary Jaeger that has been out of service for a decade, waiting for the right co-pilots). Everything before and in between are just themes I desire to explore within the possibilities of this AU.

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I have a playlist that helps me to stay inspired, songs are not in order yet though, but as I said earlier, chapters are meant to be kind-of standalone scenes, existing in their own moods and settings.

Each chapter will have its own chosen background music linked to them. I also added many symphonic songs just to get in the mood for some combat scenes.

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[good to know]

Roles: In the case of HwtM we have active and passive characters in this story. Due to the fact that many scenes are set in drift-memories, where not everything is factual and we are in the mix of memories and feelings, some characters will only appear and speak through these moments. Therefore they fall into the passive category - they are the legends. I will talk about them in their own post but the gist of it is what I wrote above, they cannot speak for themselves so we will only see them through tilted lenses: idolised, villanised, or the mix of both.

Which also means another thing - everyone is an unreliable narrator.

Teams and Jaegers: Since this is the golden age of Jaeger engineering, we will have many-many Jaegers. So far I named only a few, but to stay true to the source material, I'm trying to make them just as cheesy yet compelling as the ones were in the movies. The constructor teams from real life are not so different from what they represent in HwtM, but I altered some of their names to fit more into the world (older names or older sounding names of some teams since the future that Pacific Rim has is basically our present. I was aiming for some retro-vibe).

Here, they are different detachments under the Pan Pacific Defense Corps, in the Jaeger Academy division. I’m planning on working with Merc, Ferrari, McLaren, Williams and of course Redbull.

Mercedes is called Benz

Ferrari is called Alfa Romeo

Red Bull is Toro Rosso

The other two stay under the same name.

Ships to look out for: it is a Lestappen-centered story (if I am really honest with you, it’s Max-centered first of all) but on the side-lines we will look into some depths of Carlando, Galex and Maxiel in…some way. Please-please keep in mind, that these won’t be fully developed romantic relationships in the fic, I’m reporting from the minds and souls of these boys, objectively perceived scenes between them will be rare and much more comrade-like.

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That is all I planned to share for starters. Feel free to ask about the process or anything really, that is related to this project, it’s my beloved child and can’t wait to share it all with others!

[keferon]

So. Mecha pilot Jazz? Anyone?

Based on this post

I decided I don’t want to pull any aesthetic from Evangelion because I don’t really remember Evangelion haha I can’t navigate its world building.

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[yeagrave]

jayvik but in pacific rim

[aghostsnail]

so-so there's this guy (@keferon 's tf mecha au)

[bilosan]

buddie + pacific rim au

[rabdoidal]

arcane x pacific rim AU!!

so a mathematician and an engineer walk into a divided laboratory at the end of the world... i imagine in this AU in order to align with arcane more, Viktor, even though hes in the hermann role, would drift with the kaiju brain or somehow become spliced with kaiju DNA as a parallel to his machine herald transformation, but maybe its more interesting if jayce is the one to drift and he gets stuck in a drift that feels like it occupies months of time as a parallel to him in the apocalypse dimension - either way, i think its fun to think of a world where jayvik dont get along and have to come back together to help save the world while vi and cait are piloting a robot together

🤖 kofi link in bio if you’re feeling generous 🤖

[hahazed]

Do you guys like Pacific Rim by Mexican director Guillermo del toro?

[eeriedragone]

"Terrain scans indicate this biome contains unusually high concentrations of organic and fossilized remains."

This study/piece was once again a reminder that I should use references more often. It made such a difference :|

[randycider]

Thinking about Shockwave being a human in that mecha pilot Jazz au. (au of an au?? Sure)

I’m picturing an eyepatch, buzz-cut, sinister voice and even sinister unethical human experimentation— that drift technology had to come about from someone, right?

They call him Shockwave because he just showed up one day and revolutionized the mech field overnight. Or that’s just his name, who knows.

Very Doc-Ock from Spider-Man situation going on for him; he found Cybertronian or Quintesson tech and integrated it into himself, now he’s got mechanical arms and a gigantic gun for an arm or whatever, and he works as fast as possible to replicate it on other people, no matter how unethical or morally dubious, because if he could do it to himself, then he can do it to others for the sake of science. (Maybe someone else did the experimenting on him??)

Idk I just need the angry and violent and visceral Shockwave personality carrying over to him being the Top Guy on earth who is responsible for finding people to test new and developing drift technology on. Some of those first pilots probably died during the drift connection, and he just kept putting new people into the mecha over and over until something stuck

Maybe he’s responsible for sending out recruitment programs that test people’s DNA to see if they’re drift compatible and THEN they have to go through all that rigorous training and testing

[r0b0t1me]

had fun painting a sketch by @giantrobotslug

[doctorsiren]

more moth au

[oranjeleeuw]

Lowest of efforts kinda pinterest collage but I had to create something visual for my Pacific Rim AU and this was faster than planning and drawing in details my version of a Jaeger inspired by f1 cars.

I'm finishing up the Prologue and hopefully before August I start posting the chapters. Exciting times!!

[nuzipilled]

i forgot to upload this! pacific rim au because i like robots. N is a traumatized veteran who lost his partner and uzi is a spunky rookie who breathes life back into him

[imagine-darksiders]

More mecha Monty for the soul :)

Fnaf mecha au

Y/n is also a janitor in this au, and is generally tasked with cleaning the exterior of the mechs.

MNT-3, or 'Monty,' has a bully for a pilot, and the mech really doesn't like him.

I'm thinking Monty ends up rejecting the pilot and the company spends days trying to hire a new pilot, all of whom are ejected from Monty's cockpit, until eventually, he puts in a request that has management reeling.

The only pilot MNT-3 wants as his partner is none other than the nobody cleaner who has no piloting experience whatsoever.

[fisherrprince]

back on my bs

[foxglovecove]

Tales from the Jaeger Pilot AU:

Homework time at the academy. Newt found an old tape recorder and thus homework time ended before it could even begin