#mag pilot

[orkojpeg]

mags learns deja vu is also an inventor

[warmglowofsurvival]

[rabbit-is-wise]

fellow fans of both tøp and tma—have we talked about how dema is the perfect vessel of the lonely. every time i describe dema i find myself subconsciously basing it on peter lukas’s silence ritual of the lonely. the center of the city is named the towers of silence for christ’s sake. the cold, isolated living meant to drive its residents to “a critical mass of loneliness and despair…and leave them to die, alone” is the literal basis of vialism. the only difference is one is meant to be horror, manifesting everything in another entity that tears its people apart. the bishops, rather, allow that entity to be the very life force of the people until they burn out, one by one. not only that, but the silence is stopped when gertrude tips off the guardian, causing the masses to swarm the residents by reaching out. forgiving some details, that’s how the banditos help clancy and other citizens. they create the idea of a support system, a community, and a life beyond a lonely existence. it all just lines up so well, and i am TIRED of pretending it doesn’t

[luetta]

the military, after inventing big mech robots that interface with your body and neural connections directly, discovered that their first choice of pilot: the battle hardened sexily-scarred war hero guy, was a complete failure. he was already so primed for combat, that they couldn't use inject dopamine into him to make him lust for death and destruction. he was almost apathetic. so after getting rid of him (you cant really survive a removal from a mech since they completely interlace through and replace parts of you), the engineers realised you'd need the complete opposite. so they sent out envoys to pristine little villages disguised as weary travellers, looking for the most kind-hearted, innocent, untainted-by-evil-ideas girl they could. because once they were tricked into coming to the research facility under guise of a random scholarship program, and were sedated and put into the mech, and their minds were flooded with chemicals and visuals far beyond their imagination ... they were perfect. their bloodlust was insatiable. nothing could have defended against the sheer joy that killing would inspire in such a once virtuous person. they were addicted to annihilation instantly. a junkie to aiming terror at wherever her superiors directed.

[secondbeatsongs]

you should all be grateful for my restraint btw - if it weren't for my sense of fairness and balance, the past two months would have been all twenty one pilots songs, interspersed every once in a while with songs by the magnetic fields

[soupandsorcery]

Okay, I lied, we're back to Beaux-posting, but this whole sequence means so much to me for Beaux as a character. Because up until now, Beaux has very much been a people pleaser. They choose the pleasant dialogue and try to de-escalate conflicts as often as possible because it feels like the right thing to do. They're so nice. Excessively nice, some might say, and until this moment, no one has ever so much as seen Beaux raise their voice, let alone hit someone (outside of combat).

But this moment. They're so angry. They're a Grey Warden, so this is all very personal to them. Wading through darkspawn, seeing people dead. People they trained with, fought with, were friends with. All because the First Warden won't listen.

Being a Grey Warden means so much to Beaux, and they've never been one to buck authority unless lives are on the line. Unless it's the only right answer they can see. They take their vows very seriously, and all they can think in this moment is that saving lives and mitigating this damage as much as possible is the only way forward. For that to happen, the First Warden needs to be removed. It doesn't even occur to them to sweet talk him down. They've tried to talk to him twice, and all they can see is that the First Warden is an obstacle. An obstacle that is going to cost the lives of everyone there unless Beaux acts. So they do. And they don't regret it.

Beaux is easily 6 feet tall, but not very intimidating. They are best described as a golden retriever of a person. But when the First Warden turns around and Beaux is there, blocking the way? It's one of the first time Beaux tries to take up space. To use every ounce of their mass to get their point across.

The whole rest of this quest is just them leading effectively, stepping into a role they never really asked for, but are so good at, and it's a turning point for them and their faith in themself.

[cringengl]

whenever i rewatch the shameless pilot i always think about a young teenage ian gallagher either buying a porn mag or stealing one of lip's and then choosing which boobs to cut out and stick onto the folder of his secret gay porn stash like it's a highschool art project

[fuckblast]

There used to be this place in Kentucky called the world's largest adult bookstore. They only had some "book" (porno mags, of which I bought several from the 90s) and mostly it was a sex shop with a porn theater. They got shut down a few years back for selling poppers and the news story broke also mentioned that two people previously died in the jerk off theaters. Before it was shut down I actually spoke with the employee who'd found them both (separate occasions). He pulled up one of those the guys pants before the EMTs came which I thought was very considerate all considered. Said he looked up the guy later and he was a test pilot with the Navy, almost qualified for NASA but just died of a sudden heart thing in a porn theater with his pants down off the interstate.

Anyways often while watching Deep Space Nine when they're in Quark's I think about that place.

[jollyreginaldrancher]

More realistic Yellowjackets hcs

•Van is squeamish af. She nearly threw up when just talking about Allie's leg in the pilot, and she almost throws up everytime you finally get to pick a movie and you go for a horror thing.

• Shauna would be one of those girls that could never pick what to eat. She would drag you to hell and back before she'd finally just go with one of the same three restaurants she always chooses. Even though she always picks the same she still wants you to suggest every place in town before she reaches a conclusion.

• Nat and Van overshare with each other. If you're with either one of them you will get smug looks from the other.

• Nat and Van also share their porn stash. Van has the decency to hide it but Nat just leaves her magazines on her night stand. You only ever knew she shared them with Van because you saw one of their trades. Nat tucked a folded up mag into the back of her pants. Van hid hers in the bottom of her schoolbag. You cringed so hard when you realised that's what they were doing. Nat stole them during a house party and Van let curiosity get the better of her and long story short they'd been trading them all year until you found out and used the rolled up magazine to beat Natalie over the head with.

• Van absolutely tries to build a house out of breadsticks every time you take her out to a restaurant for dinner.

• She tries to make an igloo out of waffles.

• You're on the team, on Away games and you share a room with Nat. She climbs on the bed and rocks it back and forth making it squeak and makes moaning sounds when you're on the phone with your mom. If Van is there she will join in but she will be blushing the whole time.

• Trying to get closer to Taissa involves being forced to take part in her morning constitutionals. Only her morning constitutionals involve 45 minute morning runs. And her legs are so long you are constantly trailing behind, and with her, everything is a competition so she straight up leaves you in the dust. You've gotten lost in her neighbourhood multiple times when she's left you behind to run ahead.

• Jackie's inviting you to weeknight dinners with her parents and expecting you to sit idly by while they passive aggressively destroy your confidence. She gives you yours back though after dinner when she lets you top her on her frilly bedsheets.

• Jackie makes you leave her house after dinner, get in your car, drive to the house next door, out of sight, then sneak back and climb up to her window to hit it.

• Sitting in a pew in the back of Laura Lee's church, your hand resting on the stretch of wood between you. You scratch your chin and return it absentmindedly only to find her hand is also resting between you...her pinkie is close enough to touch. You breathe heavily as you ghost your finger against it only for her to react by parting her fingers. Not a lot, but just enough to interlink your pinkies. Your heart is thumping so loud you swear the whole congregation is aware of it. You stare forward, your eyes glazed over as the priest chants Κύριε Ελέησον.

• After church one day, you hang back with Laura Lee as your parents all mingle with other members of the church. The two of you climb to the second floor, way in the back, and lie down on one of the pews, head to head. You look up at her, and she looks up at you and smiles. It's the same pious smile she always gives you but this time you swear her gaze fixes on your lips a moment.

Her parents call her over to go home and she sits up abruptly and waves at you as she bounces nervously away.

• Akilah spends most of her free time with family. Her older sister and her husband both work, so she and her mom get saddled with babysitting her nephew a lot. She sits around the house watching tv and doing homework with a baby on her lap most days. She's supposed to put him down but he's sooooo cute she just can't bring herself to.

When he's a little older, you two sneak him his first bit of chocolate. Well, less sneak, more he reaches over and shoves your entire ice cream down his throat at six months. He doesn't get to the cone before Akilah pulls him away but half your scoop is gone with him. Akilah apologises profusely but you just laugh. She offers to buy you another ice cream and you suggest a rain check. Your first date is an ice cream date when she's no longer grounded for letting him have ice cream at six months. He was fine though.

• Mari doesn't have nieces or nephews yet but she has so many cousins and they all get together and play soccer at family get-togethers. She is not the only one in that family who's on a soccer team but she's the only one who's going to nationals so the competition is stiff with all her cousins competing against her to prove they're all just as good. You may not be the best but she starts dragging you to all of these get togethers so the two of you can ratio her entire family together.

She normally wears jumpers and ties her hair up and stuff but her family notices that she dresses in way more form-fitting clothes and lets her hair down when you start coming to these things and ALL make fun of her for it. I'm talking little baby cousins who look up at her and make kissy faces behind your back and you feel a breeze when you turn your head, and hear the thud of a couch cushion hitting a seven year old at full force.

Oh no, her cousin spilled some juice on you now. Guess she has to bring you to her room, alone, and give you something to change into. You hear another Thwack behind your back as she ushers you down this hallway to the back.

A few cousins grin at you both through the window so she rushes to shut the blinds... She's red as fuck at this point. You're in her room and it's the designated coat room so she pushes a big pile of coats off to the side so you can sit down. She rummages through her closet and finds something that's lowkey a little revealing but she realises her whole family will see you in this so she reaches for a turtleneck instead. It's way too hot though so she just grabs a yellowjackets tee and hands you that and pretends to look around her own room while you change.

• She sniffs it when she gets it back.

• Melissa wears her hat backwards so she can be more easily identifiable as a skater. She's the only girl skater in the school but she doesn't get that much shit for it because she's also a jock on the soccer team that's going to nationals.

• She absolutely tries to rizz you up while skating around you.

• She absolutely loses her focus and eats shit while trying to hit on you.

• You give her your number out of pity.

• She writes your number down on her arm and then uses that part of her arm to wipe the sweat off her brow.

• You realise she's not playing dumb for the bit but you give her a shot anyway. You spend a disproportionate amount of time applying bandages on her and talking her off dumb stunts.

• Had there been any flat surfaces in the wilderness she could have used to skate on, she would have been the first to die.

• Gen...fuck it I don't know shit about Gen. Maybe she's a ninja. Yeah.

• latchkey kid with one of those dogs that's small enough to fit in a bag. It's fluffy and smol. She brings it on dates and feeds it breadsticks when her date isn't looking.

• Gen likes to dress that dog up in funky little outfits. Sometimes she matches it. Has a box full of pictures of her dressing her dog up.

• Misty can and will drag you into the equipment room for some alone time at school.

• Still plays doctor. Doesn't realise that the objective is not to heal the patient but to get close to the patient and feel them up. On the upside she has a full nurse costume. Not a sexy nurse costume, an accurate replica of a nurse costume. So accurate she's banned from wearing it at the local free clinic. Because 12 year old Misty tried to wear it to the clinic the way kids wear princess costumes to Disneyland.

• Van and Natalie subscribe to the sniff test. These jeans Nat's wearing were at the bottom of her used clothes pile but it doesn't matter because they passed the sniff test. Can Van pull off wearing that hoodie for a third day in a row? Yes, because it passed the sniff test. Sniff test.

• Van and Nat have burping contests outside Denny's at 3 am.

• Misty goes to sleep at 8pm every night. Even Laura Lee thinks that's way too early and she has a strict self-imposed bedtime at 10:30.

• Jackie's skincare routine takes the better part of the night.

• Shauna makes you sleep on the floor because she kicks in her sleep and it's her bed so...

• Lottie can come up with an excuse for shit at the drop of a hat. Usually it's excuses for why you shouldn't leave her house and why you should stay over. Lately she's been using excuses to get away from you though and it's worrying you. Nevermind she just wanted space to throw you a surprise party. Wholesome ass.

[jojo56jerboa]

soap :why did you join?

pilot y/n: for da money and da bitchs

gaz:why did you join?

sniper y/n: so i can fya guns* struggling to put in a mag*

gaz:why did you join ?

medic y/n:let me answer that question with another question...why the fuck did i think this was a good idea...i have a family at home-

soap:no you dont!

gaz :why did you join?

young y/n: cuz i didn't have anything else to do shit i fucked up

soap :why did you join?

short y/n: i thought this shit was ganna be easy but the fuckin lied to me

soap:why did you join?

Lieutenant y/n:so i can boss fuckers like you around now move

[warmglowofsurvival]

alt press november 2014 issue

[vexwerewolf]

Question to the Lancer person:

Is there an item you always/very often take for your pilot?

I love taking mag clamps to walk on walls and gripping onto somebody elses mech.

Someone on your team should always take an omnihook. This makes them the designated radio operator. Because the omnihook is a blinkspace ansible, it doesn't require line of sight or signal, and can maintain communications no matter where you are (except in certain parts of the Long Rim or in extradimensional space).

Someone should always have a Patch and a Corrective, because you never know when a pilot is suddenly gonna get super fucked up because of some failed roll or because they were goofing off outside their mech.

And someone should always bring Extra Rations because mmm chocolate

[that-one-anxious-mango]

Has Austin ever accidentally hurt readers feelings? How did they work through it?

hi anon!

thank you for the ask!

to answer your question, yes!

austin has unfortunately hurt reader's feelings, and reader has accidentally hurt his at times too. though usually their main way to work things through is to take some time apart to cool down and then come together after to talk out a resolution.

here is an example of a time austin accidentally hurt reader's feelings during the time they'd just moved into their first place together:

“ Hey.” You knocked on the door seal of Austin’s office where he was head deep into a book surrounding the WWII history of pilots. He was doing major background work for his role of Major Gale Clevens and you were excited to see him diving back into work after both Elvis wrapping, and the scare he gave you during his hospital stay.

You could see the papers littered everywhere and the empty coffee pot on a nearby table. “ I know you said to let you know when dinner was finished, and I’m done. I made that lasagna soup recipe I was telling you about from tik-tok. Why don’t you take a break and come have a bite, babe.” 

He didn’t bother looking up from the pages, “ In a minute honey.” He muttered. 

Frowning you couldn’t help but feel worried since he’d told you the same thing at lunch and then later when you’d offered him a snack. He hadn’t been out of this room all day and you knew his body  needed something more to run off of than hours old coffee.

You stepped inside closer, “ You know you said that earlier, baby. And I just think a little break to re-fuel would be good.” 

Again he didn’t look up, “ I said in a minute sweetheart, now please.” He attempted to dismiss you.

Still you weren’t satisfied, “ Aus I know but-

“ Dammit, Y/N!  I said in a minute! I am a grown ass man and I’ll eat something when I’m ready.  ” He snapped, looking up at you.

A lump quickly formed in your throat and you quickly exited the room, slamming the door behind you and ignoring his calls after you. You could feel tears threatening to spill out your eyes. In a split decision you decided to get some air, grabbing your bag and picking up a disoriented Magnus fast to go out the door.

For a while you’d just driven around, let the windows down to take in the breeze of the setting sky, and just allowed your mind to blank for awhile.

You then stopped and impulsively got a honey matcha for you and pup-cup for Mags at a little coffee place you'd come to like , went into Target and walked out with an undisclosable amount of body products, and then had a good cry in said Target parking lot.

You and Austin has only been living together officially for six weeks, but the last two had proven to be a bit rougher on your relationship. It was evident that the two of you were still getting use to learning how to share a space 24/7 and find balance in togetherness and your respective solitudes.

By the time you’d pulled back into the garage of the loft, you’d walked into the door and found Austin sitting with his hands in his lap in the chair facing the doorway with a grave look on his face. “ Where’d you go? Without this.” He held up your phone.

In your haze you must have left it, “ Nowhere in particular. Just ran a few errands, is all. Needed some time to myself.” 

He nodded, “ Do you have a minute? “

You walked past him, “ For you to yell or snap at me. No, not really. I’m heading up to shower and then I’m going to bed.” 

He sighed, “ I’m not going to snap or yell at you, baby. I just need a minute to apologize.” He followed you toward the stairs.

Still you didn’t stop your ascent, “ Y/N..please don’t walk away. Just give me a minute.” He pleaded.

Stopping halfway up, you turn around and drop the bags on the stairs to stop and sit, “ Here you go. Here’s your minute.” 

Running a hand through his hair he started, “ First off, I wanna say that I apologize for snapping at you, honey. I didn’t mean it and I surely didn’t mean to make you cry.  It’s not an excuse but I think I’m still getting used to having someone around all the time that calls me out on my bad habits and wants to take care of me. Been awhile since I’ve lived with someone else and I'm used to obsessing over my work alone.” 

You nodded, “ I understand.” 

“ Good. Now, second, I’m gonna ask that if the next time we unfortunately have a moment, which we will have more tough moments together since we’re stuck with each other forever, I need you to take your phone. Not so you can pick up my twenty phone calls trying to apologize, but because the world is crazy and in case of an emergency, honey. You need your phone, okay.” You could hear a slight strain to his voice. 

You felt a tad bad knowing he probably got a bit nervous when you’d left it, he was a big stickler on you being safe. 

“ Okay.” You whispered, wiping tears from your eyes.

Austin then made his way to meet you on the steps and pull you up into his arms, “ I’m sorry, honey. Daddy’s sorry. You were just trying to take care of me and I snapped. I apologize. You’re so considerate always. And it doesn’t go unappreciated.” He kissed your forehead and comforted you as you let out little sniffles. 

" You hurt my feelings, babe." You whispered.

He sighed, " I know, mama. I'm sorry. Don't want anyone making my best girl cry. Even me."

“ I’ve been a mean Baboo.” He joked in an attempt to get you to laugh.

And you did, “ Yeah you have. “ You giggled. “ Don’t let it happen again, buddy. Or I’ll have to stick my ferocious guard dog on you.” You referenced Magnus who was passed out in the living room corner from his treat, knowing full well all he was capable of was licking someone to death.

“ Noted.” Austin laughed, holding you tighter. " Now, come on so I can warm up this delicious soup I keep hearing about. I'm excited."

[flagellant]

Do your friends know you as the OLDER SIBLING? When you start a tabletop campaign, is your strategy for character-making "I'll just see what everyone else brings and fill in the gaps"? Are you a CHRONIC WET FUCKING DOORMAT but are, crucially, TIRED OF IT but still don't have the HEART TO BE KINDA MEAN ABOUT THAT? Then step right up for your NOT QUITE A SPINE REPLACEMENT!

The Smith-Shimano Corpro BLACK WITCH is a mech with POWERFUL SUPPORT OPTIONS & BY THAT I MEAN by taking licenses for this mech YOU HAVE ACCEPTED that your role IS TO BE STEPPED ON.

But this is only so you can STEP ON YOUR ENEMIES because you LOVE YOUR PETS i mean UNSTABLE ASSETS i mean FRIENDS WHO ARE GOOD PEOPLE AND ALSO MECH PILOTS.

The BLACK WITCH has 2 jobs! Job #1: CHOOSE an ENEMY. MAKE EYE CONTACT with the chosen ENEMY. WAIT for your DOGS to RIP THEM TO SHREDS. Then, CHOOSE an ENEMY.

Your SECOND JOB is: ENABLE YOUR FRIENDS WHO HAVE 20 EVASION BUT STILL HAVE 8 E-DEFENSE TO NOT EXPLODE IMMEDIATELY

The BLACK ICE FIELD, MAG PROJECTOR, AND ICEOUT DRONE all play a very important role for ANY GIVEN LANCER PARTY: To STARE at a GOBLIN and say NUH UH. BLACK WITCH's main duty is to DISRUPT HACKERS by GETTING VERY CLOSE TO THEM and INITIATING what is known as FRIENDLY CONVERSATION. As Sun Tsu once said: THE OSIRIS-CLASS NHP CANNOT HURT YOU IF YOU APPROACH ITS PILOT WITH A BIG RED SOLO CUP AND START ASKING IT PERSONAL QUESTIONS

Good for: COWARDS, SUCK-UPS, genuinely nice people probably, PROFESSIONAL MOMMY DOMMES WHO KNOW WHAT THEY'RE ABOUT, HR REPRESENTATIVES, and PEOPLE WHO ALWAYS TAKE BONE CHILL AS A CANTRIP JUST IN CASE

Bad for: WIZARDS, NEW PLAYERS, ENCOURAGING PERSONAL GROWTH, PROFESSIONAL MOMMY DOMMES WHO KNOW WHAT THEY'RE ABOUT

[bogbees]

my current plan for drift au is like

Iruka: so here's the training room— oh, pardon us Hatake-san. I thought it'd be empty this time of day

Kakashi: fancy that, so did I

Iruka: ah, well, we'll be leaving then, sorry for the intrusion—

Naruto: hey, hey, what does sparring look like? can you show us? you n Kakashi-sensei

Iruka: i don't know... maybe not today—

Kakashi: ah, why not sensei, let's teach em what disappointment looks like

Iruka: *thousand yard stare* *removes knit sweater to reveal a nearly too tight button up* if you insist

Kakashi obviously gets a bit embarrassed by how hot Iruka looks. mostly the transformation fr goofy pencil pusher to the front page cover for every gay porno mag ever made. plus maybe idk a past infatuation that won't die?

Iruka just wants a chance to smack him upside the head for his rudeness.

whoops. turns out they're extremely drift compatible based off their quick spar. neither have any words. Kakashi is low-key upset he's gonna have to pilot again and kill Iruka this time. Iruka's just surprised by how... right it felt. he tries to cool his nerves, Kakashi interpts it as "oh no the grim reaper is coming for me next" fear, bc he's not aware Iruka might just be genuinely kinda amped up ab being toe-to-toe with a renowned pilot with a lot of kaiju kills. so Kakashi storms off. Iruka tries to calm his brain and his class.

he's ultimately hoping nobody finds out. he won't do well as a pilot, just let him do the paperwork for the base PLEASE.

now. they get hooked up with the actual machine to drift. it's stellar. until Kakashi starts freaking out ab how good it's going. Iruka tries to help but they're already fucked it up a bit.

now I'm thinking. Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura end up taking the new mech. bc their drift results turned out better than Iruka and Kakashi's, but mostly bc they have less opportunity for failure; they're not riddled with depression and chronic illness.

so. Kakashi and Iruka get benched and become newt and herman without intention. like. idk. they finally go insane, try to hide away in a broom closet to make out, only it's the research lab, and with Iruka's book smarts and Kakashi's physical smarts (as in he knows kaiju patterns fr dealing with so many) (and Iruka's hobby is studying up on them in his spare time) they figure out the breech.

im imagining Kakashi trying to fuck Iruka senseless on some desk, only for Iruka to get distracted by the papers and he's like "wait, wait, look at this," effectively killing the mood by distracting the both of them.

i want iruka to be the one to drift with the kaiju??? idk fuuinjutsu feels like a mad scientist sorta deal

Mizuki still attacks Naruto and Iruka still saves his life by offering his own

Ramen. Dandelion yellow hair. Summer. Okinawa beach. Onsen. Bath. Ramen. Ma, Pa. Auntie Kushina. Ramen. School.

???

[ignalina-c0re]

WIP Wednesday on Thursday: Flashfire - a Pacific Rim AU

I'm bringing back the Pacific Rim AUs, babeyyyy!!!

I've been having Pacific Rim brainrot, and I thought, why the fuck not take Clegan and make it drift compatible?? My second thought was that MOTA doesn't have enough insane people with insane relationships, so this is now a MOTA/SAS:RH crossover Pacific Rim AU :,D Set in the North Atlantic instead of the Pacific Ring of Fire, and Boston and Massachusetts Bay instead of Hong Kong.

Welcome to Flashfire AU!! Without further ado, here's the jaegers and their crews:

ECHO COUGAR:

Marshall Marge Spencer

Peggy Doe

HEAD OF MAINTENANCE CREW: Gale Cleven

HOME PORT: Breezy Point Shatterdome

One of the first jaegers ever made, her successes and her pilot's contributions to the development of the program caused a meteoric rise through the ranks for Marge, one of the youngest ever to be promoted to the rank of Marshall; and a deadly cancer for her beloved copilot Peggy. Peggy passed three years before the end of the jaeger program, two years after the decommissioning of Echo Cougar, and Marge, distraught at the death of her copilot and lover, latches onto the genius head of her maintenance crew: Gale Cleven. Marge is an unassumingly sweet woman at first glance, but she's strict and relentless, and she has a way of telling people off without shouting or swearing that has much bigger and much older men COWERING the moment she starts frowning. She zeroed in on Gale because he's a really genuinely kind person, very passionate, and the deadpan kind of hilarious that has Marge rolling when everybody else is like 'was that a joke...?' Also because young Gale with his long messy hair and dirty jumpsuits looks like a tired lesbian mechanic lmao Gale is into Marge because the boy has more mommy issues than a porn mag, and he's not that great at people, so when the sweet, pretty Marshall starts hitting on him, it's over for him.

Gale is a well-know junkbender and chronic overachiever, he's often on the loan for other maintenance crews and supervises upgrades and modifications to any jaeger within reach. He usually supervises multiple jaegers at one, not sleeping for days at a time and living off caffeine and candy bars, but he works miracles every time without a fail. "Get Cleven" is a very often used phrase.

After the Sierra Victory incident, Marge immediately mobilizes Gale to scrape together every decommissioned jaeger still whole enough to restore, and Gale's first thought is Foxtrot Fortress, because she's a giant sunset-red metal angel and Gale is in love with her.

FORTRESS FOXTROT:

Bucky Egan

Curt Biddick

Gale Cleven

HEAD OF MAINTENANCE CREW: Ken Lemmons

HOME PORT: Halifax Shatterdome

A truly unique Mark III, Fort comes with foldable wings and the ability to fly short distances. Her pilots, Curt and Bucky, were both orphans who grew up in the foster system together, signed up for the army to escape as soon as possible, and went on to the jaeger program because they were already finishing each other's sentences and working in perfect synch. With their strong drift, they dominate the battlefields, until Knifehead breaches the Conn-Pod and kills Curt, leaving Bucky to pilot Fort back to dry land alone.

After Curt's death, Bucky is undone. He runs to the Wall of Life project, trying his very best to ignore his whole past and a half of him that's missing (it never seems to work). Marge finds him in Reykjavik, and drags him back to Boston with her, where he's supposed to find a copilot worthy of the freshly rebuilt Fort. He starts hitting on Gale the second he sees him, and to everybody's surprise, Gale is sniping right back. The copilot trials go horribly: Bucky is so damaged that none of the candidates even comes close to fitting with him, and Gale is critical of every move he makes, which only makes Bucky's flirting even worse. In the end, Marge pushes Gale onto the mat as a last Hail Mary: it not only works, it results in a ten minute long bout, a draw, and sexual tension you could cut with a knife, so Gale becomes the new copilot of Fortress Foxtrot and they live and fuck happily ever after

AQUA ROSA:

Rosie Rosenthal

Helen Nash

HEAD OF MAINTENANCE CREW: Tatty Spaatz

HOME PORT: Massachusets Bay Shatterdome

Helen and Nash were happily married, and had plans to apply to the jaeger program together, but Nash got killed during a kaiju attack, and Helen was left adrift. Rosie was a good friend of Nash and a squadmate of his, and he suggested Helen apply with him instead, just to keep both of them afloat. They don't expect much to come of it, but they make a surprisingly strong duo, and they end up with the first and last of the Mark V's, Aqua Rosa.

They're the kind of people who are endlessly nice to others and around others, but in private they both kind of resent each other, so everybody thinks they're good friends who are helping each other out of grief, but when the doors close, 80% of their interactions end either in fighting or fucking, or sometimes both.

HORIZON JACKAL:

Paddy Mayne

Eoin McGonigal

Augustin Jordan

HEAD OF MAINTENANCE CREW: David Stirling

HOME PORT: Galway Shatterdome

Horizon Jackal was the best protector of the Celtic Sea, until a kaiju breached the Conn-Pod and severely injured Eoin, before Paddy primed the plasma canon properly and fried it. Eoin pulled through, but his left arm had to be amputated at the shoulder due to Kaiju Blue poisoning, and he had to undergo months of recovery. Meanwhile, Horizon Jackal was needed, so a French reserve pilot was scrounged up based on brain scans to ride with Paddy, and aside from the constant bickering, they make an amazing team. Eoin wants back in as soon as he can. The first time the three of them meet, a triple drift bond clicks into place. Instead of taking the back seat, Eoin contacts Gale, and asks him to do the impossible: retrofit the Jackal for three pilots. A week of no sleep, a heap of Mark III scrap, gallons of coffee, an absolutely whipped maintenance crew and a shitload of unhinged engineering later, Gale gives them a miracle: a Mark 3.5 frankenjaeger with a tail and a backwards-facing third drive mount. Five hours after the last electrical check, Horizon Jackal rolls out with three pilots, and flattens a kaiju.

TEMPEST GLORY:

Reg Seekings

Johnny Cooper Seekings

HEAD OF MAINTENANCE CREW: Jock McDiarmid

HOME PORT: Bristol Channel Shatterdome

A Mark II tank, Tempest Glory and her crew are the most terrifying of the active units. Their first response to any problem is 'blow it the fuck up'. They have an unnerving amount of shady connections, and Reg and Jock tend to get into fistfights over any disagreement ever. There is an ongoing debate about Reg and Johnny's exact relationship: most assume they are brothers, with the shared last name and the constant good-natured ribbing. Besides their core crew, the only two people who know the truth are Eve (because she knows everything, somehow) and Gale (because he's quiet and unobtrusive enough that most people forget he's there): they are in fact married, and they're disgustingly affectionate in private.

SILVER PROXY:

John Brady

Benny Demarco

HEAD OF MAINTENANCE CREW: Charles Cruikshank

HOME PORT: Nantucket Shatterdome

Lost off the coast of Newfoundland

BRAVO GOLD:

Bill Fraser

Mike Sadler

HEAD OF MAINTENANCE CREW: Bill Stirling

HOME PORT: Tangier Shatterdome

Lost off the coast of Tenerife

SIERRA VICTORY:

Pat Riley

Jim Almonds

HEAD OF MAINTENANCE CREW: Jock Lewes

HOME PORT: Castlebay Shatterdome

Entire crew wiped after damaged reactor explodes during post-battle maintenance. Castlebay shatterdome rendered unusable and hazardous.

OTHERS:

CHIEF LOCCENT OFFICER: Eve Mansour

She's an officer with a mysterious past, plenty of shady connections, and an attitude. She often argues with and directly contradicts Marge's orders (her solutions are usually more brutal). The two of them have an intense tension that tiptoes between angry and sexual.

CHIEF OF SCIENCE (PHYSICS AND PROBABILITY): Bubbles Payne CHIEF OF SCIENCE (EXTRATERRESTRIAL BIOLOGY AND DRIFT MECHANICS): Harry Crosby

Instead of open hostility, the two of them are endlessly excited for each other's discoveries, and in any discussion, they tend jump off of each other's insane ideas, until nobody around them can follow them.

KAIJU BLACK MARKET BOSS: Dudley Wrangle Clarke

Man's a scheming heap of bad news, dunno what else to tell ya lol. He'd do anything for money and glory. Him and Eve have a very strained, love-hate sort of relationship.

Snippets: TBA

Questions, contributions, incoherent yelling, headcanons, ideas, memes, anything absolutely welcome!!! Flashfire will live here on tumblr in the #flashfire au tag, because I can NOT conjure up anything coherent lmao. First snippet about how Gale ended up in the jaeger pilot program coming soonish :)

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