Wouldn't have picked the two of them for Heroes...

[genericbiggerbrother]

[1]

Those who stop by the Sakihama Base's main hanger bay may notice a new addition to the mecha menagerie, techs repairing minor damage to it's back and right arm.

You may recognize the mecha in question– from the news, by reputation, or from your model kits: the Kaiju-slaying Jaeger, Gispy Danger!

http://www.pacificrim-movie.net/media/Gipsy_Danger_Jaeger_Pacfic_Rim_Poster.jpg

At the base of the Mark III Jaeger, while welding sparks rain down over their heads, two brothers in matching bomber jackets clink their bottles of beer together.

Yancy Beckett looks up as you approach, and fishes out another bottle from the cooler. "Hey there! We were just celebrating our fifth battle; care to join us?"

[2]

Later on, you can see Yancy hanging out in one of the lounges, chewing on his lip as he works on a Rubix cube. Care to offer some advice?

[3]

Around the same time, you might run across Raleigh in the gym, sweat staining his tank-top as he runs through a set of staff forms, using martial arts techniques from all over the place. Surprise attack him?

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[anewmachine]

[Ever seen a mobile suit look starstruck? Well, you have now. While the red, oddly humanoid unit simply walks over and looks up at the Jaeger, something in its body language gives an oddly specific impression.

The mech stays there, looking up, while the fabric and artificial muscle at its front part and a hatch opens, a figure in a pilot suit stepping out and lowering herself on a descending ladder. The pilot removes her helmet as she approaches the pair, revealing a young redhead who, like her unit, is looking up at the Jaeger.]


Wow.

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[genericbiggerbrother]

"Well," Yancy says, giving his little brother a nudge and standing up to greet the two girls. "That's one way of putting it."

He slaps the blue gunmetal armor plating on the foot the Jaeger and grins. "I'm Yancy Beckett. This is my little brother Raleigh, and..."

He looks up at the red mecha, and blinks as he realizes it has, well, body language.

"...this is Gipsy Danger. We're all very pleased to meet you."

[anewmachine]

The Becketts. We're the Butlers - Cathy, and [jabs a thumb back at her mech] my little sister Liz. Likewise.

[Cathy offers a handshake. She's playing it cool, but it's easy to tell she's pretty pumped to meet two such celebrities. ...Or possibly just to be close to your Jaeger?

From behind, another voice speaks - directionally focused rather than booming out all through the hangar, so it sounds like it's coming from right around Cathy's distance, though from above. The mobile suit is stretching its arms up, and it's easy to imagine that if it could possibly do so safely it'd be up on tiptoes.]


She's so biiiiig!

[genericprotagonist]

[Raleigh couldn't help but snicker a little at how much Liz is spazzing out here and directed his attention to Cathy]

I'm guessing your sister's a Jaeger-fangirl? Glad to see Gipsy's gonna get some appreciation too.

[anewmachine]

["Too"? Oh Raleigh, Gipsy's getting all the appreciation here.]

They're aspirational for her. Big and tough and saving the world since she was a little girl. Not to mention we both have a... professional and personal interest in drifting.

I guess you must get this sort of thing all the time.

[genericbiggerbrother]

"Well, " Yancy says diplomatically. "We've never met fans like you two before. That's new on us."

He looks up and raises an eyebrow at Liz.

"So you guys are neurally linked? How does that work?"

[anewmachine]

Yup! We can communicate anywhere there's a decent network.

It had its moments. Just communication, though, not mind-meld, shared-memory stuff. Gotta imagine that must have been interesting in its own right after growing up normally together.

So are you guys just mooching off our repair crews, or officially part of the big happy Unity Group family now?

[genericbiggerbrother]

Yancy thinks back to some awkward moments (read: brotherly cat fights) that happened early on in their training, prompted by experiencing each other's previously private memories in the Drift.

"Yeah; it was interesting." He says at last. "It made us really appreciate the importance of trust."

Then the question about the repair crews comes up. Yancy scratches the back of his head. "Well...you wanna field this one, Raleigh?"

[genericprotagonist]

Well the Marshall's going to be sending some people over to help take care of Gipsy, so we won't be mooching... not completely anyway. They'll probably trade some shifts with some of the crews and get 'em up to speed in case they need to be pulled to other places.

[Raleigh leaned onto one leg but gave Cathy a grin.]

We aren't officially a part of the Unity Group, but from the way we were briefed? We're probably looking at a beautiful relationship - the PPDC's all about keeping people safe, and the Marshall figures that if me and Yancy have your backs... well a little more pull here and there might help grease a lot of wheels.

[anewmachine]

So it's a back-scratching kind of arrangement.

[Cathy likewise shifts her weight to her back leg, looking both casual and skeptical, holding her helmet over her shoulder like a slung jacket. The oh-really look she gives Raleigh is probably mostly teasing.]

I guess we picked the right outfit, then, if it comes with Jaegers dropping by to lend a hand. And obviously you have excellent judgement when it comes to who to network with.