Equestrian Jaeger Corps
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Research Notes: Jaegers
Author: Twilight Sparkle (J-Tech Research Division Head)
Doc ID: 000231
D.O.P: Not cleared for general release
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Jaeger - [Pro: Yeager, Trans: 'Hunter']
Having extensively studied both the data files aboard Midsummer Night and Brawler Yukon, I have written this article as somewhat of a compendium concerning Jaegers. This note will briefly cover the purpose and the Mark (Mk.) system used to classify Jaegers
The purpose of a Jaeger from data collected is fairly obvious, kill Kaiju. What though, makes them excel at this so much more than any other platform? Their high cost, both in material resources and technological requirements make them no small feat to construct and maintain. This in of itself makes the prospect of building and maintaining a large fleet of Jaegers somewhat of a daunting prospect. From the data and information I have studied though, I believe I have discovered the reason for the superiority of a Jaeger over ‘conventional’ forces.
Firstly, a Jaeger is able to go toe-to-toe with almost any Kaiju, their large size allowing them to fight the beasts on their level rather than being forced to scatter or face certain destruction. This coupled with their immense strength and agility (even a relatively slow Jaeger like Frontier Justice could outrun and outmanoeuvre all but the fastest of armoured vehicles.) allows them to engage Kaiju and in most cases, destroy them. Their ample power supply allows them to mount heavier weapons than would be possible on conventional forces and their aforementioned agility allows them to bring them to bear much more efficiently as well. While costly to maintain and potentially volatile (While I cannot confirm it for obvious reasons, a runaway reactor reaction could be potentially fatal to both the Jaeger, crew and any nearby terrain features), a Jaeger’s power core could easily supply an entire city with its power needs if required.
In addition to the obvious combat benefits that a Jaeger would possess, it is also worth considering the morale boost that such a machine offers. Seeing an eighty metre high equine construction fight and defeat the creature that was tearing your home apart would no doubt give you reason to cheer. The popularity of the Jaeger program, even in its infancy, reflects this rather well.
Marks
The Mark system of classification is a little bit of a misnomer. While most ponies would normally assume that a higher Mk. Jaeger is better than a lower Mk. one. This isn’t always case, although generally I assume development of technologies would lead to improvements in Jaeger design rather than deteriorating quality (or so I’d hope…). In truth though, the Mk. of a Jaeger actually does little more than to refer to its year of manufacture.
Despite this, I have still managed to classify Mks. by using their defining characteristics. Note that I’ve used the human Jaegers found in the database as our Jaegers seem to not quite meet these guidelines nor do we have enough different Mks. to make an interesting comparison.
Mk.1s: Seem to be test beds and basic hulls, with fewer advanced systems in comparison to newer Jaegers. Interesting to note that despite their technological ‘roughness’ they are still brutally efficient, possessing enough power to either beat a Kaiju into submission or basic tricks which allows them to overcome an enemy. These Jaegers, despite the rapidity that they were assembled with, are mostly superior to anything we have manufactured as of yet.
I will also note at this juncture for all those who constantly remind me that our Mk.1 Jaegers bear some similarities to human Mk.1s that several of our own designs have indeed been based off successful human Mk.1s as the technology present in these machines is much easier to replicate and fabricate than higher Mks. I would expect as our technological aptitude increases our designs will become more divergent from human designs.
Ref: Romeo Blue, Cherno Alpha, Coyote Tango. Horizon Brave, Tacit Ronin
Mk.2s: These Jaegers seem to be simply redeveloped Mk.1s; system overhauls, improved software and more efficient systems built into Mk.1 or similar to Mk.1 hulls. These Jaegers also possess some measure of experimental capacity, a few being fitted with weapons or systems which seem to be unique to that Jaeger. Other than the extensive data on Midsummer Night that is available, little other information is available for this Jaeger design. Why this would be case I can only speculate on although the performance records of these Jaegers compared to the Mk.3s may have something to do with it.
Ref: Midsummer Night, Eden Assassin
Mk.3s: From what I can tell, these machines are the workhorses (no pun intended) of the Pan Pacific Defence Corp. Fitted with improved reactor technologies, stronger and lighter alloys, newer control mechanisms and interfaces and generally improved weapons, these Jaegers are a world above the Mk.2 design. Most Jaeger drops seem to involve at least one Mk.3 supporting two or three other Mk.2/1s over a wide deployment area. Although fitted with mostly unremarkable weapons and comparatively primitive construction, one Jaeger in particular, Gipsy Danger*, has achieved a record of five kills before destruction; an impressive feat considering the number of confirmed breaches on Earth.
Ref: Gipsy Danger, Chrome Brutus, Vulcan Specter. Shaolin Rogue
Mk.4s: These are the elites, the best of the best. The Mk.4s are some of the advanced machines of their time, sporting a dizzying array of combat techniques, weapons and designs to accomplish their goal: killing Kaiju. Each of the five Jaegers in this class are highly attuned, being specifically designed around the unique abilities of their pilots. Probably the best example of this would be Crimson Typhoon, a three armed Jaeger hailing from the nation of China** which has a unique three pilot control system and if combat records and simulator drops are to be believed, capable of performing front flips in combat! I personally consider this method of combat highly impractical compared to the simply brute efficiency of the original Mk.1s and the newer Mk.3s suggesting that these Jaegers were created to show the perceived superiority of Jaegers over Kaiju, a guess that their mostly solo combat record seems to support.
Ref: Mammoth Apostle, Crimson Typhoon
Mk.5: According to records there is only one Mk.5 in existence, the Australian*** Jaeger Striker Eureka. There are annoyingly few files on the Jaeger itself though, leaving anecdotal evidence the main source of information. According to my dubious sources (two humans who I’m quite sure were just messing with me at this point.), the Jaeger is capable of running at over 350 kilometres an hour at length, weighs about as much as a feather, has brass balls the size of a county (I feel this is a joke I’ve missed, brass would hardly be a suitable material to construct a Jaeger with) and can disembowel a CAT IV Kaiju in under thirty seconds single-handedly. How much of this is actual fact and not just fancy remains to be seen.
Ref: Striker Eureka
* Despite my best attempts to divine some sort of naming pattern for Jaegers I’ve managed to come up with absolutely nothing other than pure whimsy and what Shane describes as ‘Rule of cool.’
** A well-developed nation on Earth. While my attempts to research the human home world have netted some results, the two main sources of information (i.e. Shane and Michael) have so far been unwilling to part with much information.
*** Another nation of Earth whose dialect of speech is what I can only describe as incomprehensible.
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Equestrian Jaeger Corps
True dat, Australian dialect be mad crazy, yo. Fo shizzle.
Another thing....could the Pan Pacific Defense Corps meet the Equestrian Jaeger Corps?
(All hell will break loose XD) LOL
You might want to change your title before you get sued for copying a very famous play title
Australian dialect is only incomprehensible if you go anywhere near Rooty Hill or Mt. Druitt
4164000 More specifically could we let Misty meet Chuck, because that would be funny.
4164514 XD True. Chuck Hansen vs Misty, I would like to see that. LOL
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Hilarious
That would be like saying anyone using the term 'Halo' would get sued by Microsoft
I find it very hard to stomach that whoever the hell holds the rights (if anyone does, for that matter) to that play would
1: Give a shit that I was using it
2: Give a shit that I was using it for fanfiction that has no relevance nor cause any confusion regarding to the play in question
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Southern parts of Brisbane, Sydney's West, most of Tasmania, regional Queensland... a lot of bogans... list goes on.
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It is entirely possible, considering that the breach leads the same general universe... thing. consideration just how many Kaiju are sitting on the other side makes it a slightly less realistic option.
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"'Ow yer goin' ooroight mate?"
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could you do a report on how are the ponies working around the kaiju blue?
it would be K-science, right?
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They've learned how to neutralise some of the effects from Switchback's encounter. That coupled with so far relatively clean kills and low toxicity from the Kaiju... they've been lucky and kept contamination fairly low.
I suppose I can do one up.
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Stop looking at my cheat-sheet
Nothing is more valid than the "rule of cool"
See if Shane and Micheal can pull up episodes of MEGAS XLR, Transformers, and/or Super Sentai and convince Twilight that they're training videos. After that, she must be given a bit of money, a large cave, and a metric plot tonne of scrap parts. Before you know it, she'll have built a fleet of transforming construction vehicles that can also combine into a giant robot. Along the way, she will discover how to fully embrace the rule of cool and even manage to change her art style when it's awesome to do so.
4165343 True dat.
I like the idea of divergent tech for the ponies and have worked with many people on such things for various MLP aplications and would be willing to help you with refining your ideas or even making suggestions. Like say. Taking the idea of the Crimson Typhone for the mark threes. IE two pilots and a third unicorn to handle the magic side of things. This would alow for magic to happen at the same time as physical aspects.
One thing I personaly would like to see is tthe program opening up to more agressive species. A gryphon Jegar with giant freeking claws would be cool. Or even a minotor one swinging a giant hammer around.
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Will the fic go on long enough for the ponies to make a jäger comparable to a human mark 5 jäger?
Also one of the jägers should be fitted with a pneumatic plasma fist that can carve a gapping hole into a kaiju
I honestly thought that was what twilight was explaining till I found out it was a gun...
A cool gun but not a one inch punch of death fist
Well, technically, their pilots had them.
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Cheers
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Yes, though note the 'comparable' part. In my mind Striker is a virtual rape-train with no brakes that could tear apart just about anything in under a minute.
They'll be good, but Striker is just flat out better.
Plasma fist sounds cool but compared to say, a pneumatic Tesla fist or cryo maces, just seems impractical.
4166156 impractical... Really? If only my iPhone could use emoticons *~*
Jägers (to me at least) scream impractical, I just got laugh out of that
Although I am looking forward to those two little hints of possible things to come
Nice to know that the ponies will give the kaiju a run for their money but now that I know the jäger side what of kat five knife heads that can take nukes will you be putting on your own flair for them monstrosities?
4164906 Well, if that said, and thanks to a dumb idea in HIE: Hollow in Equestria, is it even entirely possible for Discord to revive the pilots and Jaegers in the PPDC(it is just limited to Gipsy, Striker, Cherno and Crimson)?
If that is true, will the ponies be able to make such long lasting friendship with the PPDC, alongside it's human crew i.e technicians, scientists etc thanks to Discord?
(Sorry to many questions in my head right now though. Concerning Twilight's obliviousness on Crimson's abilities, watch this Twilight:
)
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Touche...
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Nah. I'm being fairly vague on the extent Discord's powers but I'll say straight out that resurrection is way off the books. Safe to say if someone suffers the terrible misfortune of death, they stay dead. Keep in mind this is set a good four years or so before the events in Pacific Rim when making comparisons to the status of the PPDC.
As much as I love Gipsy Danger and that monster Cherno Alpha, I believe Striker Eureka is best Jäger.
Its speed, agility and firepower (concussion missiles fuck yeah!) are just so post-par of anything that the PDCC has ever come up with...
4166224 You write Jäger with zs A umlaut! You must be german!!!
4166334 ah okay. :P Sorry didn't know. But still, Discord is Chaos incarnation, and to his full extent just maybe, but not possible.
4166730 Striker Eureka, best Jaeger the world would have. It could make Cat V's cry XD
Interestingly, a comment of mine posted in chapter 13 did not appear in the comments list. Alrighty, Ill just recap it then.
Im happy to see that Misty gets the rebbutal she was so in for. Maybe she will learn what it means to be too full of oneself.
Also, that plasma cannon...
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...and they thought the Soviet Union had no more influence.
Awesome chapters again. About time for Misty Fly to stand down. I hope AJ and her will settle their issue down before something really bad happens due to this.
Now, what is with this shifting kaiju?
Next thing we know, Twilight starts being called Iron Mare.
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Unfortunate no my iPhone just auto corrects jager to jäger which is really cool lol
When I saw the title of this chapter, I thought the magic of Equestria would start giving Jaegars their own cutie marks.
Frontier Justice has a cutie mark of a Kaiju getting hit in the face by an apple?
OH COME ON!!!!
4167505 I think this is the best part. I do enjoy it when Twilight embraces her evil side.
4167520 Oh well, nobody is perfect.
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Typo. "Gonna".
Wait, considering how time passes in this fic, are there any hopes that for the future Mark IV or Mark III we are going to see a Jaeger with three pilots, our CMC?
...Iron Crusader sounds awesome. Or maybe Cobalt Crusader? Anything fits with "Crusader"
4164241 Heaven forbid my hometown. I'm amazed that I can speak with a fairly decent middle-class accent.
Oh I like this. I'm one of those who enjoys over-analysing and additional information when it comes to stories (not by fans, by the creator of the story rather).
Looking forward for kicking ass.
btw loved that remark about Australia xD
Normal accent, no problem. Drunken accent. Oh fuck that shit I ain't gonna even try!
4173030 it depends on your perspective of Crimson's 'Thundercloud Formation'.
4166730 actually, there is a notable downside to Striker in that it's speed is granted via lighter (though perhaps not weaker) armor and complexer systems, which make repairs more difficult.
The lightness also has the downside of leaving it and it's conceptual relatives more vulnerable to blunt force impacts knocking them for a loop, literally and metaphorically speaking. It could still take a CAT 3 easy, and probably a CAT 4, though you have to remember that over time the aliens spawning the kaiju will adapt their warpets against them.
4178313 hey, just pointing it out, no need to go all ape shit
Oh, btw, I have hugged a cactus, the pain was comfortable
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Now let me tell you why I partially disagree with you.
Striker is actually not considerably lighter than Gipsy Danger when you account for the fact that Gipsy has a solid iron hull (I.E. Really damn heavy). I assume Striker Eureka would be fitted with a lighter, stronger hull (If Crimson Typhoon is any indicator, I assume Striker would comprise of a titanium-alloy or straight titanium... which makes no sense cause alloys are stronger. Titanium alloys are generally stronger and lighter than straight iron, just for reference.). It does make repairs harder though as iron is much more abundant.
I would assume that most of Striker's speed would actually come from improvements in artificial muscles, more advanced control software and better resources available during its construction... being built two years after Gipsy helps in that regard as the Aussies could get their hands on the best gear available.
As for complex systems I think we've all seen just how much durable Gipsy is in that regard.
Durability!
Generally when you're as fast as something as Striker eureka you simply just don;t get hit. Watch his solo fight with the CAT IV Mutavore... He arrives, he punches the shit out of the Kaiju so fast it never even gets a single hit in, and while Mutavore is sitting there trying to remember if it has legs or not after Striker has metaphorically engraved ‘FUCK OFF MATE, WE'RE FULL’ into its skull with its giant brass knuckles, Striker turns it into a new trophy for his man-cave with giant missiles. Striker would've easily messed Otachi up in a similar fashion if Leatherback wasn't sitting around with his massive EMP. Seriously, Otachi, one of the most badass Kaiju, looked like a preschooler next to Striker. It took a full-blown CAT V, fighting underwater (limited visibility and maneuverability) to even get a hit on Striker.
Not going to deny that there will be Kaiju that can deal with Striker (Leatherback is a prime example...) but the from what we've seen Striker is just flat out better at everything than everything else... okay, maybe except Slattern but hell, I reckon if Slattern hadn't pussied out and called for backup that Striker would've mounted his head on a mantlepiece.
TL;DR: Striker Eureka probably eats about ten thousand Weet-Bix a day.
Did I ever mention that
Striker EurekaCherno Alpha is my favourite Jaeger?4179290 Eeyup, everything has its downsides.
4180696 my friend just stares at a wall for four hours whenever he gets home
What the buck?! I walk into a quiet study room thinking, 'Man! I'm sure in the mood to read something about giant robots! It'd be nice if that one awesome MLP/Pacific Rim crossover was updated!'
And I kid you not I look into my alerts and lo and behold, it updated!
Good job on the chapter! I can't wait for the next one! I was so worried about Applejack too! But I'm glad she's alright! And now I'm wondering WHO'S GOING TO GO UP AGAINST THE NEW KAIJU?! I MUST KNOW NOW!
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only if the author tries to sell it, otherwise fanfics are free game.
4183524 *cocks his rifle* free game huh? Good thing it's author season
I propose that we rewrite the pronunciation: Yeager as YAYGir. Simply because 'yea' is pronounced multiple ways and is not reliable enough for use as it currently is.
Why YAYGir? Because you can't mispronounce YAY, and most people will know what Gir is referring to. Furthermore, those who know what Gir is referring to know that there is only one way to pronounce it.
Have a nice day.
4229542 yeah, but there's a difference from a camera and a humongous mech that can link two minds together.
Dis. Dis I like.
Why did I not read this earlier? I remember seeing it on the front page months ago! Why!? Obviously, I'm lacking in the cranial capacity department; need to shift staff around and get that one better manned.
I'm very curious to know the outcome of that investigation, naturally, hoping the guilty party (Strong Box) is found out and suitably punished.
Personally hoping that one of the things he has to do is write the letter to the family of the worker, explaining, in excruciatingly painful detail, why their relative isn't coming home... after being chewed out by everyone of importance... after being tied up by the exit and everyone getting a chance to kick him as they clock in... and out... and in... and out... and in... and out. Three 8-hour shifts in a day, right?
I really don't like preventable disasters.
I'd like to hear, if at all possible, more about the new weapons Twilight is dishing out. The few you talked about in the story were extremely fun to think about so if you got any more, I'd love to see 'em!!
Saxton Hale's about open a can of whoopass on one resident Purple Smart.
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That made me giggle madly