Pacific Rim AU anyone?
Jamie & Keeley are compatible in simulation but when they get in a real Jaeger? Something gets knocked out of the brain(s) and the handshake can’t hold. Jamie gets angry, Keeley gets gunshy, and Ted gets brought in to the dome. If can sports coach, why not jaeger-wrangle?
Roy hasn’t been able to pilot since his leg got bad. Maybe if they find him the right partner, the leg could stay stable, that’s the theory for keeping him around. But it’s only a theory and they haven’t found a successful partner yet.
Ted wants to try him with Keeley. And the spark is there. Maybe. Maybe…but the leg still isn’t holding.
(And of course the answer is the Wei Tang Triplets.)
Roy helps ease the pain stopping Jamie and Keeley from partnering. Jamie stabilizes Roy’s leg. And Keeley helps Roy see there is more to Jamie than meets the eye.
Sam & Dani? Yes!
Paul & Tom? Yes!
Jan (he gets to be here) and Richard? Yes!
EDIT: how could I forget Isaac & Colin!?
And of course, Ted has the epiphany to have them stop training in pairs and start training all together. Just think of it, a whole dome of people who can all pilot with each other. And once Rebecca gets on board, and they get more Jaegers built?
A whole team that can read each other so well they’re heading straight to the top! (Of the kaiju sized monsters they can fight).
