Brad Colbert – PPDC Ranger
Brad loses his mother to Trespasser’s attack on San Francisco and his father to the subsequent grief. An orphan for the second time in his life, Brad joins the Jaeger academy with his childhood friend, Eric. Brad proves to be an excellent candidate – he absorbs new fighting techniques like a sponge and his simulator scores are off the charts – in all respects, save for one. He can’t establish a stable neural handshake with any of the other candidates in his class. Not wanting to lose a potential Ranger with so much promise, the PPDC keeps Brad at the academy as a Kwoon Instructor and has him attempt to drift with candidates from each class. He’s almost lost all hope of piloting a Jaeger when he meets Ray. Then he loses the little he had left because how the hell is that going to work? But it does work – in more ways than Brad could have ever imagined.
Ray Person – PPDC Ranger
After watching the likes of Coyote Tango and Horizon Brave decimate Kaiju on television, Ray decides that he’s going to be a Jaeger pilot. The PPDC feels differently on the matter and he’s accepted into the Jaeger academy on the tech track instead of as a Ranger candidate. Ray’s disappointed, but decides to apply himself to kicking ass and taking names as a Jaeger tech. One night, he and a couple of his buddies from the program decide to try their hand at the simulator because why the fuck not? The plan is erase their scores after they’re done, but the guy in charge of that messes it up. When Ray’s called into what is effectively the principal’s office of the Jaeger Academy, he’s expecting to be expelled. Turns out his simulator scores were impressive enough that he’s being given a second chance, provided he agrees to drift with Brad Colbert – the Kwoon Instructor on a mission to knock every Ranger candidate on their asses at least once. Ray can’t imagine that he’ll be drift compatible with the Iceman, but he agrees because, again, why the fuck not?
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Dr. Timothy Bryan – PPDC Physician
Tim is two years into his career as a Navy Corpsman when the first Kaiju emerges from the breach. Disillusioned by the responsibility of picking up the pieces left behind by human-on-human conflict, it’s almost a relief to have an enemy so completely alien – so completely beyond sympathy. He transfers to the PPDC and is trained as a physician. He’s placed in charge of the medical team at the Morro Bay Shatterdome and tasked with maintaining the health of the Rangers that call it home. He most certainly isn’t the Jaeger Program’s biggest fan and isn’t shy about drawing comparisons between it and dog fighting – he’s had to heal too many burns from overheated drivesuits, prescribed too many painkillers for migraines caused by frequent neural handshakes, and watched too many friends push themselves beyond their physical and mental limits – but you’d have trouble finding a doctor more devoted to his patients.
Mike Wynn – Shatterdome Marshal
Mike Wynn has been a part of the PPDC since it’s very inception and served as one of the Mark-1 Jaeger test pilots. He sustained an injury to his right knee during the testing process, disqualifying him from continuing in the program. He stayed with the PPDC, first as an instructor at the Jaeger Academy and then as a Shatterdome Marshal. He is placed in charge of the Morro Bay Shatterdome and remained there until it was closed down in 2024. He follows Echo Blue’s team to the Hong Kong Shatterdome to assist Stacker Pentecost with the Jaeger program’s last stand.
Eric Kocher – Jaeger Technician
Eric joined the Jaeger Academy at the same time as Brad. As they were childhood friends, both hoped they would be Drift Compatible. Unfortunately, this was not the case. Eric was unable to establish a stable neural handshake with any of the other cadets and was dropped as a Ranger candidate. Somewhat discouraged, he switched tracks and started taking classes towards becoming a Jaeger Technician. Determined to apply himself to this new area of study, Eric quickly rose to the top of his class. He was the first person assigned to Echo Blue’s team, at Brad’s request, and co-leads it with Poke.
Tony “Poke” Espera – Jaeger Technician
When Poke first considered joining the Jaeger program, his wife told him that she would, in no uncertain terms, kill him if he even thought about piloting one of those things. The discussion was tabled for a while, but at the end of the day they needed the money and being assigned to a Jaeger team came with certain assurances (health insurance and guaranteed room and board) that were getting harder and harder to come by. Upon joining the academy on the Jaeger Technician track, Poke met Brad and the two quickly became friends. Poke was assigned to Echo Blue’s team and co-leads it with Eric.
James Trombley – Jaeger Academy Reject
Trombley is initially accepted into the Jaeger academy as a promising candidate. His reflexes are excellent and his fighting style is ruthless. Unfortunately, his flaws overshadow any positive attributes. He is too quick to action – causing mass civilian causalities in the simulator because he doesn’t see the point in leading the Kaiju away from densely populated areas before taking it down – and completely lacks any sense of remorse. Even Brad’s mentorship can’t stop him from pounding another candidate into the ground during a sparring session gone wrong. Brad uses his pull to keep him on his team as a Jaeger tech (he’s particularly well qualified, but Poke’s got a soft spot for him and shows him the ropes) because he knows what becomes of kids like Trombley when they’re cast adrift. In spite of this, that’s exactly how he feels – so close to the only calling he ever felt he had and completely unable to achieve it.
Lt. Nathaniel Fick in Generation Kill (1×01) ↳Get Some
“You’ve seen the briefing video, you know as much as I do.
They can do incredible things. They’ve taken people through walls. They can
make you see things that aren’t there. But I know all of you are up to the
challenge. We’re about to fight an enemy the likes of which no Marine has ever
fought before. I can’t tell you how it will go. But I can tell you this. You’re
about to earn a place in history.”Bravo Two is preparing for the most dangerous mission
they’ve ever been assigned. A top secret project brings them to rural North
Dakota to await an alien craft. It’s hard to believe but a young girl with
strange abilities and a family legacy dating back to World War Two tells them
it’s more than just a bizarre training scenario. Their orders are to bring the
craft down and investigate but when a civilian researcher disappears inside the
operation turns into a terrifying search and rescue. Will they find the
researcher? What awaits them in the craft? And will they make it out alive?Generation Kill AU based on Steven Spielberg’s Taken Miniseries
Alexander Skarsgård as Sgt. Brad Colbert & Stark Sands as Lt. Nate Fick in GENERATION KILL (Part 6 – Stay Frosty) #46 of GK Tuesday
sources: HBO’s Generation Kill Blu-ray, my screen caps
“Just like Budapest all over again!”
“You and I remember Budapest very differently.”
Evan “Q-Tip” Stafford as Black Widow
John Christeson as Hawkeye
[Nate Fick as Captain America]
I think a lot more than is necessary about Bomb in the Garden, because I just feel like the Brad/Nate interaction is so much different than all of the other times Nate let Brad down or pissed him off, because it wasn’t because of command? Like Brad felt so exhilarated and like he was finally doing something good, something that required skills, and Nate shut him down, based on Nate’s own judgement.
I just want to see the scene where Brad’s pissy, but doesn’t confront Nate about it, because he knows Nate doesn’t owe him an explanation, but then Nate finds him anyway and has, like, a list of six excellent, well- reasoned arguments about why Brad had to get out of the hole, and Brad doesn’t necessarily agree, but he understands and he feels valued and respected that Nate explained, and..ugh, I just need more.
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