Paranoidude
Skeleton With Standards
March 15, 2123... The day that changed human history forever. The day that showed us all that we were not alone in the universe. The day that cracked the sky. Even now, one year later, there are conflicting eyewitness reports of the size of that horrible creature. Some survivors from Okinawa claimed that it towered a proud hundred meters tall, while those that saw the crippling onslaught in Tokyo claimed it to be at least a kilometer, towering into the heavens themselves. Japan is still recovering from the first Kaiju's warpath. Some might have called it an angel or a demon, but the rest of the world tends to honor Japan's massive sacrifice by calling these things "Kaiju." The massive Kaiju spent just over three weeks stomping around the Pacific Islands and Japan before the UN was able to organize enough forces to be able to cripple the creature. In the end, the only thing that could hurt it was massive artillery bombardments and carpet bombing techniques that we can only pray the world will never see again. Japan's greatest cities, oldest shrines, and most beautiful forests were all reduced to smoking piles of glass and ash. The funniest part? All of this devestation had little-to-no direct effect on the Kaiju. The Kaiju ended up suffocating from the billowing smoke of carpet bombs and artillery coating it's respiratory system, surely a tactic that wouldn't work twice.
The death toll was like a nightmare. In the course of just under a month, a little under one half of Japan had died from crossfire and the Kaiju running amok. Trillions of dollars of equipment were used to little effect, trillions more were destroyed by the monster. In an era of relative peace, there were very few competent officers within the UN and state armies. Even then, there was not a soul alive experienced at combating a threat like this. Humanity knew that if more of those things appeared, they would go extinct within a few months. And so Humanity did what it does when it's back is to the wall. They refused to give up.
China's proximity to Japan perhaps fueled it's scientific pursuits in creating the ultimate counter to these Kaiju. A giant robot warrior to fight the monsters on their own terms. A titan of steel would be able to utilize weapon systems that tanks and artillery pieces could only dream of. Recent technological improvements in the development of aircraft frames showed that it was possible, and so China saw out the creation of the first Mecha. While the creation of a sole frame was impressive enough, the Chinese researchers were also smart enough to know that analogue control would not be enough on the battlefield either. See, the Mecha frame was only one half of the Cangjie project. The other half was the creation of the Neurosynth brain. There are so many different controls involved in the piloting of a Mecha that even the greatest of jet pilots would be overwhelmed by the sheer amount of switches and inputs that manually controlling a mech would require. But, if one could control the mech via analogous control... simply moving one's right arm could move the mech's right arm... then piloting a mech could be a much simpler affair. Also, having a one-to-one response between the mech and pilot could improve the combat efficiency of pilots as well. This is where the Neurosynth Brain comes in. The conditions were brutal, and several test subjects were confirmed to have died under the load of stress from having control of a several-ton war-machine, but the Neurosynth had also been completed by China. It was discovered that in order for the Neurosynth brain to work, delegation between two pilots would be required. It was proposed that delegating movement and weaponry systems to different pilots would be the most efficient way of splitting the load.
Meanwhile, the European Union was busy creating it's own frame. The EU, requesting aid from China to the tune of "Oh, you don't want to give up the Neurosynth brain tech? Well, wouldn't it be so sad if we accidentally embargo'd you huh? Wouldn't that be a tragedy." And miraculously, the Chinese government ended up giving up the Neurosynth brain technology, not only to the EU, but to the rest of the world. The Chinese government (correctly) assumed that if they gave up the schematics for the Neurosynth to only the EU, they'd hoard it, not allowing any other countries to defend themselves. China was wise enough to see that the more Mecha running around, the better. So, not too shortly afterwards, The USA and Canada announced their Ares project publicly and confirmed that China's Neurosynth tech was being utilized as well.
Just after the EU finished their own Mecha project, the Adeptus Hasta, and began to search for pilot candidates, the UN announced the creation of UNITI - the United Nations Integrated Technology Initiative. Also known as the company you work for. With a lot of arm-twisting and leg-pulling, the UN was able to get the US, EU, and China all to play nice and work together as the vanguard of humanity as other nations tried to build their own Mecha with UNITI's help and China's open Neurosynth tech. After over a year since the last Kaiju invader attacked, we're sure that the Kaiju will throw their best and most powerful fighters at us. That's perfectly fine, though. We plan on doing the same exact thing.
The death toll was like a nightmare. In the course of just under a month, a little under one half of Japan had died from crossfire and the Kaiju running amok. Trillions of dollars of equipment were used to little effect, trillions more were destroyed by the monster. In an era of relative peace, there were very few competent officers within the UN and state armies. Even then, there was not a soul alive experienced at combating a threat like this. Humanity knew that if more of those things appeared, they would go extinct within a few months. And so Humanity did what it does when it's back is to the wall. They refused to give up.
China's proximity to Japan perhaps fueled it's scientific pursuits in creating the ultimate counter to these Kaiju. A giant robot warrior to fight the monsters on their own terms. A titan of steel would be able to utilize weapon systems that tanks and artillery pieces could only dream of. Recent technological improvements in the development of aircraft frames showed that it was possible, and so China saw out the creation of the first Mecha. While the creation of a sole frame was impressive enough, the Chinese researchers were also smart enough to know that analogue control would not be enough on the battlefield either. See, the Mecha frame was only one half of the Cangjie project. The other half was the creation of the Neurosynth brain. There are so many different controls involved in the piloting of a Mecha that even the greatest of jet pilots would be overwhelmed by the sheer amount of switches and inputs that manually controlling a mech would require. But, if one could control the mech via analogous control... simply moving one's right arm could move the mech's right arm... then piloting a mech could be a much simpler affair. Also, having a one-to-one response between the mech and pilot could improve the combat efficiency of pilots as well. This is where the Neurosynth Brain comes in. The conditions were brutal, and several test subjects were confirmed to have died under the load of stress from having control of a several-ton war-machine, but the Neurosynth had also been completed by China. It was discovered that in order for the Neurosynth brain to work, delegation between two pilots would be required. It was proposed that delegating movement and weaponry systems to different pilots would be the most efficient way of splitting the load.
Meanwhile, the European Union was busy creating it's own frame. The EU, requesting aid from China to the tune of "Oh, you don't want to give up the Neurosynth brain tech? Well, wouldn't it be so sad if we accidentally embargo'd you huh? Wouldn't that be a tragedy." And miraculously, the Chinese government ended up giving up the Neurosynth brain technology, not only to the EU, but to the rest of the world. The Chinese government (correctly) assumed that if they gave up the schematics for the Neurosynth to only the EU, they'd hoard it, not allowing any other countries to defend themselves. China was wise enough to see that the more Mecha running around, the better. So, not too shortly afterwards, The USA and Canada announced their Ares project publicly and confirmed that China's Neurosynth tech was being utilized as well.
Just after the EU finished their own Mecha project, the Adeptus Hasta, and began to search for pilot candidates, the UN announced the creation of UNITI - the United Nations Integrated Technology Initiative. Also known as the company you work for. With a lot of arm-twisting and leg-pulling, the UN was able to get the US, EU, and China all to play nice and work together as the vanguard of humanity as other nations tried to build their own Mecha with UNITI's help and China's open Neurosynth tech. After over a year since the last Kaiju invader attacked, we're sure that the Kaiju will throw their best and most powerful fighters at us. That's perfectly fine, though. We plan on doing the same exact thing.
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