When a second breech opens, Marshall Stacker Pentecost assembles a team of top Jaegers and their pilots. Raleigh Becket is placed in charge, and struggles to make the Rangers put the past behind them and work as a team. As he untangles their secrets, he finds himself drawn to Audrey Vaughn, the only person physically able to pilot a Jaeger solo. AU! Eventual RaleighxOC
When Yancy dies, Raleigh can't bring himself to abandon Gipsy. Recovering from the fight with Knifehead, he begins looking for a copilot, only to find that there's no one even close to what he needs. Marshal Pentecost gives him the option to try piloting solo. Does he rise to the occasion, or is the neural strain too much?