Roleplay Retcon

Home Sweet Home Alone is the sixth sequel in the franchise and has a scroogely 15% on Rotten Tomatoes (and you DON'T have to watch it!), but we take one big cue from it: The burglars are the protagonists! We play Husband Daddy Protector Hero by Superdillin, a game that can be used for any scenario, to create married couple Jared and Juliette. At a fateful recording of Antiques Roadshow, they discover a family heirloom is worth $200,000. Their money troubles seem to be over, until a quiet little girl snatches it...

Content Warnings: Physical trauma, mention of guns, sexual content

Let's get out of those stuffy mech cockpits, change out of our sweaty pilot hardsuits, and have a cozy night in as we gab about how our version of Pacific Rim: Uprising stacks up to the original, our thoughts on Lancer, and our casting choices for our characters.

Content Warnings: Profanity, discussion of war, death, and violence

The pilots face off against Shao's ultimate weapon. The fate of the future is at stake. Survival is not guaranteed.

Content Warnings: War, weapons, violence, profanity

Clones of Kaiju Leatherback, Slattern, and Otachi have descended on Shanghai. This is what you came for.

Content Warnings: War, weapons, violence, profanity

The pilots must find a way into the Shao Corporation's headquarters, stop the drone synch operation, and confront Liwen Shao. Alex delegates. Amara is a hack. Bon makes a sizzle reel.

Content Warnings: War, weapons, references to gun violence

The Shatterdome musters what resources they have to stop whatever the Shao Corporation is planning before their mysterious "Drone Synch" operation executes in a few hours. To-do list items include burying hatchets, glazing scientists, and figuring out how to build a new mech in, like, an hour.

Content Warnings: War, weapons, references to gun violence

The pilots plug their gunshot wounds and hop into their mechs to defend the Shatterdome against the hulking and terrifying Kaiju-Jaeger hybrids. Alex is Mr. Knife Guy. Bon tanks it. Amara brings a hammer to a gunfight.

Content Warnings: Violence, war, weapons, death, finding the will to live

The Jaeger pilots and Professor Hermann Gottlieb rush to the outskirts of Los Angeles to find Newton Geisler (you know, Charlie Day in the first movie), who may hold the key to stopping the Shao Corporation's drones. Newt has a secret inside his RV-- a secret that Shao also wants.

Content Warnings: Violence, war, weapons, murder, gun violence, mild body horror

With only 40 hours remaining before every Shao drone syncronizes, the pilots scramble to present their findings from the Siberian facility back to Professor Hermann Gottlieb. Bon takes a free sample. Amara mech-ccessorizes. Alex gets beer for his forces and whiskey for Hermann.

Content Warnings: Violence, war, weapons, guns, mild body horror

At least one pilot survives the fight against Obsidian Fury, probably, which means they probably get to further explore the horrifying Kaiju farm. Amara probably notices a pattern. Bon probably doesn't trust the science. Alex probably grapples with his feelings.

Content Warnings: Violence, war, weapons, guns