The year is 2025, and over 12 years ago a portal opened up in the ocean, and ever since, Kaiju began coming out of it. Humanity fought back and made their own monsters, giant humanoid mechs called jaegers requiring two pilots. At the moment, Stacker Pentecost is the head of the organization PPDC (Pan Pacific Defense Corps) in the Shatterdome.

“Welcome cadet, to the Shatterdome. Are you ready?”