Jägermeister is PJE's fourth Jaeger, created as a celebration for PJE's fifth anniversary. Florian Neustein had the idea to put some empty blueprints on a table at the party and let everyone add all possible upgrades they wanted. When looking at the "finished" blueprints a few days later, he immediately ordered to start production. Apparently, workers had brainstormed on how to improve a Jaeger and squeezed all of their ideas into the empty blueprints.
Building and unorthodox improvements[]
Soon getting the Nickname "Jägermeister" (which translates to "Master of Hunters/Jaegers and, of course entirely coincidentally, also is the name of a german liquor brand), this new project was probably the most powerful of all Jaegers PJE had to offer. Jägermeister runs on the exact opposite of a Cold Fusion Reactor, reversed electrons heat up the reactor so much the normal reactor casing would melt within a few hours - although, one could additionally harness the heat the reactor emits, too. Now, PJE workers came up with a quite simple idea: making the reactor case out of the most heat-proof material on earth: the compisition metal the Venus rovers were made of. Able to withstand extreme pressure and temperatures of over 3000°C, this beryllium-copper combination would be the base of Jägermeister's "Nova Reactor", as Florian Neustein titled it.
Being such a high-powered Jaeger, Jägermeister was outfitted with a ridiculously wide array of close- and long-range weapons, including the following:
Jägermeister's ranged options include a Tracker Cannon which fires a specialised tracker dart from a cannon in Jägermeister's chest. Once the tracker dart is located on or inside the Kaiju, it provides a lock-on beacon for homing cluster missiles. Those armaments utilise launch tubes on the Jaeger's back, being ejected into the air and locking onto the tracker dart within seconds after launch. The missiles themselves are heavy-duty MIRV missiles (Multiple Independently Targetable Reentry Vehicles) - the concept boils down to shooting up one large rocket which divides into seven cluster bombs to cause devastating damage across a large area or multiple targets.
Jägermeister's palms contain his Kinetic Repulsors, which are a simple distancing tool. Utilising kinetic releases, Jägermeister is able to inflict severe knockback upon Kaiju invading his personal space. The kinetic releases are unleashed with what some might identify as a throwing or slapping motion.
But Jägermeister's signature weapons are his plasmatic Finger Guns. Being inspired by Guardian Bravo's plasma handgun, these powerful weapons are useable while Jägermeister's index fingers are fused with his middle fingers (creating the classical "Finger Guns"), bringing together the upper and under half of the barrel. The Finger Guns are capable of rapidly firing plasma projectiles, melting through Kaiju armor and flesh within minutes.
For close-range encounters, Jägermeister bears the Comet Hatchet: the blade sticking out of the outside of Jägermeister's right forearm isn't just useful for hurting Kaiju while blocking attacks: in attack mode, the blade extends beyond the Jaeger's hand (which now forms the hatchet handle) while also starting up a rocket booster on the opposite side of the blade. This Nova-fueled booster gives all axe strikes more power, able of cleaving through various sturdy materials with brute power.
Finally, Jägermeister has the last resort option to open up his reactor plating and fire pure Nova energy through a prisma, creating a narrow beam consisting of pure energy, capable of cutting through solid metal as well as Kaiju chitin armor with brutal ease. Expelling reactor energy loses Jägermeister access to several of his systems, and as such should only be used as a last resort.
Pilots and deployment[]
Kala Kapoor and Torvald Stavig were the lucky people that got selected to pilot Jägermeister. Kala Kapoor is a notable mysticist that almost religiously detests Kaiju, while her partner is a Swedish immigrant seemingly ticking all the boxes of the stereotypical German. According to Torvald, this is out of admiration of the German culture.
So far, his iconic appearance, an excellent fighting style and three
flawless kills already made Jägermeister the most popular Jaeger in
Germany by far.