Links to Pacific Rim creator Travis Beacham's own posts on drift compatibility and drifting
- Drift compatibility is psychological, not genetic
- The better you know someone, the more likely you are to be drift compatible
- Drift compatibility is potential, not fate
- Drift compatibility can be a choice
- Friendship is the foundation of drift compatibility
- The drift requires trust
- Trust is fundamental; also drift compatibility can be determined with anything that tests how well you can anticipate each others' moves
- That even includes multiplayer video games
- Many cadets wash out during Pons training when secrets come out in the drift and shatter their relationships
- A lot of pilots get messed up by flinching over sexual thoughts
- Trying to avoid thoughts just makes them worse
- Not everything you see in the drift is always real; also the way to deal with thoughts is just let them flow by
- Pilots communicate through "headspace"
- Illustration of a conversation in headspace
- First drifts can be very confusing, because partners don't understand each others' minds very well yet
- The drift exposes pilots to each others' raw, unfiltered thoughts
- Raleigh knew what Yancy was going to say
- The drift doesn't let you read your partner's mind like a database, and you may not necessarily understand what you see. Also when Pentecost says he carries nothing into the drift he means he's calm and stable.
- Pentecost gained this calmness through meditation
- Trying to block your partner from your mind will make you lose control of the Jaeger
- Pilots who fall below 90% sync will be in trouble
- General information plus info on RABITs
- You can chase your partner's RABIT
- Another post confirming you can chase your partner's RABIT
- More RABIT info
- More general information
- Travis Beacham defines ghost drifting
- Partners' personalities can rub off on each other
- Neural overload doesn't hit you all at once; it accumulates
- The time a pilot can go solo varies, and it's a steep curve from fine to dead
- More info on solo piloting
- Being high in the drift probably makes it harder to avoid chasing the RABIT
The Cost of Staying
Sometimes itβs not that you didnβt want the job.
Itβs that you wanted it too much. And now you're floating down some corporate river. Toward the wrong end of The Waterfall (TM).
You worked too hard. Put up with too much. Got good at things you never thought youβd be good at. Found your rhythm. Found your people. Maybe even started to believe you belonged there.
And then it changed.
Or maybe it didnβt. Maybe it was always like this and you just finally let yourself admit that the cost was too high.
That staying meant watching someone else get away with it. And shrinking a little bit each day. Or carrying your own silence like it was professionalism. Like it was maturity. Even strength.
But hereβs the truth no one wants to put on a poster: Sometimes leaving is the only way to protect yourself.
And that doesnβt mean you failed. It doesnβt mean you werenβt strong enough. It means the place wasnβt safe enough.
And maybe thatβs not the ending you deserved, but itβs not the end of your story either (the waterfall).
