Renegade storyline

Making the page for the comment function; bringing together "Rogue" and "A Knock at the Door".
==Timeline==
A young person living near Sydney in 2014, in an effort to learn more about the Kaiju, rigs a rough neural bridge and manages to contact the Hivemind. Scissure is sent to collect this person--like Otachi is sent for Newt. The person dies in Scissure's attack, but between what Scissure gathers and the original contact, the Kaiju learn the basic outline of human society, get a glimpse of human technology, and gain a rough map of the world, all of which play into the attacks after Scissure (like the way the Kaiju occasionally target oil fields).
The organic fighting style project debuts; two three-armed, three-person Pons-enabled Jaegers--twins in both body and mind--begin development. Reckoner throws a wrench into this plan, and all resources are diverted to the further-along proto-Typhoon, now Shaolin Rogue: her second and third arms are stored for the other proto-Typhoon and they work in a 2-person Pons.
This hybrid Pons systems--the incomplete 3-person and complete, shoehorned two person--act against each other. This mucks with her development: She's unstable and switches between the the childlike 'Ashao' and the more adult 'Sung' personality; Ashao objects to her misson, Sung is all for it. This wobble messes with the Lins and occasionally causes Shaolin Rogue to lock up and fail to deploy as the AIs argue.
Rogue; the techs still try to overwrite her but AGNIS intervenes.
Hermann flies to Hong Kong and he's aware of an AI flitting about in the system (wonky lights, his tablet's lagging, etc) but, once he draws her and Sung out, he thinks it's just them in distress. He/J-Tech/etc get the Pons straightened out to the point the Lins aren't suicidal, and with everyone's consent, Shaolin is banished from the Jaeger.
Rogue (with Ashao's death); potentially be salvaged and repurposed as Ashao severing (or what have you) her link to Shaolin Rogue
The damage is done, however: the Lins remain prone to episodes of crippling depression, and because she's unstable, Ashao can't always navigate the psychic bond, leaving her cut off from the Lins. This leads to the beginning of the 'gaping void' feeling that has Chao eventually trying to kill himself.
Good Morning, Shaolin; Hermann asks Ashao how she's doing after leaving the Jaeger
When Typhoon /is developed/old enough to really make her debut, they assume she's Shaolin in 'Ashao' mode. 
With all the time on her hands after being banished, Ashao works out "A Knock at the Door by dredging the dark corners of the internet. One of her sources is the second-most exhaustive Kaiju database, that of the recovery lab, and since she, Sung(?), and Typhoon have learned differently, they have different weaknesses, and maybe Ashao's working in the recovery lab, unbeknownst to her, with the computer screen on:
A tech calls Chau, Chau calls Liu, Liu quite literally appears.
"What's going on?"
A tilt of Liu's head, studying the screen, then, "Nothing important." Turns to leave.
Chau gets a better looks at the screen--"/Contact? Someone--"
Liu glances heavenward but stops. "Contacted the Kaiju, their homeworld sent Scissure after them, and now they're dead."
Ashao presents her paper to Sung, who, sick and tired of Ashao's disobedience, doesn't listen/misunderstands and destroys it. Ashao's so hurt /heartbroken/otherwise distressed that she feels like she's dying and retreats; Chao thinks he's dead and tries to kill himself.
When Typhoon gets banged up that time, Shaolin freaks the hell out, begging Hermann not to hurt Typhoon, it's all Shaolin's fault, she didn't mean any harm, etc. 
Get to Know Vulcan Specter; Triton's funeral
From Hong Kong with Love; The depression spreads to Pietr in early 2021 and it's the last straw and the Lins are removed from service. 
Logan vs the Dragon; the Joneses wind up in Hong Kong for a couple days
(In)Corporeal; the Lins are officially removed from the roster; there's a goodbye party, and Logan and Jackson (invited on Xiong's request) feels like this is goodbye for good. It remains to be decided if we have grounds for him to still see cats.
They go into seclusion with their family (or at another monastery) and effectively vanish from the story.
Well, the Lins /almost vanish: every few weeks a packet of photos of cats being dumb shows up in Logan's mail, but he keeps that very, very quiet. He still misses his buddy something fierce (and goes on that 2021 knitting spree as the loneliness /really starts to bite). >link to Bubbles and socks<
Newt Drifts with a Kaiju, triggering a premature (but no less deadly) Double Event; the Deift is so traumatic in part because the unstable Pons is searching for a third person. Hannibal knows what happens in a human-Kaiju Drift, so it's not just conjecture with which he whacks Newt upside the head, it's actual knowledge. 
"Colourful" and the Hewt Drift: Hermann disables the two-person Pons and re enables the three-person. 
Good Morning, Shaolin; Hermann and Ashao talk about what she saw in the Drift with him, Newt, and the Kaiju.
As for Ranger Marigold, it's now no longer Feng's reincarnation, but a housewarming present for Logan from Feng and quite possibly Logan's favourite thing in the world, even though he names it 'Blockhead' or something equally derisive.
Correspondence: Ashao and Sung get into one of the worst fights they've had in years; Typhoon, fragile from the loss of the triplets, doesn't have the means to cope without her support system (unavailable thanks to the argument) and melts down. >upload from chat<
==See Also==
* Wrong Side!UA
* A Knock at the Door
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