Finn. With his entire family killed by the Kaiju, the city of his birth in destruction and nowhere else to turn, Finn joins the Pan Pacific Defence Corps as a Ranger - only to discover that the PPDC has become little more than a Resistance.
Rey. Orphaned since birth, Rey has learned to survive in the harsh desert, eking a living by scavenging discarded junk and selling it in exchange for food. Until one day, even the desert is not safe from the Kaiju and she must run towards the nearest Shatterdome for safe haven. It is there she will finally learn the truth about her parents ...
Poe. Growing up in the shadow of the Shatterdome, Poe Dameron's family enlisted on the day the Kaiju made land - his mother Shara Bey, part of the first air strike again against the Kaiju and his father Kes Dameron part of the ground assault. In 2025 when the world leaders decide to shut down the Jaeger Program, Dameron along with a handful of defiant Rangers throws in his lot with Marshal Stacker Pentecost to join the Resistance and launch a final desperate assault on the Breach. Although he has always been unswerving in his fight against the Kaiju, Poe's always been a loner - stubbornly independent and autonomous - not Drift Compatible with anyone. Until one day, a mysterious girl from the desert and a young man named Finn arrive at the Shatterdome to join the fight ...