CREATURE FEATURE: Scunner

Scunner is a Category IV Kaiju. It protects the breach from the Jaegers alongside Slattern and Raiju.

Biology
Scunner's appearance and behavior is akin to that of a bull. Broad and stocky, its two curved horns jutting out of its head act as battering rams against armored opponents like the Jaegers. Scunner possess four arms that aid in its ability to move faster than its opponents under water.

Its plated body armor allows it to take great amounts of damage in the most severe environments. Like most Kaiju, it has a green bioluminous glow throughout it's body. Its ability to work in tandem with other Kaiju makes it a particularly dangerous foe in combat.

Like Slattern and Knifehead, Scunner's primary arms are actually two fused arms themselves ending in three-digited claws.

History
When Scunner and Raiju emerged from The Breach, they waited for the arrival of the two remaining Jaegers, Gipsy Danger and Striker Eureka. Upon their approach to the Breach, Scunner and Raiju circle the Jaegers, using their lack of visibility against them. Once they reveal themselves, Scunner engages Gipsy Danger in combat. Gipsy Danger subdues Scunner, but before Gipsy Danger can kill Scunner with its right-arm GD6 Chain Sword, Raiju's jaws clamps down onto Gipsy's arm while swimming at top speed, tearing its arm off.

Scunner frees itself from Gipsy's hold and takes advantage of the damaged and disorientated jaeger to bite and cripple Gipsy's right leg. Unleashing its Chainsword from its left arm, Gipsy pierces Scunner through the neck and drags its head over a volcanic pit, burning its face. Scunner, thrashing from the pain, escapes and off balances the damaged Jaeger giving it time to recover. Raiju attacks Gipsy Danger a second time, but is cut in half by its chain sword.

Striker Eureka's endurance against Slattern forces the Category V Kaiju to call for aid. Scunner abandons its fight with Gipsy Danger in order to attack Striker Eureka. Gipsy's crippled leg prevented the Jaeger from helping Striker in time. As Scunner and Slattern move in to destroy Striker Eureka, its pilots detonate the thermonuclear bomb on its back, killing Scunner and critically wounding Slattern.

Trivia
Scunner uses the same basic CG body as Knifehead and Trespasser in the film.
Scunner is the largest Category IV in Pacific Rim.
Scunner and Raiju are the last Category IV Kaiju to emerge from the Breach before its destruction.
The word "scunner" comes from Scotland, where it refers to something that triggers a strong reaction of disgust.
Scunner is featured in Pacific Rim: The Video Game.
Scunner is depicted on the Blu-Ray release of Pacific Rim, replacing Gipsy Danger in a lenticular image.
NECA's Pacific Rim Series 4 will include a Scunner Action Figure, released around June 2014.
Scunner is the tallest Category IV known.

Technical Information
Given Name: Scunner
Breach Date: January 12, 2025
Category: IV
Status: Deceased
Kaiju Specifications
Height: 441 ft (134.4m).
Weight: 3,230 tons
Speed: 5
Strength: 9
Armor: 8
Battle Information
Attack Behavior: Coordination with other Kaiju
Intimidation tactics and ingestion
Toxicity: Low
Powers: Pointed, plated protrusions designed to batter and ram
Weaknesses: Oblique region
Target Information
City Targeted: None
Jaegers Targeted
or Destroyed: Striker Eureka,
Gipsy Danger

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