At his office, Pentecost berates them for their behavior and the lack of respect they show for each other and the bond created by their position as Jaeger pilots. They're later pulled up for their behavior by Pentecost. They get into a fight, trashing the bar in the process. Yancy argues he’s tired of waiting for his brother to “grow some balls” and take what he wants. When Yancy finds him, Raleigh accuses his brother of being jealous and wanting everything he wants. Raleigh storms out of the Academy and heads for a bar, ignoring his brother’s attempts to explain himself. Weeks later, Raleigh and Yancy are working through another combat simulation when Raleigh catches a glimpse of Yancy’s memories when he starts to drift.ĭiscovering his brother went out with Naomi, their combined distraction causes them to lose the simulated battle against the Kaiju. Confident that her interest lies with him, Raleigh anticipates calling her.
Regardless their position as trainees, she flirts with them and writes her phone number on Raleigh’s palm and asks them to call her when they have free time. ĭuring their time off they meet Naomi Sokolov, a teenager infatuated with Jaeger pilots. Despite their doubts, the two pass the physical and mental requirements to make the first cut of the academy and excel during simulated battles against the Kaiju. Raleigh believes the people around are far more dedicated to the idea of passing the first cut than either himself or his brother, an observation Yancy is inclined to agree with. In 2016, the two enlist into PPDC’s Jaeger Academy to train and become Rangers. He and his brother watch the attack as it's broadcast on television. Raleigh is fifteen when Trespasser attacks San Francisco in 2013.
Together, they pretend to be superheroes with a lighter and flashlights, they explored pretended to patrol an abandoned factory outside Budapest to keep "evil at bay". At ten years old, he helps Yancy create an armored superhero costume with a cape. The two were scrappy, getting into fights, and reading comic books. Raleigh dreamt of becoming a superhero alongside his brother Yancy. Their father was a hydraulic engineer who worked on dams. Raleigh and Yancy were born and raised comfortably in Anchorage with their younger sister, Jazmine, and father and mother, Richard Becket and Dominique Lapierre-Becket.