Kaiceph

Kaiceph
Technical Information
Breached	June 1, 2014
Category	Undetermined
Status	Deceased
Origin	Anteverse
Combat Specifications
Power	Curved horns Pincers on the tail
Target information
City Targeted	Cabo San Lucas
Jaeger Targeted	None

"What will it take to grab this monster by the throat and drag him back to hell?"

—Stacker Pentecost

Kaiceph is a Kaiju of undetermined Category that attacked Cabo San Lucas on June 1, 2014, being the third Kaiju to emerge from the Breach.

Biology

Kaiceph is a bipedal Kaiju with pale white skin mottled with green hues and a vivid red tinge along its chin, limbs, and tail. Its head features a pair of green eyes, a jagged, tooth-lined maw that radiates the blue bioluminescent glow characteristic of Kaiju, and two massive forward-curving black horns.

Kaiceph's body is long and covered in numerous spines. Its arms are unusually thin and skeletal, ending in long, black claws with four sharply defined digits. The Kaiju's legs have large but skeletal-looking thighs, with red knees and ending in enormous clawed paws that support its posture.

The Kaiju's tail is long and thick, ending in three sharp red pincers.

History

Third Kaiju Attack

Less than four months after Hundun's attack on the Philippines, Kaiceph emerges from the Breach and makes landfall in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.

The military attempted to lure the Kaiju out of the city but failed, causing Kaiceph to continue its rampage before finally being killed by a nuclear strike.

Aftermath

Although the Kaiju was successfully killed, the nuclear strike destroyed half of the city’s habitable area and left it heavily contaminated with radiation. As a result, Cabo San Lucas, like other cities attacked before the Jaeger Program, became one of the regions most severely affected by the Kaiju War.

On September 15, 2014, during the Seoul Conference, Kaiceph is shown on the projector during Stacker Pentecost's speech to expose the imminent risk that the Kaiju pose.

Trivia

• Kaiceph's design was created and sculpted by Simon Lee, and was named Meathead before eventually being assigned to Kaiceph, just as Trespasser's design was initially named Axehead.
• Kaiceph appears on the cover of Pacific Rim: Tales From Year Zero fighting the Chinese Mark-1 Jaeger Horizon Brave.
• The timeline of Kaiju attacks on the Panpacificdefense website states that only two attacks occurred in 2014, with the Pacific Rim TTRPG citing that only Hundun and Scissure attacked that year, indicating that Kaiceph was a later addition to the lore. However, in addition to being mentioned by Travis Beacham, Kaiceph is also indirectly mentioned in Pacific Rim and appears in Tales From Year Zero, thus canonically being in the final timeline.
• Initially, Travis Beacham states that Hammerjaw attacked Cabo. He later amends his assertion when he is reminded of Kaiceph's mentioned attack in Tales From Year Zero.
• The opening of Pacific Rim leads one to believe that Kaiceph is the Kaiju whose remains are being transported on an aircraft carrier, however, Travis Beacham states that this Kaiju was never identified as Kaiceph.

List of appearances

Films

• Pacific Rim (Indirectly mentioned)

Comics

• Pacific Rim: Tales From Year Zero (Picture)

Books

• Pacific Rim: Man, Machines & Monsters (Concept art)

Gallery

An image gallery is available for Kaiceph