Pena

Pena
Biographical Information
Death	2034
Cause of Death	Swallowed whole by Baby
Physical Description
Hair	Brown
Eyes	Brown
Career Information
Occupation	Salvage worker
Affiliations	Mech Czar
Series Information
Appeared In (canon)	Pacific Rim: Aftermath

Pena is an associate of Mech Czar.

Biography

Pacific Rim: Aftermath

Pena, Verma, Dwayne and Hawk arrive at the walls of a sealed scrapyard. Pena reminds his team to put on their HAZMAT suits as Verma is handing them out. When Dwayne asks whether they should wait for Joshua Griffin to arrive, and Pena angrily replies that they don’t need Griffin.

Griffin arrives at the scrapyard moments later, and assures the group that he would never leave Pena in charge. After Dwayne burns a makeshift door into the sealed wall, Pena and others enter the scrapyard. Venturing deeper inside, Pena reveals the map, presumably given to them by Czar, when Griffin asks about it. Griffin warns them to look out for droids that may be watching out for them, and while Pena mocks him, Dwayne tries to defend Griffin.

As Pena declares that Griffin doesn’t know what he’s talking about, a noise distracts him and Dwayne. Their group is fired upon by Giovanni Capello’s men. Pena and the others scatter, defending themselves as Griffin fails to draw them away from danger. Pena climbs to an elevated spot in the scrapyard and wonders why they don’t have weapons like Capello’s men. Pena is ambushed by one of Capello’s men, who knocks him out using specialized brass knuckles.

Taking Giovanni's Territory

Pena recovers from the attack and goes back to get Hawk, urging her to leave Joshua behind. After she throws a grenade to cover their escape, Pena begins to look for the map he dropped during the fight. Joshua emerges from the head of Vulcan Specter holding the map. The three return to Mech Czar's headquarters in Los Angeles, and Pena reprimands Joshua for almost getting them killed. Their argument is short-lived, however, as Giovanni and his men begin to attack the building.

Piloting the Rogue Jaeger Bruiser, Pena takes out a significant chuck of Giovanni's men alongside Joshua (who pilots Enforcer). Following the death of Giovanni, Pena assumes his ease of control inside of Bruiser, versus Joshua's difficulties with Enforcer, means Joshua is a subpar pilot. Chris Dubango explains that Pena is able to interface with the Rogue Jaeger's rudimentary Drift technology because he had no experience with the Pan Pacific Defense Corps tech.

When Hawk is pinned down by Giovanni's men in central Los Angeles, Mech Czar orders Pena out into the city in Bruiser. Pena arrives and fires on the crowd where Giovanni's men have isolated themselves, nearly killing Joshua and his ex-girlfriend, Martina. Pena is able to claim Giovanni's former territory for Mech Czar.

Fighting the Kaiju-Human Hybrids

The emergence of Baby, a Kaiju-Human Hybrid, reorients Pena's attention and forces him to fight the Kaiju on his own until Joshua returns to headquarters. When Joshua returns to the city in Enforcer, Pena refuses to work with him against Baby. Baby slams Enforcer into a building, Pena takes the opportunity to repair his Rogue Jaeger, unconcerned with the jeopardized civilians. Once Bruiser is repaired, Pena reengages Baby.

Hawk reappears and tries to distract the Kaiju to help Joshua and Pena. Pena fails to consider Hawk's safety, and fires Bruiser's CCLO cannon in her direction. The attack renders the Kaiju momentarily unconscious, but kills Hawk. Pena dismisses Hawk's death as long overdue, and he's taken by surprise by the recovery of Baby. With Bruiser's Conn-Pod damaged, Pena climbs out of the Jaeger but is unable disconnect his implant. He's swallowed whole by Baby.

Trivia

• According to the script for Pacific Rim: Aftermath, Pena is 32 years old.
• The script for Aftermath describes Pena as "a weasel-faced Hispanic man".