How much would it cost, on average, to build a Jaeger as seen in the film?
How much would it cost, on average, to build a Jaeger as seen in the film?
Probably not, since Striker was a Mk. V Jaeger, it would probably have gotten the best there was to fight Kaijus, while Brawler was simple prototype, a "proof of concept" is what I believe is called. It would still cost a lot, but probably not as much as 100 Billion.
It would have less stuff, but you're building everything for the first time. Compared to that, it looks like later Jaegers are assembled on what are basically giant factory lines. They know exactly how to build a Jaeger, and what resources and parts they need – with Brawler Yukon, you wouldn't.
Though maybe the two cancel each other out. :) Should I assume BY costs somewhere in the 100 000 000 000 $ range, then?
Also, I believe Striker was built with 100 billion Australian" dollars.
Which, considering the state of the economies in that time, means we get absolutely no flipping idea of their real costs :/
ive seen sources refer to it as usd, but could be wrong as sources become non-canon
They are pretty much the same. Though we dont know what the dolla rate would have been in 2019.
Just 4 months ago the Australian dollar rate was approx. 110 US cents...
well, considering the economies of that time (WOW OMG YOU GUYS HAVE BREAD?!?!! I CALL LIFEHAX!!! ~Raleigh, in my now upcoming PR parody fic)
We'd have no real idea of the real cost. If bread was at the point of being too expensive for the common man (even with the mass of jobs available at that fail wall of screwed-governmentness), the Jaegers might have only cost a matter of a few millions in todays money. Or I could have my money conversion the completely wrong way around and a Jaeger might cost a few trillion instead
I'm not sure, but I think that a jaeger would cost OVER 9000!
You win.