Ideas Are Easy

[Anaraxes]

Originally Posted by crretin

a post apocalyptic pacific rim.

Why is humanity better able to manufacture mecha after civilization has been laid waste than when they still had their knowledge and industrial base? Mecha seem to require tech-a.

Sounds more like a setup for why they turned to magic after their technology failed them and they had no other choice. Or maybe supers; there's still a lab that can induce mutations / produce super-soldier serum / whatever, and despite the usually horrible results on the subjects, there's still some small number of people noble or desperate enough to volunteer, some few of whom even survive to battle the beasts.