Nate Lambert (upon seeing Jake for the first time)
You gotta be kidding me.
Played by Scott Eastwood 
Pacific Rim Uprising (2018) · 62 quotes
Pacific Rim Uprising (2018) · 62 quotes
2nd most-quoted character in Pacific Rim Uprising (2018): in 12 of its 62 quotes
Most scenes with: Jake Pentecost (4), Amara Namani (2)
Well, he's pretty big.
More lines from Nate Lambert
5 quotes Nate Lambert Nate Lambert Gipsy to Command, you reading this?
Nate Lambert We're going to need more pilots. (Jake Pentecost: We have them.)
Nate Lambert I DON'T CARE! You know, when I first joined the Corp, I was just like you. Worse, I was nobody. But that woman we laid to rest today, Mako Mori. She said: Whoever you are, the minute you enter this program, you join a family. And no matter what they do, no matter how stupid they may act sometimes, you forgive them and you move on. So you start believing that, in here. And you'll start believing in a Jaeger.
Nate Lambert (after knocking out Newton)
Anyone who's listening, this is Ranger Lambert. Be advised, we just got ourselves a Newt.
Scenes with Nate Lambert
6 scenes Nate Lambert Take out his legs! We gotta get outta here!
Plasma cannon!
Nate Lambert Think we pissed him off.
Good. You remember our old move?
Nate Lambert Hell yeah.
He looks hurt.
Nate Lambert Go for its power core!
She jumped me!
She doesn't belong here!
Nate Lambert I DON'T CARE! You know, when I first joined the Corp, I was just like you. Worse, I was nobody. But that woman we laid to rest today, Mako Mori. She said: Whoever you are, the minute you enter this program, you join a family. And no matter what they do, no matter how stupid they may act sometimes, you forgive them and you move on. So you start believing that, in here. And you'll start believing in a Jaeger.
Ready for this?
Nate Lambert No. You?
No.
[Shao is giving a meeting about her Drone Jaegers.]
My drones are the next step in Jaeger Evolution. The system I designed process in command through a quantum data core. This means that a single pilot can operate the drone remotely– from anywhere in the world. As soon as the council approves deployment, based on Secretary-General Mori's final report, the days of struggling to find and train drift compatible pilots will be a thing in the past.
Nate Lambert And you think a bunch of desk jockeys are better than us?
We are not here to shut you down. Cooperation between our programs has never been more vital. If there are any questions.
PPDC Ranger
[Everyone's voices overlap as they start talking.]
We are pilots, not a bunch of office workers!
And now we're shouting. There's no need to shout.
[Jake leaves, with Mako following behind.]
[Jake enters a room where Amara is trying and failing to drift with Sarah, a brain in a container.] [Groans angrily]
Come on, Sarah! Do something! You stupid brain thing! [Sees Jake] Hey.
Hey.
[Takes off her helmet]
So, I'm not really good at– emotional stuff, but– I really am sorry about your sister. [Jake nods] Half-sister?
Yeah, her family died during the Onibaba attack. My dad took her in. She was my sister. My family.
Why are you out of your uniform?
Just had a lot in my mind after Sydney. Guess I just wanted to be comfortable.
Well, don't let Ranger Lambert see you in that. He might take the stick out of his butt and beat you with it.
I think I'm safe. It's wedged in there pretty tight.
[Amara chuckles.] [Looks at Sarah in the container]
So they're still using Sarah. [Taps the container]
Yeah. And I can't drift with her for some reason. All the other cadets have been training for years, and I just– hate feeling like the slow kid.
You gotta relax. Or you're just grinding gears. I'll help you out. [Activates the simulator]
Got it, coach.
Don't call me "coach".
Alright, sensei.
Concentrate. [Flicks Amara's ear, then readies his helmet] You have to make a good connection. You can't do that if you're yappin' your gums.
Ready.
Alright. [Pushes a few buttons on the screen] Let's see if we're drift compatible.
[As Jake and Amara drift, memories from their past flash by.]
Stay focused, Amara. Remember, the stronger your connection, the better you fight. [Amara relaxes] That's it.
[Amara suddenly gets caught in a memory of her past.]
Amara! Don't hang on to the memory. Just let it flow right through you. Amara!
[The memory shows Amara, as a young girl, with her parents and brother at the Santa Monica Pier. Young Amara and her mother and brother gather for a family photo.] Amara's father: Amara, jump in there. Yeah, come on. Get together. Ready? One, two, cheese. [Clicks the camera, then takes out the photo from the camera] Got it. Wanna see? [Gives Young Amara the photo. Young Amara takes it] Wait a sec.
[Young Amara runs past Jake on her way to the edge of the pier to look at the photo.]
Amara. Amara, you have to let it go. Amara! Look, just listen to my voice! AMARA!
[Young Amara looks at the photo when water droplets started coming down. She looks up to see Insurrector emerging from the water. Everyone at the pier runs for their lives as the Kaiju roars. Young Amara tries to run to her parents and brother, but Insurrector's breaks a gap of the pier as it walks, separating Young Amara from her parents and brother.]
Amara!
Daddy! Daddy!
Amara's father: Amara! Come on, jump!
Amara! We need to break the drift!
Amara's father: [Holds out his hand] Jump to me. Come on!
I'm scared!
Amara's father: Baby. I will catch you! I promise. Come on!
AMARA!!!
Amara's mother: Amara, come on!
Amara's father: Jump!
[Young Amara runs towards her parents and brother, but before she can jump to them, Insurrector's foot stomps right where Young Amara's parents and brother were standing, killing them all, as Young Amara looks on in sadness. The memory finally ends, returning Jake and Amara to the present day.] [Takes off his helmet]
Amara! Take it off! [Takes off Amara's helmet, then holds her head as she starts sobbing] Are you okay?
[Amara looks around and realizes that she is back in the present day.]
I was there. I felt it.
Yeah. I felt it too.
Nate Lambert [Over Jake's walkie-talkie]
Jake, it's me. You there?
Nate Lambert [Over Jake's walkie-talkie]
Meet me in the lab right away. Marshal wants to see us.
[On his walkie-talkie]
Alright. On my way. [Puts his hand on Amara's shoulder] You okay? [Amara nods]
[Making sure that Amara is okay, Jake heads out.]
Amara, are those Jaegers?
No, they're drones from Shao Industries.
What are they doing?
I don't know. They just went crazy.
Nate Lambert [Calls out to Amara and the other cadets]
Hey!
Nate Lambert [Amara and the cadets turn to see Jake and Nate running past them.]
Clear the deck now!
Get back to your quarters right now!
[As Titan Redeemer battles the drones, Amara and the other cadets make a run for it.]
Other characters in Pacific Rim Uprising
Jake Pentecost
John Boyega
Amara Namani
Cailee Spaeny
Newton Geiszler
Charlie Day
Mako Mori
Rinko Kikuchi
Hermann Gottlieb
Burn Gorman
Ou-Yang Jinhai
Wesley Wong
Suresh Khuran
Karan Brar
Viktoriya "Vik" Malikova
Ivanna Sakhno
Ilya Zaslavsky
Levi Meaden
Liwen Shao
Jing Tian
Marshal Quan
Max Zhang
Ryoichi Hatayama
Mackenyu
Tahima Shaheen
Rahart Adams
Jules Reyes
Adria Arjona
Meilin Gao
Lily Ji
Renata Gutierrez
Shyrley Rodriguez