Public Log 005-01A

[code_ata]

Combat Evaluation Result: The sortie ended in a marginal success, and the operation as a whole ended in a pyrrhic victory, if it can be considered as one at all

Comments

[allnaturalseed]

Report's not up yet but... they actually shot an elevator? Are they completely insane?

And what's this about someone being captured and kidnapped?

[code_ata]

Perhaps it was their objective, to inflict casualties and resource denial.

Pilot Setsuna of Celestial Being was taken away in combat.

[allnaturalseed]

It's one thing to just inflict casualties, but... billions could have died. I can't understand how any human being could go through with that.

Setsuna... dammit. I know there are people closer to him but they better give me a shot at the guy who did this.

[code_ata]

They might have an over-arcing strategy dependant on it, we simply do not know enough.

[red_devil_02]

That part about the Evas is hardly possible. They're amazingly complex to make and require particular individuals to pilot, and NERV kind of has a monopoly on them.

In fact, there's only four usable Evangelions in the world, and that's assuming they bother salvaging 03.

...okay, five if they ever actually deploy Unit 04, but I heard it was so far behind in testing they might just scrap it, especially after what just happened.

[code_ata]

What about the Dummy Plug? It might be possible for infiltrators to reprogram it to work against the GDF, correct?

[red_devil_02]

That is not going to be used again! I'm going to do my best to get the Commander to trash it entirely.

...but until then, I trust NERV's security. Just the sheer number of physical restraints and barriers they can put on the Evas is enough to keep them where they're supposed to be.

[filtered for great justice]

[code_ata]

My analysis puts NERV's commander as one who does not value a pilot's input much. He did override pilot Shinji's control with the Dummy Plug.

I see. I will trust your judgement of NERV's security capabilities then.