[EVA] Rei's Origins (repost)

[Brian Haynes]

>1. Robots with extension cords are stupid. Why the hell would they design
>something so deliberately stupid?
>(Because they weren't intended as combat units, and engines were in the
>works, just not soon enough to beat the first angel attacks. Still, the
>extension cords *are* lame.)

The cords are also a safety feature, in a way.  If an eva goes out of 
control, there is a chance they will still be able to eject the umbilical 
cable from the back of the eva.  Then it only has 5 minutes of activity 
before it stops.  See the episode with Jet Alone, even though NERV sabotaged 
it, that's basically what they're afraid of happening.

>Let's see, that would go something like this . . .
>And a fear will descend across the capitals of the great nations. The
>leaders of the two great nations will take to their hidden fortresses, the
>leader of the East in his great subterranian chambers, the leader of the
>West to his flying citadel known as NACP. Each leader will open the Book of
>Death known as Nuclear Football and read forth the sacred codes that will
>prelude the destruction of this world. "We are at DEFCON-1," the western
>leader's general says, "and your armies await your command."
>The leader of the west turns to his general and says in a loud voice "We
>have been betrayed by our enemies in the East. Lo, they have brought
>destruction to their homelands, and ruin shall be upon them." The leader
>picks up the Red Phone and commands the First Strike be let loose upon the
>East.
>From the plains in the far west of the nation to the depths of the ocean
>come the missiles of First Strike. They are Minuteman and Peacekeeper and
>Trident, a thousand strong against the strength of the East. As they leap 
>to
>the sky on tongues of fire the do not go unnoticed by the Leader of the
>East. The Counter Strike is launched by the East.
>"Behold, the enemy's missiles have crossed our DEW Line."
>The demon Fallout strode the land that day and for many years to come,
>feasting on the bodies of the living.
>
>Yeah, that is pretty cool. It ain't exactly a prophecy, just describes what
>would happen in such a situation. Would be really funny if the divine
>scriptures for some culture down the line ends up being their disaster
>manuals.
>"And lo, when the Master Control Alarm glows with anger, you must relieve
>the Auxillary Pressure Lines lest the reactor explode with Wrath and
>Destruction." :)

LOL! ^_^
          -Deus


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