Stage 3 - PROMETHEUS
Chapter 16: Operation Fishingtour
It´s different... Shinji Ikari´s first thoughts were, when the synchronlinks were closed.
He was inside of EVA-01´s EntryPlug for the first time and at the same time he was unable to
say how often he had sat in it.
EVA-01 was positioned at the testing grounds within the Geosector under Tokio. The testing grounds
reminded him of a giant racing track.
Shinji looked aside, next to EVA-01 was unit zero.
On his com-display he could see Rei´s face, other small screen were showing the chief officer
of the testing center, a Doctor Tsara, as well as the scientist who had develloped the EVAs,
Doctor Takanawa.
"Are you ready?"
"Uh, yes."
"Confirmed, Doctor Tsara."
"Okay. Take your positions... ready... set... go!"
Shinji made EVA-01 run. EVA-00 started running, too, side by side they were crossing the field,
turned around at the end of the track and returned to the start. At the turning point EVA-01
left the prototype far behind, was the first to reach the destination.
Tsara nodded.
"Good time. Very good synch-ratio, both! We will repeat this twice and then you´ll do some
weapon training with the simulators."
Shinji wished to be able to talk alone with Rei. All the time they hadn´t managed to spend some
time alone, either Touji and Kensuke did join him or Asuka and Hikari had appeared at Rei´s place
- or her mother who also was at the Testing Center´s controll room.
And he wasn´t sure if the private com-channel was safe to talk since they were at NERV however how
friendly the commander and his crew were...
***
Miyuki Takanawa looked up from her notes and turned towards the holograms that had appeared within
her lab. It were the holos of NERV-commander Thomas Shigen and UN-colonel Gendo Ikari, chief of
NERV´s tactical staff.
"The data are very interesting, Commander. They are better than expected with the First and
Third Child, the Second Child is about avarage, but the other three are in need of additional
training, I suggest a week of intensive training."
"That´s within my plans."
Thomas´ voice betrayed no emotions.
"Yes... Here at Osaka we are within the schedule. The units two and three are aboard of the
ODYSSEUS, the ship will take to sea with the next dawn with the UN-convoi."
"Good."
"Captain Sanchez asked me to greet you."
"Thanks."
Again she noticed that the one-eyed was showing no emotions even when she mentioned one of his
oldest friends.
"Commander... I´ve just taken a look at your actual medical files - and was quite surprised.
Your cellular degeneration has been slowed down."
"Yes. Doctor, how about the other two units?"
"Ah... EVA-04 and -05 are now in the growth vat, they are develloping as scheduled."
"Try to hasten the schedule."
"That would increase the risk of misgrowth..."
"Do it. Thanks, doctor."
The commander´s hologram vanished.
Takanawa exchanged a look with Ikari.
"He´s behaving like this since Major Sekigahama´s death..."
"Hm... I am able to build giant humanoid war-machines, but I can´t heal a broken heart..."
***
"Rei, are you awake?" Shinji wispered while hesitatingly knocking at her door.
No reaction.
He leaned at the doorframe, thinking.
Meanwhile ten days were gone since NERV had recruited them, ten days of tests and training.
But it was different than his memories.
The synchronisation worked without troubles, didn´t bring the inner pain with it he could remember
quite clearly. It seemed that the EVA did accept him from the beginning. But there still was
something familiar, a voice that seemed to talk to his heart but he was unable to understand it.
Without warning the door was opened.
Shinji lost his balance, stumbled backwards into Rei´s room, wildly thrashing with his arms.
He got a hold at Rei, dragged unwillingly her down to the ground with him.
The next moment he found himself laying on the ground, with Rei on him, one hand on his chest.
Their eyes met.
"Ah... Rei, I´m sorry." he said.
"No... problem..."
He smelled her hair, had trouble with breathing.
"Rei..."
"Yes?"
She lowered her head, her lips approached his.
"Could you... your knee..."
"Oh."
She rolled down of him.
"Thanks." he managed to say and sat up while the pain in his crotch receded.
"Yes. I didn´t want to..."
She sat down next to him, closed the door.
"Uhm... it was my fault... Rei, I must talk to you."
"Yes."
He noticed that she already wore her nightshirt, turned his eyes away.
"Why are you here?"
"How do you mean this?"
"Ah... I... Well, I wanted to say... why did you agree to pilot an EVA again?"
"Again... yes... Because it´s my duty."
"Why?"
"I..."
She looked at him confused.
"I was born to."
"But not in this world... Rei, do you think, I wanted this to happed? I wished for another place,
a new beginning, a place where... you are safe..."
"Yes, I know."
She took his hand in hers.
"But we are made by our memories."
"But I didn´t want it. I didn´t want Asuka´s parents to divorce, I wanted..."
"Nothing´s perfect, Shinji..."
"It would be better if we couldn´t remember."
"Maybe. But so we have those memories that might be useful in the near future."
"Yes... Rei, why do just we remember? Why doesn´t Asuka?"
"We were components who initiated Third Impact... We are at the center of it."
"I see..."
***
"Selene, you called me?!"
Selene Shigen didn´t react at her brother´s arrival.
Thomas turned to Roderick Falk, raised one eye-brow.
"Big problems", the green-eyed Irish mumbled. "We lost the ODYSSEUS."
***
The pilots had been called away from the simulators for an urgent meeting.
A holoprojector at the center of the round brief room´s table showed pictures of the ODYSSEUS´
first - and last - battle.
"Two hours ago the ODYSSEUS and the UN-convoi accompaying her were attacked by an Angeloi-construct
of type Gaghiel." NERV-commander Thomas Shigen explained.
"It´s a full grown Angeloi. Our satellites didn´t notice it until it attacked. The complete UN-
fleet of five heavy destroyers was destroyed. The captain of the ODYSSEUS dropped the cargo-modules
into the sea and attacked the Angeloi with his ship´s weapons. If this attack was successful or
not, isn´t sure at all since for the duration of the combat all transmission from and into the
area were scrambled by the Angeloi´s AT-field, even the satellites´ systems were unable to record
anything. Some of the survivors did tell that they didn´t know what had hit their ships, the
Gaghiel seems to be really fast.
About the EVAs: The cargo modules seems to be undamaged, but they are in a depth of 600 feet.
We will start a salvage mission, the PROMETHEUS will take to sea in one hour."
"Uh, what are we needed for?"
"You will do the salvage, Shinji Ikari. The PROMETHEUS is able to dive, but we would face several
problems operating under water. So the ship will provide cover while you get to the cargo modules
with the EVAs." Gendo said.
"Any other questions?" the commander interrupted the older Ikari harshly.
"What about the... the fist?" Touji asked.
"We are trying to find its trail. Obviously the sensors aren´t able to locate it. The operation
will have to be done fast - the EVAs will be let down into the depth by their maintenance-cables,
they will place ropes at the containers, so we will be able to get them up to the surface. As
soon as the EVAs have been salvaged, we will withdraw to the closed habour and check the units
for any damages.
Unit zero and one will use new batterie-packs with energy for about an hour. Via solar cells the
packs are able recharge within..."
"Irrelevant." Shigen interrupted Gendo again. He looked into the round. "Operation Fishingtour
begins in exact 57 minutes. You´ll be on the PROMETHEUS´ bridge that time. Since it´s questionable
that we return to the Geofront you should have brought your stuff aboard then."
"Uhm, what´s the ship´s destination?"
"The south pole."
"The antarctica?" Hikari asked.
The children looked at each other.
"There will be the real battle fought", the commander mumbled. "Be on the bridge in one hour."
***
"Roderick, please keep this for me."
Thomas gave an envelop to his brother-in-law.
"What´s that?"
"My legacy. I won´t return from the Antarctic this time..."
***
"We are leaving? That´s quite suddenly!"
Ritsuko Akagi frowned.
"And why did nobody tell me?"
Rei couldn´t answer her mother´s question.
"I´ll start packing... Ach, I´ve just unpacked and now..."
She is not the Ritsuko Akagi of my... memories... Her life did take a completly different turn,
as did grandmother´s...
"Yes."
"Are you already done?"
"Yes."
She poined at the two bags by the door.
"I did not unpack yet."
"So give me a hand here, yes?"
"Yes."
"By the way, two nights ago I saw Shinji coming out of your room..."
"..."
"We still have an agreement, haven´t we?"
"Mom!"
Ritsuko smiled. As long as her daughter reacted that way she did not need to worry...
***
About halve an hour later the small group, consisting of six children and one grown-up, arrived at the dock containing the PROMETHEUS.
Captain Shigeru Aoba brought them aboard.
"This ship´s really big", Kensuke said admiring. "How did the Gaghiel manage to sink her sistership?"
"The ODYSSEUS wasn´t equipped for a battle." Aoba explained, but it seemed as if he had practised this sentence. "Captain Sanchez tried to protect the convoi."
He pointed down the corridor.
"We are taking the elevator to the quarters. The ship has four main decks - Weapons, Quarters, Storage, Engines. We have 220 hands onboard, additionally twenty divers and the civilians - like you. So... here we are - four cabins, each with two beds, decide by yourself who sleeps where. I´ll come and get you in fifteen minutes."
Shigeru wanted to leave but was stopped by Ritsuko.
"Captain, when are we told what´s going on?"
"Ah... The commander will surely tell you everything."
Aoba smiled nervously and fled.
***
The cabins all were equipped with two beds, a table, two chairs and two lockers.
The look from the porthole was anything but interesting.
"And where shall I put my stuff?" Asuka asked, who was carrying a big suitcase, a full backpack and two large bags.
"Rei, we are sharing a cabin!" Ritsuko decided.
"Yes, Mom."
There was a disappointed sound in Rei´s voice when she looked at the last cabin where Shinji just entered...
***
The bridge was a large oval room, walls and ceiling consisted of clear armored glass.
The children and Ritsuko left the elevator and stepped onto a walkway overviewing the bridge.
In the middle of the room sat a blackhaired woman in a single chair, wearing a white uniform.
She turned towards the visitors.
"I am Captain Deiko Tamakura, commanding officer of the PROMETHEUS. Welcome on board."
Colonel Gendo Ikari, who had been talking to on of the operators, looked up and walked over to the stairs leading up to the walkway.
"You are on time." somebody said behind the children.
Not only Shinji twitched.
Thomas Shigen stepped between them, addressing the Captain.
"Are we ready?"
"The PROMETHEUS is ready to leave the dock." Deiko replied. "We are just waiting for your orders, Commander."
"Good... So, take to sea!"
Deiko nodded, sitting down again and turning around with the chair to face the main screen of the bridge.
"Navigator?"
"Course calculated and programmed", one of the operators said.
"Pilot?"
"Ready."
"Weapons?"
Four operators confirmed the status of the ship´s weapons.
Deiko smiled. With a fast movement she removed her glove. Her right hand was inside of some kind of exoskeletton, within the right arm of her chair was a handshaped depression, where she placed her hand.
"Pilot, dive and follow the course!"
"Confirmed, Sir!"
Slowly the PROMETHEUS submerged.
Gendo joined the others.
"We are leaving the geosector now."
"How, father?"
"The geosector´s connected with the open sea via a row of caves. During the last years we did some widenings so that a ship of the PROMETHEUS´ size can use them to reach the geofront."
"That sounds like it was a lot of work."
"Yes, doctor Akagi, we´ve decided quite early to built NERV installations at several places instead at just one... at Osaka are the growing vats and the production units for the MAGIs..."
"MAGI? You are using the systems develloped by my mother?"
"Correct", the commander said. "The biocomputers are able to better calculate scenarios than an ordinary computer would be... we prefer to take risks as small as possible."
He looked straight forward, didn´t met their gazes.
"The geosector contains our training installations and the field testing center. But Antarctica´s the place where everything´s going to be decided."
"We are following the internal radius vector now", one of the operators reported.
"We have to be careful", Ikari explained. "The ship´s bigger with the cargo containers, we won´t be able to return into the geosector with all four EVA-units."
"Can we make it?"
Ikari looked terrified at his son.
"The salvage of the EVAs shouldn´t be a problem according to the MAGI. They were built for extrem
conditions, so the pressure in the deepth shouldn´t be a problem. The EntryPlugs are autarc and
compareable to mini submarines." Thomas mumbled.
"PROMETHEUS is on course. ETA: in about one hour." Captain Tamakura reported.
"Shinji,... Rei, you should prepare yourselves."
"Yes, Commander." Shinji nodded.
"Come with me, I´ll show you where you can change."
Gendo turned towards the elevator.
Rei´s gaze was fixed onto the face of the one-eyed commander.
He´s wearing a contact lense... something´s familiar on him...
He noticed her gaze, looked her into the eyes.
"Stage Two of Operation Fishingtour will begin with the PROMETHEUS´ arrival over the drop-point
of the cargo-modules."
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Next: 3 EVAs, 2 ships, 1 Gaghiel
Chapter 16: Operation Fishingtour
It´s different... Shinji Ikari´s first thoughts were, when the synchronlinks were closed.
He was inside of EVA-01´s EntryPlug for the first time and at the same time he was unable to
say how often he had sat in it.
EVA-01 was positioned at the testing grounds within the Geosector under Tokio. The testing grounds
reminded him of a giant racing track.
Shinji looked aside, next to EVA-01 was unit zero.
On his com-display he could see Rei´s face, other small screen were showing the chief officer
of the testing center, a Doctor Tsara, as well as the scientist who had develloped the EVAs,
Doctor Takanawa.
"Are you ready?"
"Uh, yes."
"Confirmed, Doctor Tsara."
"Okay. Take your positions... ready... set... go!"
Shinji made EVA-01 run. EVA-00 started running, too, side by side they were crossing the field,
turned around at the end of the track and returned to the start. At the turning point EVA-01
left the prototype far behind, was the first to reach the destination.
Tsara nodded.
"Good time. Very good synch-ratio, both! We will repeat this twice and then you´ll do some
weapon training with the simulators."
Shinji wished to be able to talk alone with Rei. All the time they hadn´t managed to spend some
time alone, either Touji and Kensuke did join him or Asuka and Hikari had appeared at Rei´s place
- or her mother who also was at the Testing Center´s controll room.
And he wasn´t sure if the private com-channel was safe to talk since they were at NERV however how
friendly the commander and his crew were...
***
Miyuki Takanawa looked up from her notes and turned towards the holograms that had appeared within
her lab. It were the holos of NERV-commander Thomas Shigen and UN-colonel Gendo Ikari, chief of
NERV´s tactical staff.
"The data are very interesting, Commander. They are better than expected with the First and
Third Child, the Second Child is about avarage, but the other three are in need of additional
training, I suggest a week of intensive training."
"That´s within my plans."
Thomas´ voice betrayed no emotions.
"Yes... Here at Osaka we are within the schedule. The units two and three are aboard of the
ODYSSEUS, the ship will take to sea with the next dawn with the UN-convoi."
"Good."
"Captain Sanchez asked me to greet you."
"Thanks."
Again she noticed that the one-eyed was showing no emotions even when she mentioned one of his
oldest friends.
"Commander... I´ve just taken a look at your actual medical files - and was quite surprised.
Your cellular degeneration has been slowed down."
"Yes. Doctor, how about the other two units?"
"Ah... EVA-04 and -05 are now in the growth vat, they are develloping as scheduled."
"Try to hasten the schedule."
"That would increase the risk of misgrowth..."
"Do it. Thanks, doctor."
The commander´s hologram vanished.
Takanawa exchanged a look with Ikari.
"He´s behaving like this since Major Sekigahama´s death..."
"Hm... I am able to build giant humanoid war-machines, but I can´t heal a broken heart..."
***
"Rei, are you awake?" Shinji wispered while hesitatingly knocking at her door.
No reaction.
He leaned at the doorframe, thinking.
Meanwhile ten days were gone since NERV had recruited them, ten days of tests and training.
But it was different than his memories.
The synchronisation worked without troubles, didn´t bring the inner pain with it he could remember
quite clearly. It seemed that the EVA did accept him from the beginning. But there still was
something familiar, a voice that seemed to talk to his heart but he was unable to understand it.
Without warning the door was opened.
Shinji lost his balance, stumbled backwards into Rei´s room, wildly thrashing with his arms.
He got a hold at Rei, dragged unwillingly her down to the ground with him.
The next moment he found himself laying on the ground, with Rei on him, one hand on his chest.
Their eyes met.
"Ah... Rei, I´m sorry." he said.
"No... problem..."
He smelled her hair, had trouble with breathing.
"Rei..."
"Yes?"
She lowered her head, her lips approached his.
"Could you... your knee..."
"Oh."
She rolled down of him.
"Thanks." he managed to say and sat up while the pain in his crotch receded.
"Yes. I didn´t want to..."
She sat down next to him, closed the door.
"Uhm... it was my fault... Rei, I must talk to you."
"Yes."
He noticed that she already wore her nightshirt, turned his eyes away.
"Why are you here?"
"How do you mean this?"
"Ah... I... Well, I wanted to say... why did you agree to pilot an EVA again?"
"Again... yes... Because it´s my duty."
"Why?"
"I..."
She looked at him confused.
"I was born to."
"But not in this world... Rei, do you think, I wanted this to happed? I wished for another place,
a new beginning, a place where... you are safe..."
"Yes, I know."
She took his hand in hers.
"But we are made by our memories."
"But I didn´t want it. I didn´t want Asuka´s parents to divorce, I wanted..."
"Nothing´s perfect, Shinji..."
"It would be better if we couldn´t remember."
"Maybe. But so we have those memories that might be useful in the near future."
"Yes... Rei, why do just we remember? Why doesn´t Asuka?"
"We were components who initiated Third Impact... We are at the center of it."
"I see..."
***
"Selene, you called me?!"
Selene Shigen didn´t react at her brother´s arrival.
Thomas turned to Roderick Falk, raised one eye-brow.
"Big problems", the green-eyed Irish mumbled. "We lost the ODYSSEUS."
***
The pilots had been called away from the simulators for an urgent meeting.
A holoprojector at the center of the round brief room´s table showed pictures of the ODYSSEUS´
first - and last - battle.
"Two hours ago the ODYSSEUS and the UN-convoi accompaying her were attacked by an Angeloi-construct
of type Gaghiel." NERV-commander Thomas Shigen explained.
"It´s a full grown Angeloi. Our satellites didn´t notice it until it attacked. The complete UN-
fleet of five heavy destroyers was destroyed. The captain of the ODYSSEUS dropped the cargo-modules
into the sea and attacked the Angeloi with his ship´s weapons. If this attack was successful or
not, isn´t sure at all since for the duration of the combat all transmission from and into the
area were scrambled by the Angeloi´s AT-field, even the satellites´ systems were unable to record
anything. Some of the survivors did tell that they didn´t know what had hit their ships, the
Gaghiel seems to be really fast.
About the EVAs: The cargo modules seems to be undamaged, but they are in a depth of 600 feet.
We will start a salvage mission, the PROMETHEUS will take to sea in one hour."
"Uh, what are we needed for?"
"You will do the salvage, Shinji Ikari. The PROMETHEUS is able to dive, but we would face several
problems operating under water. So the ship will provide cover while you get to the cargo modules
with the EVAs." Gendo said.
"Any other questions?" the commander interrupted the older Ikari harshly.
"What about the... the fist?" Touji asked.
"We are trying to find its trail. Obviously the sensors aren´t able to locate it. The operation
will have to be done fast - the EVAs will be let down into the depth by their maintenance-cables,
they will place ropes at the containers, so we will be able to get them up to the surface. As
soon as the EVAs have been salvaged, we will withdraw to the closed habour and check the units
for any damages.
Unit zero and one will use new batterie-packs with energy for about an hour. Via solar cells the
packs are able recharge within..."
"Irrelevant." Shigen interrupted Gendo again. He looked into the round. "Operation Fishingtour
begins in exact 57 minutes. You´ll be on the PROMETHEUS´ bridge that time. Since it´s questionable
that we return to the Geofront you should have brought your stuff aboard then."
"Uhm, what´s the ship´s destination?"
"The south pole."
"The antarctica?" Hikari asked.
The children looked at each other.
"There will be the real battle fought", the commander mumbled. "Be on the bridge in one hour."
***
"Roderick, please keep this for me."
Thomas gave an envelop to his brother-in-law.
"What´s that?"
"My legacy. I won´t return from the Antarctic this time..."
***
"We are leaving? That´s quite suddenly!"
Ritsuko Akagi frowned.
"And why did nobody tell me?"
Rei couldn´t answer her mother´s question.
"I´ll start packing... Ach, I´ve just unpacked and now..."
She is not the Ritsuko Akagi of my... memories... Her life did take a completly different turn,
as did grandmother´s...
"Yes."
"Are you already done?"
"Yes."
She poined at the two bags by the door.
"I did not unpack yet."
"So give me a hand here, yes?"
"Yes."
"By the way, two nights ago I saw Shinji coming out of your room..."
"..."
"We still have an agreement, haven´t we?"
"Mom!"
Ritsuko smiled. As long as her daughter reacted that way she did not need to worry...
***
About halve an hour later the small group, consisting of six children and one grown-up, arrived at the dock containing the PROMETHEUS.
Captain Shigeru Aoba brought them aboard.
"This ship´s really big", Kensuke said admiring. "How did the Gaghiel manage to sink her sistership?"
"The ODYSSEUS wasn´t equipped for a battle." Aoba explained, but it seemed as if he had practised this sentence. "Captain Sanchez tried to protect the convoi."
He pointed down the corridor.
"We are taking the elevator to the quarters. The ship has four main decks - Weapons, Quarters, Storage, Engines. We have 220 hands onboard, additionally twenty divers and the civilians - like you. So... here we are - four cabins, each with two beds, decide by yourself who sleeps where. I´ll come and get you in fifteen minutes."
Shigeru wanted to leave but was stopped by Ritsuko.
"Captain, when are we told what´s going on?"
"Ah... The commander will surely tell you everything."
Aoba smiled nervously and fled.
***
The cabins all were equipped with two beds, a table, two chairs and two lockers.
The look from the porthole was anything but interesting.
"And where shall I put my stuff?" Asuka asked, who was carrying a big suitcase, a full backpack and two large bags.
"Rei, we are sharing a cabin!" Ritsuko decided.
"Yes, Mom."
There was a disappointed sound in Rei´s voice when she looked at the last cabin where Shinji just entered...
***
The bridge was a large oval room, walls and ceiling consisted of clear armored glass.
The children and Ritsuko left the elevator and stepped onto a walkway overviewing the bridge.
In the middle of the room sat a blackhaired woman in a single chair, wearing a white uniform.
She turned towards the visitors.
"I am Captain Deiko Tamakura, commanding officer of the PROMETHEUS. Welcome on board."
Colonel Gendo Ikari, who had been talking to on of the operators, looked up and walked over to the stairs leading up to the walkway.
"You are on time." somebody said behind the children.
Not only Shinji twitched.
Thomas Shigen stepped between them, addressing the Captain.
"Are we ready?"
"The PROMETHEUS is ready to leave the dock." Deiko replied. "We are just waiting for your orders, Commander."
"Good... So, take to sea!"
Deiko nodded, sitting down again and turning around with the chair to face the main screen of the bridge.
"Navigator?"
"Course calculated and programmed", one of the operators said.
"Pilot?"
"Ready."
"Weapons?"
Four operators confirmed the status of the ship´s weapons.
Deiko smiled. With a fast movement she removed her glove. Her right hand was inside of some kind of exoskeletton, within the right arm of her chair was a handshaped depression, where she placed her hand.
"Pilot, dive and follow the course!"
"Confirmed, Sir!"
Slowly the PROMETHEUS submerged.
Gendo joined the others.
"We are leaving the geosector now."
"How, father?"
"The geosector´s connected with the open sea via a row of caves. During the last years we did some widenings so that a ship of the PROMETHEUS´ size can use them to reach the geofront."
"That sounds like it was a lot of work."
"Yes, doctor Akagi, we´ve decided quite early to built NERV installations at several places instead at just one... at Osaka are the growing vats and the production units for the MAGIs..."
"MAGI? You are using the systems develloped by my mother?"
"Correct", the commander said. "The biocomputers are able to better calculate scenarios than an ordinary computer would be... we prefer to take risks as small as possible."
He looked straight forward, didn´t met their gazes.
"The geosector contains our training installations and the field testing center. But Antarctica´s the place where everything´s going to be decided."
"We are following the internal radius vector now", one of the operators reported.
"We have to be careful", Ikari explained. "The ship´s bigger with the cargo containers, we won´t be able to return into the geosector with all four EVA-units."
"Can we make it?"
Ikari looked terrified at his son.
"The salvage of the EVAs shouldn´t be a problem according to the MAGI. They were built for extrem
conditions, so the pressure in the deepth shouldn´t be a problem. The EntryPlugs are autarc and
compareable to mini submarines." Thomas mumbled.
"PROMETHEUS is on course. ETA: in about one hour." Captain Tamakura reported.
"Shinji,... Rei, you should prepare yourselves."
"Yes, Commander." Shinji nodded.
"Come with me, I´ll show you where you can change."
Gendo turned towards the elevator.
Rei´s gaze was fixed onto the face of the one-eyed commander.
He´s wearing a contact lense... something´s familiar on him...
He noticed her gaze, looked her into the eyes.
"Stage Two of Operation Fishingtour will begin with the PROMETHEUS´ arrival over the drop-point
of the cargo-modules."
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Next: 3 EVAs, 2 ships, 1 Gaghiel