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My phone suddenly vibrated in my pocket. I took it out of my pocket as I walked and pushed the "green" button.
"Yes!"
"Shinji! How can you hear me!!!" I almost jumped in surprise, and instinctively pulled the phone away from my ear.
"Misato, why are you yelling like that? Is there a fire there?"
"No, I'm just riding a nasty escalator, and then the wind blows!!!"
"That's it, that's it, I've already figured it out!" I answered, but I wasn't in a hurry to put the phone to my ear yet. "Why are you calling?"
"Yes, I wanted to say that our guys will pick you up and bring you to the headquarters — we will do this until I pick up the car from the repair."
"Should I go to training?" I asked.
"No, they won't be here again today — Ritsko has some problems with the computer simulator... So today we will focus on tactics again."
"Also nothing. Can I come with Ray? I think it would be useful for her to be present, but as I understand it, she was not trained here at all..."
"Of course, of course," Katsuragi sang in a honeyed voice. "Take Ayanami with you and don't even think about it..."
"Misato," I asked suspiciously. "Are you going back to your old ways?"
"What?! How could you think that? How could I have thought that! Although I have a lot of reasons to think so..."
"Oh, I can't hear you very well! Misato! Misato! Hello!.." I hissed, blew into the phone a couple of times, and hung up with a satisfied grin.
"I'll show you Kuzka's mother again, Comrade Captain..."
"Hey, Sin, who was that, huh?" Toji, who was walking behind me, decided to ask a question.
"Yes, the commander is mine!.."
"The commander?" Ida rolled his eyes. "And you're talking to him like that?! But what about subordination and all that?"
"Well, first of all, not with him, but with her." I corrected my fellow student. "And secondly, she is not only my commander, but also my direct supervisor and guardian, and I live at her house. So we can say that we are somewhat related to her..."
"Well, holy shit!.." For the umpteenth time during our acquaintance, Ida grabbed his head.
"Young, beautiful?" Toji was interested in something else entirely.
"Both young and beautiful" I confirmed and added. "She's also lazy and goofy."
But no one was listening to me anymore.
"Wow!" Suzuhara howled desperately. "Why are you so lucky, huh? Should I ask for a NERVE too?"
"No," Ida sighed bitterly. "They seem to have a family clannishness there: The commander is Shinji's father, the chief of operations is Shinji's guardian, and the pilots are Shinji himself and his sister Ayanami..."
For the first time, the first one looked at me, blinking in surprise:
"A sister?.."
"Ray, I told them everything," I replied, winking at her imperceptibly. "You don't have to hide that... Well, remember our conversation this morning!"
Rey thought for a moment and nodded slowly:
"Yes, of course, Shinji."
"Some people are lucky..." They sighed enviously behind me.
Yeah, just like a drowned man. You guys are sitting here at your school and you don't know shit! But if, first of all, I make a major mistake during this year, then the real End of the World will come. And then you won't have any school or any other nonsense, so rest while you still can!
"By the way, Shinji," Ida asked thoughtfully. "Why is it that if Ayanami is also a pilot, she doesn't have a uniform or a weapon, but you do? It's kind of weird..."
"Ayanami — who?!" Toji's question was safely suspended in the air.
"Um..." I began to frantically think of something to lie in response. But Kensuke is doing well — he does not lose his powers of observation and quick wit. Even with all the news that has befallen him, he thinks very logically. No, he definitely has nothing to do with pilots — such a person would be more useful at headquarters.
"You see, Ida..." then I remembered what I had been told about Ayanami's subordination. "Technically, I'm really a soldier of the UN army, but Ray is an employee of the scientific department. Her Eva is our first working prototype, and actually it's not even designed for combat — only for testing various systems."
As always, when I blurted something out, I began to wonder if I had blurted out something unnecessary.
"...But considering that anxiety in the nerve doesn't drop below the orange level anymore, I think Rey will be called up for service soon..."
"And general mobilization, how will they not announce after the Second Strike?" Touji was worried.
"No, I don't think so," I replied confidently, wondering inwardly — what kind of general mobilization?.. Uh, stop! Yes, right there at the beginning of the millennium, a global mess happened, after Adam had shied away from the penguin empire. Well, come on, guys, the car has already arrived for us.
"Yeah, come on, Sin!"
"Good luck, Shinji!"
* * *
"Hello, Misato. Hello, Dr. Akagi," I greeted her as I entered the tactical room with Rey. And what is our Mengele doing here? They're sitting around the table with the captain's wife, you know...
Katsuragi mumbled something unintelligible as she gamely fought with a large hamburger-and how could she eat like that, mmm... Does he manage to keep his figure in stunning condition with wonderful and delicious filth? Unclear...
"Ayanami? What are you doing here? You're exempt from the trials for the duration of the treatment..." Ritsuko raised an eyebrow in surprise.
"I was the one who asked for permission to come with Rey." I answered instead of the First one. I think it will be both useful and not particularly time-consuming for her to attend the tactics.
"And what motivates your decision, Shinji?" Akagi asked, taking a small sip of coffee from a disposable cup.
"As soon as Ray recovers, I think we'll go into battle together. And here I want to make sure that my partner will be prepared enough."
"Prepared enough for what?" Ritsko clarified.
"Enough to cover for me. I want to try out the tactics of fighter pilots with their wingman-lead combination."
"It's interesting... And I just came to talk about the possibilities of Eva's, so that you and Misato have an idea of what tactics you can use with them..."
"Hey, you lovebirds!" wise One, Katsuragi has mastered the megabuterbrod!.. "Why are we crowding around the door? Come on, come on — come on in, sit down, don't be shy!"
Rey and I entered the tactical training room and sat down on upholstered chairs — there really is no truth in the legs... Although it won't be enough above that either.
Akagi turned on the interactive whiteboard, which immediately displayed the NERVE screensaver, and picked up a small plastic pointer.
"As I've already realized, Shinji, you're a literate guy and you know a lot about technology, so I won't have to think too much about translating it from scientific to simple," Ritsuko began. "And now I'm going to tell you about the main ones, em... tactical and technical characteristics of combat vehicles of project E."
An image of my Eva appeared on the screen.
"Evangelion, or Eve for short, is a biological being with artificial implants designed to fight any enemy known to mankind. Naturally, like any living being, Eve has a set of familiar organs, but most of them have been replaced with mechanical devices. These include internal implants that replace the Evangelion's heart, lungs, part of the nervous system, and the body's purification system, but most of the substitutes are completely foreign and have no analogues in the wild. First of all, I'm talking about the A-10 complex, which connects all the systems together and ensures synchronization of the pilot and Eva. Such equipment required the combined efforts of scientists from all over the world, since no country is able to fully implement such a project alone. Evangelion's control, as well as communication with the headquarters, when in the LSL, is carried out by reading brain bio-currents, and all these knobs and buttons are nothing more than to calm the pilot..."
My ears picked out one phrase that made me uneasy... And from which I involuntarily looked around in search of a way out and reached for the gun.
"Can I ask you a question?" I raised my hand.
"Yes, of course."
"You said that communication with the pilot is maintained by reading the bio-currents of his brain... So you're reading my mind?"
"No," Akagi shook her head. "Don't worry, Shinji. We are only able to decipher the biological currents consciously directed towards us, as well as simply transmit information to your brain. Perhaps you perceive it as ordinary speech?"
"Yes," I nodded. "It's like you're just talking to me on a walkie-talkie."
"Well, in that case, there are no deviations from the norm, everything is fine," Ritsuko smiled thinly. "Continue?"
"Yes, please," I said, surreptitiously removing my hand from the Glock, which was almost out of its holster. And I was already seriously thinking about how I would break out of the headquarters if they had already read my mind and knew who I was...
...The image of Eve has enlarged.
"Eva's entire body is covered with armor made like plate armor, made from a promising material codenamed "dipolymer titanium." In fact, it is a multilayer nitropic metal-ceramic with polymer bonds. Evangelion's back, chest, groin, and sides are most well protected — even without the use of an AT-field, reinforced and weighted growths provide protection from shrapnel and weapons of high TNT equivalent. Elbow and knee joints, armored boots, and knuckles are additionally reinforced with armor and are suitable for high-force strikes. The protection system also includes a helmet with a detailed face visor made of reinforced glass and equipped with an automated polarization device to protect the eyes from laser and light radiation from atomic and laser weapons. This entire kit is combined with built-in ballistic protection based on lightweight metal-ceramic fabric at the joints of the armor, as well as joints. Since Eve is a living being, a built-in microclimate maintenance system is provided in the armor complex. This entire system has a main, that is, an external power source via a cable, as well as an autonomous internal high-energy battery, designed for sixteen hours of operation in "sleep" mode or for five minutes of energy-intensive combat with the deployment of an AT field and active combat operations... Shinji, aren't you tired of listening to all this nonsense yet?"
Misato yawned loudly. I don't think she was really bored, but it seemed like it wasn't the first time she'd heard all this.
"Nope," I replied quite sincerely. "Go on, Dr. Akagi — I'm very interested in this..."
"Well, that's great..." Ritsuko smiled thinly again. "Then now let's move on to the various electronic systems of Evangelions."
An image of Eve's head appeared in the picture, and next to it was the interior of the cabin.
"The control system of the sighting system is mounted in a separate unit located in an additional display indicator — the so-called helmet."
Something really looked like a futuristic helmet poked out from behind the pilot's seat. A schematic outline of the pilot appeared, and it became clear that this helmet should completely cover the entire upper part of the head.
"...The aiming system includes a combined optical-electronic sight that combines day and night detection and guidance systems. Daytime is based on computer processing of information obtained from sensors using high-resolution and magnification optics; The night camera operates on the thermal imaging principle. The range to the target is determined by a laser rangefinder, the coded pulse of which is also used in the object identification system, such as "friend or foe". The built-in electronic ballistic calculator calculates corrections for the characteristics of the selected type of ammunition, air pressure and temperature, as well as wind speed, so no special shooting training is required from the Pilot. Unless only in case of a complete failure of the aiming system, but according to the instructions in this case, the combat operation must be stopped immediately... Communication with Eva is maintained by wire or by high-frequency radio communication with video transmission mode. Additionally, there are laser communication devices designed for emergencies. The standard set of equipment also includes a satellite navigation system, devices for detecting chemical and radioactive threats."
...A blueprint of the contact capsule appeared on the screen.
"And now the main element of the program is the heart of the A-10 complex!" Ritsuko announced solemnly. The contact capsule is a biomechanical system for receiving the pilot's nerve impulses and converting them into orders to Eve's central nervous system, in the form of short and instantaneous energy signals. This is provided by a special liquid, LSL, which is able to polarize in a special way and transmit similar signals. The contact capsule is also designed for the survival and rescue of the pilot, for which it is equipped with water and air filter systems, compact climate control devices, temperature control and ventilation system. And as the crown of all of the above, there is an ejection system that includes powder accelerators and a three-dome parachute with an active braking system. The power of the boosters is enough to eject the capsule even at zero altitude or from under water, and the filler in the form of LSL will protect the pilot from serious injuries. A contact capsule is almost like a mother's womb in terms of convenience and security... Oh, and, of course, there is an emergency exit and a small individual package with everything necessary for survival... Well, I guess I've told you everything briefly, Shinji. Now if you have any questions, feel free to ask them to me..."
"Here you were talking about the performance characteristics of Eva's, but why were such elementary characteristics as weight and height not mentioned?" I asked. It's been a long time, you know, that I've been interested in this...
"The fact is that all the Evangelions at our disposal are non-serial models, and each of them has its own characteristics..."
"Well, even more so! We will sharpen each machine to a separate specialization, and for this we need to find out their individual characteristics!"
"That makes sense," Ritsko nodded. "Then let's start with your Eva-01."
My Evangelion appeared on the screen, depicted in full-face and profile. It's a good thing it's not a nasty purple color, which is simply impossible for a combat vehicle!
"Unit-01, a test model. It was put into operation on July 12, 2014. Height without shoulder pads is 61 meters, weight is 1,484 tons, and the estimated power of the generated AT-field is up to 290 conventional units. At the moment, it is the heaviest, most powerful and well-protected Eva, it can use all types of weapons. This is the first truly combat model."
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