Unit 01 crouches low in the forest and holds the positron rifle.
OPERATOR (MALE) (OFF - SPEAKER):“0.2 until voltage reaches firing point.”
NemZ: So why do they need an eva to pull the trigger and aim? couldn't all of this have been done directly by computer controls and hydrolics or soemthing rather than rely on a kid who's heart stopped earlier today?
UrsusArctos: At least some of the parts had probably been optimized for an Evangelion, hence the finished weapon was used as a giant sniper rifle. But you're bang on the money...a handful of those things with automated firing mechanisms and nuclear power plants would have helped defend Tokyo-3 against quite a few of the Angels to come.