UrsusArctos: Notice Gendo's "Chief of Research" designation, spelled out in plain English. This episode involves Gendo heavily in the scientific side of the Evangelions, which makes complete sense for a research organization like Gehirn. How that qualifies him for commanding a paramilitary organization like Nerv is an open question, and it seems all the odder that he's all too willing to leave scientific matters at Nerv to Ritsuko or occasionally Fuyutsuki.
