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[[Image:Eoe magi display.jpg|thumb|right|Image of the Magi display from [[Episode 25']] during the hacking attack]] | |||
The three Magi run [[Nerv Headquarters]] and the municipal government of | The S.C. '''Magi''' System (マギ) are a trio of supercomputers designed by Dr. [[Naoko Akagi]] during her research into bio-computers while at [[Gehirn]].<ref>[[Episode 21]]</ref> The Magi's 7<sup>th</sup> generation organic computers were implanted with three differing aspects of Dr. Naoko Akagi's personality using a Personality Transplant OS (Operating System). <ref>[[Episode 13]]. Misato thinks that the same system is being used to operate the Evangelions, but that might have been a deliberate lie told to Nerv personnel to hide the presence of human souls inside Evas. </ref> The Magi are used during episode #13 to connect the simulation bodies to the Evas in their cages and, presumably, the synch-tests when the pilots are not present in the actual Evas are also conducted through the Magi. | ||
The three Magi run [[Nerv Headquarters]] and the municipal government of Tokyo-3 by majority decision. | |||
The three original Magi in Nerv Headquarters collectively form the set '''Magi 01''': | The three original Magi in Nerv Headquarters collectively form the set '''Magi 01''': | ||
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The Magi are the target of the Angel [[Ireul]]'s attack during [[Episode 13]]. | The Magi are the target of the Angel [[Ireul]]'s attack during [[Episode 13]]. | ||
In [[The End of Evangelion]], Seele uses the five other sets of Magi listed above to attack Nerv Headquater's Magi system, in the hopes of taking over Nerv without a fight and thus ensuring they could capture the original Magi system without it being damaged. However, [[Ritsuko Akagi]] was able to erect a type-666 firewall in time to stop them, forcing Seele to order the JSSDF to mount a physical attack on Nerv. While Ritsuko set up the firewall, a special program was also installed which she later used in an attempt to self-destruct Nerv, along with Gendo, her true target. Casper, Naoko Akagi as a woman, rejected Ritsuko's order and so her decision to self-destruct Nerv was overruled by | In [[The End of Evangelion]], Seele uses the five other sets of Magi listed above to attack Nerv Headquater's Magi system, in the hopes of taking over Nerv without a fight and thus ensuring they could capture the original Magi system without it being damaged. However, [[Ritsuko Akagi]] was able to erect a type-666 firewall in time to stop them, forcing Seele to order the JSSDF to mount a physical attack on Nerv. While Ritsuko set up the firewall, a special program was also installed which she later used in an attempt to self-destruct Nerv, along with Gendo, her true target. Casper, Naoko Akagi as a woman, rejected Ritsuko's order and so her decision to self-destruct Nerv was overruled by this. | ||
The three Magi in the 1<sup>st</sup> Branch of Nerv are named after the three Wise Men of the East who visited the infant Jesus according to Gospel, as Fuyutsuki points out during Episode 21. | The three Magi in the 1<sup>st</sup> Branch of Nerv are named after the three Wise Men of the East who visited the infant Jesus according to Gospel, as Fuyutsuki points out during Episode 21. | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
* | *Misato thinks in Episode 13 that the same Personality Imprint OS technology that the Magi use is also used in the Evangelions. However, it is later revealed that each Evangelion has a human soul salvaged and implanted into it. Whether a derivative of the Personality Imprint technology is actually used in the Evas, at least to some degree, or if Ritsuko was simply lying to keep the truth about the souls in the Evas from Misato, is not clear. However, there is evidence for some kind of computer assistance for synchronization beyond the use of the [[Interface Headset]] : The startup sequence in [[Episode 08]] requires Asuka's piloting interface needs to have its language reset from German to Japanese due to Shinji's inability to think in German, which the soul of Kyoko (Bilingual in German and Japanese) shouldn't logically have. As a result, the question of whether, and to what extent, a Personality Imprint OS is used in an Evangelion remains a mystery. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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The S.C. Magi System (マギ) are a trio of supercomputers designed by Dr. Naoko Akagi during her research into bio-computers while at Gehirn.[1] The Magi's 7th generation organic computers were implanted with three differing aspects of Dr. Naoko Akagi's personality using a Personality Transplant OS (Operating System). [2] The Magi are used during episode #13 to connect the simulation bodies to the Evas in their cages and, presumably, the synch-tests when the pilots are not present in the actual Evas are also conducted through the Magi.
The three Magi run Nerv Headquarters and the municipal government of Tokyo-3 by majority decision.
The three original Magi in Nerv Headquarters collectively form the set Magi 01:
- Magi-1: Melchior: Dr. Naoko Akagi as a scientist;
- Magi-2: Balthasar: Dr. Naoko Akagi as a mother;
- Magi-3: Casper: Dr. Naoko Akagi as a woman.
The other branches of Nerv also possess trios of Magi supercomputers:
- Magi 02: Matsushiro, Japan
- Magi 03: Berlin, Germany
- Magi 04: Massachusetts, USA
- Magi 05: Hamburg, Germany
- Magi 06: Beijing, China
Nerv's 2nd Branch, located in the Nevada (USA) desert, may also have possessed a set of Magi supercomputers prior to the base's disappearance into a Sea of Dirac.
The Magi are the target of the Angel Ireul's attack during Episode 13.
In The End of Evangelion, Seele uses the five other sets of Magi listed above to attack Nerv Headquater's Magi system, in the hopes of taking over Nerv without a fight and thus ensuring they could capture the original Magi system without it being damaged. However, Ritsuko Akagi was able to erect a type-666 firewall in time to stop them, forcing Seele to order the JSSDF to mount a physical attack on Nerv. While Ritsuko set up the firewall, a special program was also installed which she later used in an attempt to self-destruct Nerv, along with Gendo, her true target. Casper, Naoko Akagi as a woman, rejected Ritsuko's order and so her decision to self-destruct Nerv was overruled by this.
The three Magi in the 1st Branch of Nerv are named after the three Wise Men of the East who visited the infant Jesus according to Gospel, as Fuyutsuki points out during Episode 21.
Notes
- Misato thinks in Episode 13 that the same Personality Imprint OS technology that the Magi use is also used in the Evangelions. However, it is later revealed that each Evangelion has a human soul salvaged and implanted into it. Whether a derivative of the Personality Imprint technology is actually used in the Evas, at least to some degree, or if Ritsuko was simply lying to keep the truth about the souls in the Evas from Misato, is not clear. However, there is evidence for some kind of computer assistance for synchronization beyond the use of the Interface Headset : The startup sequence in Episode 08 requires Asuka's piloting interface needs to have its language reset from German to Japanese due to Shinji's inability to think in German, which the soul of Kyoko (Bilingual in German and Japanese) shouldn't logically have. As a result, the question of whether, and to what extent, a Personality Imprint OS is used in an Evangelion remains a mystery.
References
- ↑ Episode 21
- ↑ Episode 13. Misato thinks that the same system is being used to operate the Evangelions, but that might have been a deliberate lie told to Nerv personnel to hide the presence of human souls inside Evas.
