Nerv

NERV (German: nerve) is a special agency nominally under the control of the United Nations, led by Commander Gendo Ikari, tasked with defending humanity from the Angels using the Evangelions, which it was tasked with constructing. Originally, NERV was known as GEHIRN, but after its main Tokyo-3 base and the MAGI supercomputers were completed, it was renamed and reorganized into "NERV" in 2010. Secretly, NERV is backed by the mysterious SEELE organization, a power cabal which is the real power controlling the United Nations.

There are several global branches of NERV besides the main NERV HQ base built underneath Tokyo-3, such as NERV-01 (Massachusetts), NERV-02 (Nevada), and NERV-03 (Germany). NERV also has a secondary testing facility located at Matsushiro.

Observed NERV rank structure (in descending order) includes:

• Commander
• Vice-Commander
• Major
• Captain
• First Lieutenant

However, a definitive ranking list was never provided.