FGC:Episode 08 Cut 134

Screenshots	Cut #	Description/Dialogue	Commentary
	134	Kaji's compartment. Gathered together is his luggage and an enormous trunk case (radiation resistant). KAJI (OFF to start with):“An Angel attack in a place like this, that's not quite the deal we had, is it?” IKARI (OFF - TELEPHONE):“That's what Unit-02 is there for. I've also supplied a reserve pilot.” Kaji speaks on the phone while he sits by a window, holding the blinds down and looking on through a pair of binoculars. SE <<Brackow>> IKARI (OFF - TELEPHONE):“In the worst case scenario...”	UrsusArctos: Where on a ship do you get a window like that, I wonder? Shipboard inaccuracies aside, the real reason for the giant convoy, Eva-02, Asuka, and Misato and Shinji's visit are in that one Gendo line, and all you need to do is wait for that radiation-resistant case to open for the last piece in this puzzle to dramatically click into place. SEELE-01: I never really understood what Gendo meant by "a spare pilot". I mean, I know he means Shinji, but what was the contingency he was planning for? Asuka being unavaliable? Eva 02's core would've rejected Shinji, right? Also, it implies that Misato was ordered to take Shinji along, instead of the "date" she said had planned. UrsusArctos: Interesting observation! Based on Ritsuko's reaction in Cut 297 I'm guessing Gendo and Ritsuko had considered the possibility of cross-compatibility and were willing to risk sending Shinji into battle against an Angel in Eva-02 if Asuka wasn't up to it. The Angels seem to preferentially approach from the south, along the same vector that the fleet is heading, and it would be curtains if an Angel intercepted the fleet and grabbed Kaji's prize. Misato wouldn't have taken Toji and Kensuke if she seriously expected a battle(Her words in Cut 108), so I'm guessing that Ritsuko suggested taking Shinji out to the carrier for a "date" along with Eva-02's power cable, making an unsuspecting Misato play into Gendo's hands.