Entry Plug

An Entry Plug is a long, capsule-shaped object contains the cockpit (and by the extension, the pilot) for an Evangelion Unit. Entry Plugs are inserted into the spinal area of an Evangelion via a loading mechanism, after which it spins inwards and locks itself into the Eva's torso. Standard Entry Plugs are white. However, those used in the remote-control Dummy Plug system are red. Entry Plugs appear to be immensely strong in construction. Examples include Eva-00's entry plug surviving the Eva's destruction in one piece while most of Tokyo-3 was turned into a crater, and Eva-01 took several seconds to crush the infected Eva-03's entry plug.