we've got. Commit all the units from Atsugi and Iruma.“Officer B “Don't hold anything back! Destroy the target at any
cost!!“Woman (OFF) "Yokosuka's second platoon currently
being deployed to the left flank."Man (OFF) "Theprimary land battery has made contact with the target.
In the process of engaging. Damage unknown."
Reichu: These three nameless chaps are officers from the UN Army, but what they're doing in Nerv HQ is beyond me (being as they have their own headquarters in Fuchu).
HeWhoPostsStuff: Knowing Gendo, he probably invited them there so they could have a front-row seat tohow useless their efforts are, so they wouldn't question him later, or something like that.
Reichu: Atsugi is the site of the U.S. Naval Air Facility ; Iruma is the headquarters of the Central Air Defense Force; and Yokosuka is the Self Defense Fleet Headquartersand the U.S.'s most important naval facility in the Western Pacific. (I've conveniently markedthese locales on the aforementioned [../appendix/map_tokyo.jpg Tokyo region map] , BTW.) I wonder if, in the NGE continuity, the Americans are still there? This site on the Air Self Defense Force says “the nation relieson United States forces to provide interceptor capability.”
Dr. Nick: The cracking pencil is an amusing detail. I bet all those guys have ulcers.
