FGC:Episode 10 Scene 06

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	181	IBUKI (OFF):“Depth, 400... 450...”
	182	IBUKI:“500... 550...”
	183	IBUKI (OFF):“600... 650...”
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	186	IBUKI (OFF):“900... 950... 1000... 1020... We're over the maximum safe depth.”	Mr. Tines: There's always a generous safety margin. UrsusArctos: For submarines, there's a relationship between test depth (peacetime safe depth), maximum operating (never-exceed) depth and crush depth, at which the sub folds up like a tin can. Not sure what the JMSDF uses for its submarines, but the German Navy, the most conservative that I know of, sets the test depth for U-boats at half that of the calculated crush depth. Assuming that they're using the German calculation and the safe depth was 1000 meters, Asuka shouldn't be in danger from the pressure until far longer.
	187	IBUKI:“Depth is 1300. Estimated target level.” MISATO:“Asuka, can you see anything?”	UrsusArctos: 1300 meters is the deepest depth achieved by the Soviet submarine K-278 Komsomolets, the deepest diving military submarine ever built. Only specialized deep-diving submersibles go deeper. All this talk of depths and treating magma like water makes me wonder if Sandalphon was originally meant to be underwater rather than under magma. The references to the Kermadec Trench (10+ kilometers deep) in Nadia suggest that Anno and company are familiar with deep ocean trenches.
	188	ASUKA (OFF):“No reactions detected. It's not here.”
	189	RITSUKO:“It seems the lava current is faster than we thought.”
	190	HYUGA:“The target's velocity doesn't match our predictions.” MISATO:“Hurry up and re-calculate.”
	191	MISATO:“Continue the operation. Resume descent.”
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	194	IBUKI (OFF):“Depth, 1350... 1400...”
	195	IBUKI (OFF):“Depth, 1480...” WOMAN (OFF):“A crack has occurred in the second coolant pipe.”
	196	IBUKI:“We're over the maximum allowed depth.” MISATO:“We haven't made contact with the target yet.”
	197	MISATO:“Keep going.”
	198	MISATO (OFF):“How's it going, Asuka?” ASUKA:“Looks like we're still good. I just want to hurry up, finish this, and take a shower.” MISATO (OFF):“There's a nice hot spring near here. We'll hit it once we're done. Hang in there a little longer.”
	199	IBUKI (OFF):“Maximum allowed depth plus 120.”	UrsusArctos: Again, that's some very nautical-sounding depth terminology there. I personally think it'd have been a lot cooler to grab Sandalphon out of the Marianas Trench rather than out of magma.
	200		UrsusArctos: Strange that the progressive knife's strap should give way. The pressure should crush it against the Eva's thigh, and real magma would be too dense for an object made of metal to sink like it was underwater.
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	202	IBUKI (OFF):“Maximum allowed depth plus 200.” WOMAN (OFF):“Eva Unit 02 has lost its prog knife.”
	203	HYUGA:“Miss Katsuragi, any more than this and...”
	204	HYUGA (OFF):“There's a human on board this time!” MISATO:“I am in charge of this operation. Proceed, please.”
	205	ASUKA:“Misato's right. I'm okay. I can keep going.”	Zusuchan: Both this and Misato's preceding comment hint at the hidden psychological complexities and problems of Misato and Asuka. At first they come off just as the traditional "tough-hero-knows-what's-gotta-be-done" type of deal, but following episodes dismantle that notion quite a bit.
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	207	IBUKI:“Depth, 1780... We've reached the adjusted target depth.”
	208	ASUKA:“There it is!”
	209		UrsusArctos: Seen coming into view as a dark ellipsoid, it's visually reminiscent of Buster Machine 03 from Gunbuster. Perhaps that was precisely the reference Anno was going for here? Dr. Nick: That's quite possible, considering how Gumbuster's final episode culminates with the main characters similarly braving extremely high-pressure depths within the core of the said bomb.
	210	HYUGA:“Visual confirmation of the target.” MISATO:“Prepare to capture.”
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	212	RITSUKO:“Both of you are being moved by convection currents, so you'll only have one chance”
	213	RITSUKO (OFF):“to make contact.” ASUKA:“I know. Leave it to me.”
	214	HYUGA (OFF):“T-minus 30 to contact.”
	215	ASUKA (OFF):“Relative velocity 2.2. I'm now on the axis.”
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	217	ASUKA (OFF):“Electromagnetic cage deployed. No problems detected.”
	218	ASUKA (OFF):“The target has been captured.” MISATO:“Nice one, Asuka.”
	219	ASUKA:“Capture operation completed. I'm coming up now.”
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	222	SHINJI (OFF):“Are you all right, Asuka?” ASUKA:“Of course! Fear is often worse than the danger, as they say.”
	223	ASUKA (OFF):“It really was a piece of cake.”
	224	ASUKA:“But this is more of a sauna suit than a plug suit. I can't wait to get to the hot spring.”	Mr. Tines: On first viewing, this seemed such a blatant death flag for a character with a "blink and you miss it" presence in the OP.
	225	RITSUKO:“Looks like the tension let loose all at once.”
	226	MISATO:“You think?”
	227	RITSUKO:“You were scared about this operation too, weren't you?”
	228	MISATO:“Well, yeah, because if we handled it badly, we'd have had a repeat performance.”
	229	RITSUKO:“That's true, the Second Impact. We don't need another of those.”	UrsusArctos: Of course, Ritsuko (who obviously knows better) is keeping up the charade about what happened at 2I...

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