SHINJI:“I wonder if it's piloted by a human too?
A child our age?”
ASUKA:“You still don't know?! The pilot of Unit 03 is...”
SHINJI:“Asuka?”
UrsusArctos: Was Bardiel monitoring their comms and waiting for right moment to jump them? Anyway, Eva-02 goes down like a third-rate jobber after this attack, although it takes only minor damage. Evangelion 2.0 much fixes this by removing Eva-02 from the equivalent Ninth Angel battle altogether.
Mr. Tines: And Gendo, for all his other skills, is no small unit tactician --he has deployed his units in such a manner as to squander his numerical advantage, each unsupported by the others.
