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'''First Impact''' is the great meteorite impact which occurred 4 billion years ago, causing the Moon to split from the Earth.   
The '''First Impact''' was a huge meteorite impact which occurred 4 billion years ago, causing the Moon to split from the Earth.  In Evangelion, the cause of First Impact was the collision of the "[[Black Moon]]", vessel of [[Lilith]], with the Earth.   


The true cause of First Impact is that the "Black Moon" transport vessel created by the [[First Ancestral Race]] for the [[Seed of Life]] [[Lilith]] collided with Earth, not a meteorite.
[[Adam]], contained within the [[White Moon]], was the first Seed to land on Earth, at least 4 billion years ago. Before angelic life could start however, Lilith crash landed on Earth within the Black Moon, causing the impact.


This event was retroactively dubbed "First Impact" in opposition to the later "[[Second Impact]]", which according to the public cover story was also a massive meteorite impact.  
This event was retroactively dubbed "First Impact" in opposition to the later "[[Second Impact]]", which according to the public cover story was a massive meteorite impact.  
 
First Impact was never depicted or directly referred to on-screen.  This has led several fans upon first glance assume that because the "Second Impact" was supposedly a meteorite collision, the "First Impact" was thus the famous asteroid impact with caused the mass-extinction of the dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous period, 65 million years ago.  However, the collision of Lilith's Black Moon with Earth actually occurred ''far'' earlier, some four ''billion'' years ago. 


==Notes==
==Notes==
*The real-life [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_impact_hypothesis| giant impact theory] states that during the early formation of the solar system, a Mars-sized planetoid codenamed "Theia" collided with proto-Earth as it was still forming.  The ejected material from the collision coalesced due to gravity, and was caught in Earth orbit, becoming the Moon.   
*The real-life [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_impact_hypothesis| Giant Impact theory] states that during the early formation of the solar system, a Mars-sized planetoid named "Theia" collided with proto-Earth as it was still forming.  The ejected material from the collision coalesced due to gravity, and was caught in Earths orbit, becoming the Moon.   
*A recurring visual motif throughout the series pairs [[Rei Ayanami]] with the Moon.  Rei's body is a "vessel" for the soul of Lilith, so in a sense, she actually ''created'' the Moon.
*A recurring visual motif throughout the series pairs [[Rei Ayanami]] with the Moon.  Rei's body is a "vessel" for the soul of Lilith, so in a sense, she actually ''created'' the Moon.
*First Impact was never depicted or ''directly'' referred to on-screen.  This has led several fans upon first glance to assume that because the "Second Impact" was supposedly a meteorite collision, the "First Impact" was thus the more well known asteroid impact with caused the mass-extinction of the dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous period, 65 million years ago. 


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Revision as of 21:17, 17 August 2007

The First Impact was a huge meteorite impact which occurred 4 billion years ago, causing the Moon to split from the Earth. In Evangelion, the cause of First Impact was the collision of the "Black Moon", vessel of Lilith, with the Earth.

Adam, contained within the White Moon, was the first Seed to land on Earth, at least 4 billion years ago. Before angelic life could start however, Lilith crash landed on Earth within the Black Moon, causing the impact.

This event was retroactively dubbed "First Impact" in opposition to the later "Second Impact", which according to the public cover story was a massive meteorite impact.

Notes

  • The real-life Giant Impact theory states that during the early formation of the solar system, a Mars-sized planetoid named "Theia" collided with proto-Earth as it was still forming. The ejected material from the collision coalesced due to gravity, and was caught in Earths orbit, becoming the Moon.
  • A recurring visual motif throughout the series pairs Rei Ayanami with the Moon. Rei's body is a "vessel" for the soul of Lilith, so in a sense, she actually created the Moon.
  • First Impact was never depicted or directly referred to on-screen. This has led several fans upon first glance to assume that because the "Second Impact" was supposedly a meteorite collision, the "First Impact" was thus the more well known asteroid impact with caused the mass-extinction of the dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous period, 65 million years ago.