EVA-00 is the first Eva to be constructed, and is piloted by Rei Ayanami; the first child. In order for the prototype to be a viable option for close combat against Angels, NERV upgraded the Eva shortly after the eighth Angel is destroyed. Unit 00 has also been known to run amok on a couple of occasions. It was initially thought to have been caused by mental instability from within the pilot, however, it is later determined that the instability originated from within the actual Eva, not the pilot, indicating the presence of a soul.

To quote Ritsuko, an Eva is a thing created by man in mans' own image.

MODEL TYPE: PROTOTYPE EVA-00
CLASS: Anti-Angel Combat Evangelion
CREW One pilot in the Entry Plug, in emergency situations, two suitable teenagers can pilot the Evangelion, as long as they function on the same thought language, or, two passengers can sit behind the pilot, however this causes 'thought noise', which will be explained below in the Entry Plug Synchronization System.

M.D.C. BY LOCATION:

* Every body part on the Evangelion aside from the main body and shoulder wings, require called strikes to hit at long range, with a -1 to strike legs and arms, -2 to strike the head, and -3 to strike the hands & power umbilical. It is important to note that every bit of the damage caused to the Evangelion WILL be felt by the pilot in an ammount of pain to scale with the severity of the damage. More information on this is below.
**The two values given for M.D.C. are for the Prototype EVA-00 (yellow), and the upgraded EVA-00 (blue), in that order.
***Destruction of the main body's M.D.C. will send horrible shock through the body of the Evangelion's pilot. The pilot MUST make a roll to save vs. coma/death -25% or pass out into a coma, which afterwards they must be treated by high-quality medical facilities, otherwise within 30 minutes they will die.
****Destruction of the entry plug will KILL the pilot inside. The entry plug can only be damaged if all of the Main Body M.D.C. is depleted, or if the entry plug is ejected.

SPEED:

RUNNING: The Evangelion at a full run, can attain speeds up to 300kmph.
LEAPING: Without any kind of running start, the Evangelion can leap up to 300m, with a good running start it could probably clear a kilometer in one bound!

STATISTICAL DATA:

HEIGHT: 60 meters standing fully upright, normally the Evangelions take a lower profile stance in combat, usually measuring at 50m.
PHYSICAL STRENGTH: Equal to a Robotic P.S. of 180
POWER SYSTEM: The independent power system on the Evangelions is very limited, only enough power to keep the Evangelion functioning for 1 minute (5 minutes in minimal function mode). With special batteries stored on the Shoulder Wings back however, this can be extended to 30 minutes. Normally the Evangelion uses a back linked power cable to keep functioning. As long as the cable is attached, the Eva can function indefinatly (or as long as the generator at NERV HQ lasts).

WEAPON SYSTEMS:

All weapon systems available to the EVA-01 are available to the EVA-00. Before it's upgrade the EVA-00 couldn't carry Progressive knives or extra batteries because it did not have Shoulder Wings.

SYSTEMS OF NOTE ON THE PROTOTYPE EVA-00

A.T. (ABSOLUTE TERROR) FIELD: This is a defensive system installed on the Evangelion, which works identically to the defensive fields on the Angels. The EVA-00 has a moderate AT Field able to deflect any attack equal to or under 300 M.D.(any attack over that does full damage). However it is known, that one A.T. Field can be neutralized, by creating another within a 10m distance, which overlaps and obliterates the phase space, rendering both fields inoperable.

COMPUTER & LASER TARGETING SYSTEM: The EVA-00 has a sophisticated targeting system, on aimed shots the EVA-00 has +4 to strike with long-range weapon systems. With burst weapons this bonus is reduced to +2.

ENTRY PLUG ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION: The Entry Plug is an environmentally sealed system, suitable for protection the pilot in all but the most hostile environments (diving into magma comes to mind). The following features are included.

• Computer controlled life support system
• Internal cooling and temperature
• LCL Purification system, the system can keep the LCL pure for breathing for approx. 16 hours.
• Insulated, high temperature resistant for up to 600 degrees centigrade. Normal fires do no damage. Nuclear and plasma fires do full damage.
• Radiation Shielded.

ENTRY PLUG SYNCHRONIZATION SYSTEM: This system is the crowning achievement of NERV. It allows what so far no other piloting system has been able to accomplish, the synchronization of the pilot and his craft, to the point that they are one. This allows precision controlling, and enables the Evangelion to handle such difficult tasks that we take for granted (walking, jumping, precision accuracy). This is done through a series of system within a tube system known as the Entry Plug. The first set of systems are on the pilot, those being the Entry Plug Suit (I'm unsure of what contributions it makes to the system) and the brain-uplink clips which are clipped into the hair near the scalp of the pilot. The second set aide is the LCL which fills the Entry Plug, LCL is an interesting liquid that allows the pilot to survive without breathing, by directly oxygenating blood, without having to focus on the vital task of air intake, the pilots mind can synchronize with the Evangelion better. Last is the Logic system, which reads the pilots mental commands much like the brain reads the commands we give it through the process of thought, and joins them with the manual controls, enabling the precision that makes the Evangelions move with human speed and agility. However there are several drawbacks to the Entry Plug System. It appears that only certain children, born within 6 months of the Second Impact, are able to use the Synchroinization System, and it has shown the tendancy to put a great mental strain on the pilot after a certain ammount of time (Save vs. insanity -2 after the pilots first combat run, then again for every month the pilot continues to operate, -1 to M.E. everytime the save is failed, the maximum penelty that can be reached is -5, after that apply no more penelties). Also, the greatest disadvantage, and something that seems to link the Evangelions as something much more than machines, is that the pilot feels pain from damage caused to the Evangelion, in the degree that they would if the Evangelion were their own body! In episodes 1, 3, and 5 we can see how Shinji suffers as the Angels cause horrible damage to the EVA-01, when the first Angel broke it's arm and then drove a laser spear right through the EVA's head, and when the second Angel stabs through the EVA's body with it's energy ribbons, and when the third Angel fires a particle blast into the chest of the EVA, that causes Shinji to have a heart attack. As such, for every attack that would either destroy or do an ammount of damage equal to 1/2 a body part's M.D.C., the pilot MUST make a save vs. pain (14 or higher) or suffer as he would if the attack was made on him, and if a single attack does an ammount of damage to the main body equaling 3/4 it's M.D.C., the pilot must must make a save vs. pain -3, or they will suffer a massive heart attack from the shock, and must be ressuciated by proper medical faciliaties.
SYNCHRONIZATION PERCENTAGES W/ THE PROTOTYPE EVA-00: This is the percentage (rounded down, unless a different value is given) of the abilities (speed, physical strength, etc.) and combat bonuses that can be accessed by the pilot at their current experience of Synchronization with the Evangelion.

• First Run: 30%, can only maintain a slow walk of 30kmph, if any speed over that is attempted the Eva will fall over.
• For the current level of experience after the First Run (i.e. if a pilot was level 2 during his first run, this would be his synchronization % until he gained a new level): 40%
• Next level of Experience (i.e. if a pilot was level 2 during his first run, this would be his synchronization % when he became level 3): 50%
• After 3rd Level of experience with the Evangelion: 77%
• After 4th level of experience with the Evangelion: 95%
• After 5th level & beyond: +30% at every new level
• After every 3 Combat Runs: +10% (to their current Synch %)

SYNCHRONIZATION PENELTIES & BONUSES: Certain situations can and will modify the a persons Synchronization Rate.

• Two pilots attempting to operate the Evangelion on the same thought Language, -10%
• Two pilots attempting to operate the Evangelion on different thought Languages (like when Asuka had EVA-02 set for German but Shinji was thinking in Japanese), IMPOSSIBLE TO OPERATE!
• One pilot attempting to operate with passengers operating on the same thought language, -15% for one passenger, -20% for two.
• Emotional focus, if the pilot makes a d20 roll under their M.E. (note in this case, the Synchro System M.E. penelties do not apply!) during an extremely emotional and/or important situation (GM's call), they will gain a +20% Synchronization bonus for 1d4 minutes.

PARTICLE WAVE DEFLECTION SHIELD: This is an optional shield sometime used by the PROTOTYPE EVA-00 for the purposes of defending the other two Evangelion's from powerful particle wave attacks. The shield has shown intense strength underfire, withstanding up to 10 seconds of particle wave assault that any Evangelion wouldn't last 1 second against. As such the shield takes only 1/4(!) damage from Particle Beams, and 1/2 damage from laser attacks.

POWER UMBILICAL: This is the key to the Evangelion's operation in the field. Nuclear systems are to heavy and far to dangerous to install in a combat mech, there for an external energy source is supplied via the back-plugged power umbilical. If the umbilical is ever cut or disconnected from the Evangelion, it will have to rely on it's own backup power supply, which normally only last's one full minute (or 5 minutes with extra batteries stored in the shoulder wings). The Umbilical normally has a length of up to 20km, but it can be extended to three-times (60km) the mentioned length if required.

RADAR: Sophisticated Radar, can track up to 35 targets simultaneously RANGE: 50 kilometers

SCRAMBLER RADIO: Sophisticated communications system installed into each EVA, the scrambled singal can only be unscrambled (so far) by the systems on every EVA and at NERV HQ. RANGE: 35km

EVA-00 PROTOTYPE COMBAT BONUSES

• Do not forget to employ Synchronization %'s.
• 2 attacks per melee (plus those of the pilot)
• +3 to roll with punch, fall, or impact (explosion), reducing damage by half.
• +2 to strike, parry, and dodge.
• Critical Strike same as pilots hand to hand
• When the pilot's Synchronization rate is 125% or better, Critical strike on natrual 19 or 20.
• HTH Damage is given up with weapon systems

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