In article <uh6nts3euqb0e3@corp.supernews.com>, disaster@disfanfic.net 
says...
>
>"Frank White" <fwhite*NOSPAM*@colfax.com> wrote:
>> >I was reading the FAQ at http://faq.pen3.cjb.net/ and saw that the
>> >answer the whos soul is in Unit 00 is unknown. Isn't it possible that
>> >the soul is the one of Naoko Akagi? Whenever Unit 00 go berserk it is
>> >targeting Rei or Commander Ikari which would suggest that.
>>
>> Possible, yes.  But the problem is, Naoko was EXTREMELY valuable
>> to NERV and it's doubtful they'd have risked losing her as they
>> did Yui by making her a pilot.  So she probably wouldn't have
>> had any chance to synch with Eva-00 before Rei-1 showed up,
>> and she sure the heck didn't have much chance AFTER Rei-1 and
>> her own swan dive.  Besides, we suspect her soul is in the
>> Magi...
>
>What a minute Franky old boy. Haul back the reins of your misconceptions
>and relax the grip of your.. 

(puckers tighter)

>well, just hold on a minute.  

OK.

Say unto me some soothe, oh font of wisdom.

>Personally I
>think that Naoko was not nearly as important as Yui. NERV technically
>could have worked without the MAGI, just not as fast. They could not 
have
>worked without Unit 01.

Naoko appears to be the SECOND greatest scientific genius in the
Universe.  She may - or may not - have had a hand in building
the Evas, but she certainly seems to have been instrumental in
setting up the technical side of NERV.

If you are going to challenge Heaven, you want all the
advantages on your side you can get.

And I'm not sure they needed Yui to get Eva-01 functional...
At least, I doubt they PLANNED it to go that way...

>Next, Naoko would have had a zero chance of getting into Unit 00 before
>her death anyhow. As all souls apparently can not be stored within the
>original host. In this situation anyhow, they are not, as the mothers of
>the children are dead and Yui kinda lost her body as well. Further 
Asuka's
>mother had a lot of trouble after her "accident." You'll note that the
>continued existence of a live body was not a success.

Yes, but let's attack this logically.

Eva-00 was the prototype.  That suggests they had it up and running
before 01 and 02.

It appears there IS something in 00.

Yui's 400% synch was a complete suprise to everyone involved,
implying they had some idea of how a successful synch would
go and that this wasn't it.

Ergo, it is POSSIBLE they'd tried a synch with Eva-00, and 
whoever did it walked away unharmed.

Now, that might have been Yui.  Or Naoko (scientists
LOVE making themselves part of the process.  It gives
them data first hand).  Or Asuka's mom.  Or someone
we know nothing about.

But.

Given what we know, and all we know, either Eva-00 is
truely bizarre, or soemthing happened with it that
didn't happen with either of the other Evas.

(nods) I think that's pretty comprehensive.

FW