[EVA] Another Question

[Norbert Birman]

No one has answered why the explosions are in the shape of a cross.

Lathrop Preston wrote:

> >>  Even when it blew up the blast was in
> >> the shape of a cross.  And what was that cross sticking out  of the
>
> >> entry plug port of Unit Zero after it went berzerk before episode
> one.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >That's the termination plug, which stays in the Eva when the entry
> plugs
> >are not in...
>
> Kevin,
>
> I have to dissagree. If that is the termination plug how come it is
> never
> used except then? In Ep 1 when Shinji first sees Unit 01 it does not
> have
> an entry plug in it or that cross shaped thing, but later they
> distinctly
> call for the ejection of the termination plug just before the entry
> plug is
> inserted.
>
> The cross shaped thing may be part of the cryo-suspension that Unit 00
> was
> in at the time but it is not the entry plug.
>
> Lathrop Preston   LP0027 at DRAKE.EDU
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