AN EVA (PRONOUNCED 'A VA') IS NOT A MECHA LIKE THE ONES IN MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM. AN EVA IS A LIVING CREATURE INSIDE SPECIALLY DESIGNED ARMOR. THEY ARE CONTROLED BY PILOTS INSIDE OF A PLUG, WHICH IS INSERTED AT THE BASE OF THE EVA'S NECK/TOP OF THE SPINAL CORD. BECAUSE OF THEIR HUMANOID APPEARANCE, THESE GIANT CREATURES CAN WEILD INLARGED VERSIONS OF HUMAN WEAPONS.
EVAS ARE USED BY THE GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION NERV TO FIGHT AGAINST OTHER LARGE CREATERUES CALLED ANGELS. AN ANGEL IS BASICALLY AN EVA WITHOUT ARMOR OR CONTROL. BECAUSE OF THEIR 'AT' FEILDS, NORMAL WEAPONS CANNOT HARM THE ANGELS. MANKIND'S ONLY CHANCE IS TO USE THE EVAS.
BUT THE EVAS ARN'T PREFECT. THEY NEED A POWER SUPPLY. WITHOUT AN ATTACHED CABLE SUPPLYING IT, AN EVA CAN OPPERATE FOR A MERE 3 MIN. EVAS ALSO GO "BESERKER", IN OTHER WORDS THEY CANNOT BE CONTROLED. EVA 01 WENT BESERKER WHEN IT WAS HIT IN THE HEAD BY THE 3RD ANGEL. EVA 00 WENT BESERKER SEVERAL TIMES, RESPONDING MUCH LIKE 01 WITH THE EXCEPTION THAT IT ATTEMPTS TO KILL PEOPLE ON ITS RAMPAGES.
