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PRODUCTION MODEL
EVANGELION UNIT 03


Evangelion Unit 03
Production Model
Built In: NERV First Branch, United States of America
Designated Pilot: Touji Suzuhara
Dummy Plug Capability: Yes
Berzerk: Zero times
Other Circumstances: Sister model of Evangelion Unit 04
Status: Destroyed; was infected by the 13th angel and subsequently destroyed by Unit 01.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
The second production class Evangelion was manufactured by the first branch of NERV in the USA. However, when the mysterious tragedy be-fell NERV's second branch, Evangelion Unit 04 and it's development team. The first branch quickly finished production of the unit and shipped it via air transport to NERV HQ in Japan.

The pilot chosen to be the fourth children was Touji Suzuhara, classmate and friend of Shinji Ikari and mutual acquaintance of the other children. Touji was reluctant about the prospect of becoming an EVA pilot and only accepted under the condition that his younger sister who was injured in an earlier EVA incident, be transferred to NERV's hospital.

Unfortunately, upon being transported to Japan, Unit 03 was infected by the thirteenth angel, Bardiel. During the first activation test, Bardiel surfaced and took complete control of the EVA, instantaneously wiping out the testing facility.

Shortly afterwards, EVAs 00, 01 and 02 were dispatched to defeat the angel. After an unsuccessful attempt to eject the unit's entry plug, all EVAs were ordered to attack. Bardiel quickly took care of Unit 02 and almost succeeded in taking over Unit 00 as well, it was only until Gendo Ikari ordered that Unit 00's left arm be severed that the intrusion was stopped.

Shinji was left as the only thing standing in the angel's way. Using the elongated arms of Unit 03, Bardiel started strangling Unit 01, threatening to break it's neck. With the pilot unwilling to fight back against both another EVA and against a human being, Gendo Ikari ordered that Unit 01's synchronization curcuits be shut down and all systems be transferred to the control of the dummy plug.

After being brought back to life with the dummy plug, Unit 01 became a mercilous beast as it quickly and brutally ripped apart Unit 03, crushing it's head, ripping off it's armor, completely tearing away it's arms and pounding away at all the organs within. Shinji could only look on in horror as Unit 01 even went so far as to crush Unit 03's entry plug.

Because of the incident, Touji lost both an arm and a leg. Needless to say, he didn't return as a pilot.

        

COMBAT RECORD
Prior to being infected by Bardiel, Unit 03 participated in no combat situations.