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Mad Science & You: Week 12 (Tuesday, Period 3)
This week, the Danger Shop was set up to look like an immense hall in a military base. Large, imposing, vaguely demon-like giant robots stood against the walls.
Prof Tomoe's usual coffee cup had a logo reading NERV on it this week. "We've talked a lot about male mad scientists so far in this course," he said, "and the field has been largely male dominated for most of its existence. But that does not mean that women cannot also be pioneers in pushing the boundaries of science in areas better left unexplored. Today, we're going to examine the work of Dr Yui Ikari.
"In this universe, a major cataclysm happened 15 years ago, destroying Antarctica, causing general global annihilation, and unleashing a wave of vengeful non-humanoid angels bent on destroying the human race. Tokyo was decimated in the flooding, so Japan's base of operation was moved here to Tokyo-3. Dr Ikari was tasked with creating something to fight off the angels, and she and the NERV Organization came up with the Evengelion units."
He pointed up to one of the giant robots. "You may be wondering what makes these Evangelions different from your typical giant robot. Firstly, they're cyborgs built from a mix of cloned angel DNA and robotic parts, powered by the souls of dead mothers. Secondly, in order to control them, the pilot must dress in a skintight plug suit, be completely immersed in amniotic fluid, and try to sync completely with the Eva unit, or be ripped to shreds by the Lovecraftian angels rampaging across the world."
He grinned brightly. "So, who'd like to try one?"
Prof Tomoe's usual coffee cup had a logo reading NERV on it this week. "We've talked a lot about male mad scientists so far in this course," he said, "and the field has been largely male dominated for most of its existence. But that does not mean that women cannot also be pioneers in pushing the boundaries of science in areas better left unexplored. Today, we're going to examine the work of Dr Yui Ikari.
"In this universe, a major cataclysm happened 15 years ago, destroying Antarctica, causing general global annihilation, and unleashing a wave of vengeful non-humanoid angels bent on destroying the human race. Tokyo was decimated in the flooding, so Japan's base of operation was moved here to Tokyo-3. Dr Ikari was tasked with creating something to fight off the angels, and she and the NERV Organization came up with the Evengelion units."
He pointed up to one of the giant robots. "You may be wondering what makes these Evangelions different from your typical giant robot. Firstly, they're cyborgs built from a mix of cloned angel DNA and robotic parts, powered by the souls of dead mothers. Secondly, in order to control them, the pilot must dress in a skintight plug suit, be completely immersed in amniotic fluid, and try to sync completely with the Eva unit, or be ripped to shreds by the Lovecraftian angels rampaging across the world."
He grinned brightly. "So, who'd like to try one?"
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