Fic: [Crossover] Neon Senshi Evangelion
Title: Neon Senshi Evangelion
Series: Evangelion, Sailor Moon
Type: Crossover
Link: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5908576/12/
Eleven
"You want to WHAT?" Shingo Tsukino demanded, the brown haired man looking at their guests in surprise. They were in the corporate offices of Japan Heavy Chemical Industries in Tokyo-2, in one of the meeting rooms about a week after Jet Alone went out of control. Shingo's bosses were there, three older man in starched suits, along with him and his core staff and representatives of NERV and the Japanese Government.
Gendo and Yui Ikari, along with Misato Katsuragi, were there for NERV, obviously. Gendo looked stiffly formal in his NERV uniform, but Yui was dressed in a more comfortable skirt and blouse, though admittedly she had a NERV lab coat over top it. Misato looked very military in her uniform, and managed to intimidate everyone who wasn't worried about Gendo.
"We ant to contract with Japan Heavy Chemical Industries to... I suppose rent would be the word, rent Jet Alone," Gendo said calmly, sitting on one side of the meeting table.
"We're bound by a contract with the Japanese military," Kodama noted thoughtfully, the head of the Horaki family sitting beside Shingo.
"That's part of why we said rent," Yui admitted, "it's going to take some complicated negotiations, but I think a deal can be struck."
"I'm surprised that you want to make a deal, considering the test was a failure," one of the heads of the company muttered, glaring at the scientists.
Shingo winced. While Jet Alone going wild was not the fault of the team, it had still gone on a rampage. Worse, it had done so in front of potential buyers from around the world. A number of tentative offers had been pulled once the rampage happened, and several of their allies were considering pulling funding.
"It depends on how you define failure, sir," Kodama offered bravely, "while we may need to work on the control systems, we successfully demonstrated it's physical abilities."
"Huph," the old man sat back with a frown.
"That's pretty much my argument about why NERV should get Jet Alone," Misato conceded calmly. She looked across the table at the Jet Alone staff, "I mean, consider this: Jet Alone successfully wrestled with our Evangelions. That alone implies they could be useful."
Shingo looked intrigued, "But we haven't cracked the AT Field yet."
"The Evangelions cancel out a AT Field then JA rips the enemy apart," Misato shrugged.
Several of the owners looked much more optimistic. "So, what sort of arrangement would you like to make?" another older man asked.
"You are contracted to sell JA to the Japanese Self Defense Corps," Gendo rumbled calmly, "we will encourage them to make such a purchase. We can set up a joint operating system, coordinating Jet Alone with our activities."
"Sounds feasible," Kodama agreed. She exchanged a glance with Shingo then said, "I assume we'll have to work closely together... what about Naoko Akagi?"
"I am willing to put the past behind us if she will," Yui shrugged.
0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0
Later that day Naoko Akagi was seeing off Caroline and Cave Johnson, both of whom were heading back to the United States. They were at a private airfield not far from Tokyo-2, and Cave was already bedded down in his private jet while Caroline had been left to make the formal goodbyes, as usual.
"Thank you for coming out,": Naoko smiled tiredly as she said, "it's been... interesting."
"You can say that again," Caroline agreed, both woman having been run ragged in the aftermath of the Jet Alone incident, trying to manage news coverage and public opinion.
"Please keep me informed on your AI projects," Naoko noted as she put her hands in her labcoat pockets nervously, "I was rather impressed by the processing power your 'Core' showed." Not to mention it's seemingly becoming self-aware...
"I suspect much of the work was derived from your own designs, but thank you," Caroline smiled. "I'll keep in touch."
"Good luck," Naoko waved as she stepped away from the ramp and Caroline boarded.
The airplane taxied then was off, soaring into the sky before disappearing. Naoko headed to her waiting car, then frowned as she saw someone parked beside her car. She moved to reach for the pistol she occassionally carried, then relaxed a bit as she recognized him.
"Mr. Tsukino," Naoko nodded grimly, "what can I do for you?"
Shingo pushed off from where he had been leaning against the car as he said, "I thought I should give you the bad news first."
"We're all fired?" Naoko asked flatly, having more or less prepared herself for the worst. Jet Alone was primarily her project, so it was likely the failure would fall on her head.
"Not that bad," Shingo said, running a hand through his hair. "Uhm, in fact we have a deal to sell Jet Alone models to the military."
Naoko blinked. "Which means... what's the down side?" she asked grimly.
Shingo took a breath. "We're going to be working with NERV," he told her.
There was a beat of silence as Naoko processed that piece of news. "I rather doubt that suggestion came from either Yui or Gendo," she noted, buying time.
"Misato, yeah," Shingo nodded, "she feels the Jet Alone has sufficient potential against the Angels that they should use it."
"Hmm," Naoko nodded, even as conflicting emotions raged within her. Part of her HATED the idea of working with NERV again, especially with her misgivings about the organization. She had been certain that Yui and Gendo had hid things from her as a member of NERV, and then they had framed her and committed her.
She quite calmly ignored her infatuation with Gendo and her attempt to kill Yui. For Naoko those things had simply not happened, and she refused to aknowledge them. It didn't help that she had been put on very strong meds right after the attempt. She could barely remember that time through the drugged haze.
"I need to know," Shingo asked quietly, ":can you work with them? Because if not I'm willing to keep you on, in a different role."
Naoko was touched by that, smiling at him wryly. "I think we can manage, especially if you keep Kodama between me and the Ikari's," she suggested.
"I think we can manage that," Shingo promised. "They want us to start working on a piloted version of JA as soon as possible. Can you start working on the design changes?"
"We were already getting ready to go in that direction," Naoko reminded him, "I'll get with the team and we'll let you know." Her mind occupied with tasks she was unaware of Shingo's relieved sigh as they each headed back to the city.
0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0
"I'm still not sure this is a good idea," Yui Ikari noted as they gathered in Tokyo-3.
The weekly staff meeting was in her and Gendo's massive office in the NERV pyramid, the group gathered around a large meeting table. Around the table were her and Gendo, Ritsuko, Misato and Maya there are a representative of the bridge staff. They had missed last week's meeting because of the Jet Alone mess, so they were catching up on related issues.
"Jet Alone?" Ritsuko asked.
"I understand my wife's misgivings," Gendo said diplomatically. "We have had issues with Naoko, and her employers were intent on competing with us."
"Both of which are true," Misato acknowledged willingly, "but both of those are also reasons we should carry on with a alliance."
"Oh?" Ritsuko willingly prompted her.
"Keep your friends close but your enemies closer," Misato shrugged, "Jet Alone is a potential threat to NERV, either being used to attack us or interfere with Angel combat. By bringing it under our control we stop both possibilities."
Yui was a little startled at Misato being that devious, then realized the younger woman was in part pitching her argument to appeal to her. Clever girl. Yui nodded slightly, "But bringing Jet Alone in means we'll be providing them with valuable tactical data."
"Any data they get on Evangelion operations will be what they could get anyway through observation," Misato shrugged, "though we will need to upgrade our computers firewalls, to protect any classified data."
Yui looked across the table, "Ritsuko?"
"I would strongly suggest removing anything truly super-secret from the Magi," Ritsuko admitted reluctantly. "Naoko built them and it would not surprise me if she had back doors into the systems," she added, "I can not promise I can make them completely secure."
Even Gendo looked startled as he asked, "It's that bad?"
"She built and designed the Magi from scratch," Maya pointed out, "literally built them herself. Short of Ritsuko and I completely taking them apart and rebuilding them, there's no way to know if she hasn't got a method of accessing them."
"We'll use appropriate security measures then," Yui nodded, mentally figuring what had to be deleted from the computers.
"If we're going to use Jet Alone, I want a pilot on board," Gendo noted seriously. "I have every confidence in Naoko's AIs, but I want the multi-ton robot under human control."
"Amen," Yui agreed.
"Damn straight," Misato agreed promptly. She looked at Ritsuko, "We have pilot candidates for Evangelion that could serve?"
"If we're using the basic Evangelion criteria all of Rei and Shinji's classmates are biologically suitable, but we'd need to examine them psychologically as well," Ritsuko cautioned. She smiled faintly, "We couldn't want to risk putting someone mentally unstable in a Evangelion."
"Certainly," Gendo agreed. "We also have several candidates that have a higher priority."
"Yes, Mana Kirishima has already had some simulator experience," Yui noted.
Misato didn't say anything, but she felt a slight chill. When she had first met the teenager she had that same sort of... familiarity. It bothered her at times, wondering what about each of these kids that seemed to resonate with her. It was strange, especially considering she was certain she had never met them before...
To be continued...
Notes: Taking out the Portal bits, for now. Might call it back later, if only because I sorta like the idea of Caroline and Naoko being friends.
Series: Evangelion, Sailor Moon
Type: Crossover
Link: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5908576/12/
Eleven
"You want to WHAT?" Shingo Tsukino demanded, the brown haired man looking at their guests in surprise. They were in the corporate offices of Japan Heavy Chemical Industries in Tokyo-2, in one of the meeting rooms about a week after Jet Alone went out of control. Shingo's bosses were there, three older man in starched suits, along with him and his core staff and representatives of NERV and the Japanese Government.
Gendo and Yui Ikari, along with Misato Katsuragi, were there for NERV, obviously. Gendo looked stiffly formal in his NERV uniform, but Yui was dressed in a more comfortable skirt and blouse, though admittedly she had a NERV lab coat over top it. Misato looked very military in her uniform, and managed to intimidate everyone who wasn't worried about Gendo.
"We ant to contract with Japan Heavy Chemical Industries to... I suppose rent would be the word, rent Jet Alone," Gendo said calmly, sitting on one side of the meeting table.
"We're bound by a contract with the Japanese military," Kodama noted thoughtfully, the head of the Horaki family sitting beside Shingo.
"That's part of why we said rent," Yui admitted, "it's going to take some complicated negotiations, but I think a deal can be struck."
"I'm surprised that you want to make a deal, considering the test was a failure," one of the heads of the company muttered, glaring at the scientists.
Shingo winced. While Jet Alone going wild was not the fault of the team, it had still gone on a rampage. Worse, it had done so in front of potential buyers from around the world. A number of tentative offers had been pulled once the rampage happened, and several of their allies were considering pulling funding.
"It depends on how you define failure, sir," Kodama offered bravely, "while we may need to work on the control systems, we successfully demonstrated it's physical abilities."
"Huph," the old man sat back with a frown.
"That's pretty much my argument about why NERV should get Jet Alone," Misato conceded calmly. She looked across the table at the Jet Alone staff, "I mean, consider this: Jet Alone successfully wrestled with our Evangelions. That alone implies they could be useful."
Shingo looked intrigued, "But we haven't cracked the AT Field yet."
"The Evangelions cancel out a AT Field then JA rips the enemy apart," Misato shrugged.
Several of the owners looked much more optimistic. "So, what sort of arrangement would you like to make?" another older man asked.
"You are contracted to sell JA to the Japanese Self Defense Corps," Gendo rumbled calmly, "we will encourage them to make such a purchase. We can set up a joint operating system, coordinating Jet Alone with our activities."
"Sounds feasible," Kodama agreed. She exchanged a glance with Shingo then said, "I assume we'll have to work closely together... what about Naoko Akagi?"
"I am willing to put the past behind us if she will," Yui shrugged.
0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0
Later that day Naoko Akagi was seeing off Caroline and Cave Johnson, both of whom were heading back to the United States. They were at a private airfield not far from Tokyo-2, and Cave was already bedded down in his private jet while Caroline had been left to make the formal goodbyes, as usual.
"Thank you for coming out,": Naoko smiled tiredly as she said, "it's been... interesting."
"You can say that again," Caroline agreed, both woman having been run ragged in the aftermath of the Jet Alone incident, trying to manage news coverage and public opinion.
"Please keep me informed on your AI projects," Naoko noted as she put her hands in her labcoat pockets nervously, "I was rather impressed by the processing power your 'Core' showed." Not to mention it's seemingly becoming self-aware...
"I suspect much of the work was derived from your own designs, but thank you," Caroline smiled. "I'll keep in touch."
"Good luck," Naoko waved as she stepped away from the ramp and Caroline boarded.
The airplane taxied then was off, soaring into the sky before disappearing. Naoko headed to her waiting car, then frowned as she saw someone parked beside her car. She moved to reach for the pistol she occassionally carried, then relaxed a bit as she recognized him.
"Mr. Tsukino," Naoko nodded grimly, "what can I do for you?"
Shingo pushed off from where he had been leaning against the car as he said, "I thought I should give you the bad news first."
"We're all fired?" Naoko asked flatly, having more or less prepared herself for the worst. Jet Alone was primarily her project, so it was likely the failure would fall on her head.
"Not that bad," Shingo said, running a hand through his hair. "Uhm, in fact we have a deal to sell Jet Alone models to the military."
Naoko blinked. "Which means... what's the down side?" she asked grimly.
Shingo took a breath. "We're going to be working with NERV," he told her.
There was a beat of silence as Naoko processed that piece of news. "I rather doubt that suggestion came from either Yui or Gendo," she noted, buying time.
"Misato, yeah," Shingo nodded, "she feels the Jet Alone has sufficient potential against the Angels that they should use it."
"Hmm," Naoko nodded, even as conflicting emotions raged within her. Part of her HATED the idea of working with NERV again, especially with her misgivings about the organization. She had been certain that Yui and Gendo had hid things from her as a member of NERV, and then they had framed her and committed her.
She quite calmly ignored her infatuation with Gendo and her attempt to kill Yui. For Naoko those things had simply not happened, and she refused to aknowledge them. It didn't help that she had been put on very strong meds right after the attempt. She could barely remember that time through the drugged haze.
"I need to know," Shingo asked quietly, ":can you work with them? Because if not I'm willing to keep you on, in a different role."
Naoko was touched by that, smiling at him wryly. "I think we can manage, especially if you keep Kodama between me and the Ikari's," she suggested.
"I think we can manage that," Shingo promised. "They want us to start working on a piloted version of JA as soon as possible. Can you start working on the design changes?"
"We were already getting ready to go in that direction," Naoko reminded him, "I'll get with the team and we'll let you know." Her mind occupied with tasks she was unaware of Shingo's relieved sigh as they each headed back to the city.
0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0
"I'm still not sure this is a good idea," Yui Ikari noted as they gathered in Tokyo-3.
The weekly staff meeting was in her and Gendo's massive office in the NERV pyramid, the group gathered around a large meeting table. Around the table were her and Gendo, Ritsuko, Misato and Maya there are a representative of the bridge staff. They had missed last week's meeting because of the Jet Alone mess, so they were catching up on related issues.
"Jet Alone?" Ritsuko asked.
"I understand my wife's misgivings," Gendo said diplomatically. "We have had issues with Naoko, and her employers were intent on competing with us."
"Both of which are true," Misato acknowledged willingly, "but both of those are also reasons we should carry on with a alliance."
"Oh?" Ritsuko willingly prompted her.
"Keep your friends close but your enemies closer," Misato shrugged, "Jet Alone is a potential threat to NERV, either being used to attack us or interfere with Angel combat. By bringing it under our control we stop both possibilities."
Yui was a little startled at Misato being that devious, then realized the younger woman was in part pitching her argument to appeal to her. Clever girl. Yui nodded slightly, "But bringing Jet Alone in means we'll be providing them with valuable tactical data."
"Any data they get on Evangelion operations will be what they could get anyway through observation," Misato shrugged, "though we will need to upgrade our computers firewalls, to protect any classified data."
Yui looked across the table, "Ritsuko?"
"I would strongly suggest removing anything truly super-secret from the Magi," Ritsuko admitted reluctantly. "Naoko built them and it would not surprise me if she had back doors into the systems," she added, "I can not promise I can make them completely secure."
Even Gendo looked startled as he asked, "It's that bad?"
"She built and designed the Magi from scratch," Maya pointed out, "literally built them herself. Short of Ritsuko and I completely taking them apart and rebuilding them, there's no way to know if she hasn't got a method of accessing them."
"We'll use appropriate security measures then," Yui nodded, mentally figuring what had to be deleted from the computers.
"If we're going to use Jet Alone, I want a pilot on board," Gendo noted seriously. "I have every confidence in Naoko's AIs, but I want the multi-ton robot under human control."
"Amen," Yui agreed.
"Damn straight," Misato agreed promptly. She looked at Ritsuko, "We have pilot candidates for Evangelion that could serve?"
"If we're using the basic Evangelion criteria all of Rei and Shinji's classmates are biologically suitable, but we'd need to examine them psychologically as well," Ritsuko cautioned. She smiled faintly, "We couldn't want to risk putting someone mentally unstable in a Evangelion."
"Certainly," Gendo agreed. "We also have several candidates that have a higher priority."
"Yes, Mana Kirishima has already had some simulator experience," Yui noted.
Misato didn't say anything, but she felt a slight chill. When she had first met the teenager she had that same sort of... familiarity. It bothered her at times, wondering what about each of these kids that seemed to resonate with her. It was strange, especially considering she was certain she had never met them before...
To be continued...
Notes: Taking out the Portal bits, for now. Might call it back later, if only because I sorta like the idea of Caroline and Naoko being friends.