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[X] Acquiring more conventional assets to protect against SEELE or the other organizations popping up in this wild animu world (military contacts, PMCs, etc.)
 
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[X] Acquiring more conventional assets to protect against SEELE or the other organizations popping up in this wild animu world (military contacts, PMCs, etc.)
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Room in NERV's depths

"We need greater defense in the conventional sense against SEELE and alike, Military Contacts, PMC, anything."

Akemi rose his hand "I might have a few."

"Speek."

"Well first I obviously have a few freinds and favors built up over my career. But I've also gotten a few contacts with various mercenaries over the years.. "

He sits out the word mercenaries like a peice of sour garbage.

"Any worthwhile?"

"If you mean one we can actually trust to keep their contract? I'd go with Burning Blade Security. Their leaders an old vet from somewhere in Europe I met during one of the post impact conflicts."

You nod "Good, anyone else got anything?"

Kaji raised his hand next "I talked to a few guys on the security pay roll or otherwise in the Institute on Human Evolution and they got me the contacts for a Merc team just called 'the red company' said they're not the safest to work with but Damm effective.

"Absolutely NOT!" Akemi called slamming his onto the table suddenly "I've heard all about those maniacs! We can't trust them even by Mercenary standards!"

You nod "I'll do research into both on my own."

The others around the table simmer down and the next topic is moved to

"So, what are all of yous current concerns? Suggestions? I'm all ears"

Fubuki spoke up hesitantly "Commander, I've been wondering, you've said before that eventually you'll likely bring your own son in to pilot. When is a likely time? The second and third child respectively already have roughly three years of training on Shinji."

You tent you fingers and think...
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Choices!

Answer regarding Shinji?
[ ]Answer
 
[X]Answer
-[X] I am of two minds of this, on one hand the father in me wishes nothing more then to keep shinji safe and sound...but that cannot happen with the way the world is, with who is in charge in the shadows, no matter how much i wish it were not so. The other hand doing so too early can lead to consequences of egotism and other mental issues, raising a child soldier is no way to ensure the survival of the human race if they are meant to be broken down and hated amd all but abused and abandoned. Unit 01 is by Selee's standards, critical to their flawed plan of ascension of their so called "God-Hood". Needless to say, i despise such a thing, yet as commander of NERVE, i cannot say otherwise that it would be beneficial for Shinji to attain further training with it. Yet such a thing will bring Selee's attention further if the pilot is too willful to break...

Then They Will Make Him Break.

Do not think they will be above any and all circumstances, ranging from propoganda, to instances of intrigue to mercenary work, to turning the UN itself into a weapon against NERVE if it seems we are deviating from their scenario...the most likely case I can see working is if Shinji and Lucy are required to come to Tokyo three for safety reasons and protection that Section 2 and Nerves improved Security can offer...and even that can be breached by the right skills, people, and tools.

Never by the words of any and all peoples do we wish for this to happen...this has been why i have tried to ensure they have a healthy and stable life, and given time and room to grow into their own beings. If the situation however as a last resort comes to it, i will bring Shinji and Lucy here to Tokyo Three for their own protection, and explain to Shinji further onwards from there...hopefully he will not feel too irritated from me having to help raise two extra children for the sake of humanity.

But i do thank you for the question Fubuki, as it is giving me some ideas on how to deal with such a situation that could come...we should put that on a back-burner for now and potentially think of ideas about how to ensure the pilots safety when the time comes for them to transfer to Central NERVE.
 
[X] we'll bring Shinji and Lucy to Tokyo 3 and slowly introduce shinji to the Eva's while avoiding actual combat training for as long as can afford to. Honestly I doubt any combat training before his teenage years will stick with him without severe mental harm.
-[x] even ignoring ethical horrors of training a child into a weapon a mentally stable pilot can be taught to fight more easily then a traumatized child solider can be healed.
 
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Explaining and Adjourning
[X]Answer
-[X] I am of two minds of this, on one hand the father in me wishes nothing more then to keep shinji safe and sound...but that cannot happen with the way the world is, with who is in charge in the shadows, no matter how much i wish it were not so. The other hand doing so too early can lead to consequences of egotism and other mental issues, raising a child soldier is no way to ensure the survival of the human race if they are meant to be broken down and hated amd all but abused and abandoned. Unit 01 is by Selee's standards, critical to their flawed plan of ascension of their so called "God-Hood". Needless to say, i despise such a thing, yet as commander of NERVE, i cannot say otherwise that it would be beneficial for Shinji to attain further training with it. Yet such a thing will bring Selee's attention further if the pilot is too willful to break...

Then They Will Make Him Break.

Do not think they will be above any and all circumstances, ranging from propoganda, to instances of intrigue to mercenary work, to turning the UN itself into a weapon against NERVE if it seems we are deviating from their scenario...the most likely case I can see working is if Shinji and Lucy are required to come to Tokyo three for safety reasons and protection that Section 2 and Nerves improved Security can offer...and even that can be breached by the right skills, people, and tools.

Never by the words of any and all peoples do we wish for this to happen...this has been why i have tried to ensure they have a healthy and stable life, and given time and room to grow into their own beings. If the situation however as a last resort comes to it, i will bring Shinji and Lucy here to Tokyo Three for their own protection, and explain to Shinji further onwards from there...hopefully he will not feel too irritated from me having to help raise two extra children for the sake of humanity.

But i do thank you for the question Fubuki, as it is giving me some ideas on how to deal with such a situation that could come...we should put that on a back-burner for now and potentially think of ideas about how to ensure the pilots safety when the time comes for them to transfer to Central NERVE.
Real sorry this took a bit! I was waiting for a tiebreaker vote but since one never came I flipped a coin.
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Room in NERV's depths

You give a long detailed description of your potential plans and the threat SEELE poses (See above, sorry but I just don't have the energy to put that all in twice)

Once you finish the others at tge table have stern faces and nod in understanding.

Soon enough the meeting is adjourned.
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This one feel a bit short? Yeah, it was, sorry. Choices abd longer updates will be a nextime thing.
 
Company events
My incompetence at keeping a schedule knows no bounds!
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Public Park

On the suggestion of a subordinate you've decided to make the NERV Company Picnic a regular event.

And so Here you are taking in the sun and fresh air as you all welcome in the year 2009.

You survey the group. Fubuki and Ritsuko were making chatting about work.

Fubuki's own daughter and Fuyutsuki were together giving the amusing image of a 14 year old girl making awkward small talk with a distinguished professor in his mid fifties.

Shirou was playing with Lucy and Shinji.

And Naoko seemed content to relax in the shade.

All the while you were crunching the numbers for the coming year in your head...
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Choices!

Budget:
money: 1700
Security:
[ ] Minimum (100)
[ ] Mid (200)
[ ] Maximum (400)

Eva maintenance:
[ ] Minimum (300)
[ ] Regular (400)
[ ] Enhance (600)

General Maintenance:
[ ] minimum (200)
[ ] Proper (400)
[ ] Luxury (500)

Magi construction:
[ ]Write in

Eva enhancement research
[ ]Reactor Tech (Write in)
[ ] Write in (budget and specific mod)

Social:
Activities with Shinji and Lucy: ( pick 3 for each)
[ ] Focus on encouraging one or both of them to socialize
[ ] Ensure they focus on schooling
[ ] Subtlety steer towards creative pursuits
[ ] Take them on more outdoor activities
[ ]Help Lucy train her Vectors
[ ] Write in!

Other: (pick 2)
[ ] Spend time with Rei
[ ] Spend time with Fuyutsuki
[ ] Spend time with Fubuki
[ ]Spend time with Naoko
[ ]Spend time with Major Akemi
[ ]Spend Time with Shirou
[ ]Spend time with Kaji
[ ]Spend time with Adam
[ ]Spend time with Ritsuko

Free time
[ ] Write in activity
 
[X] plan: eye on the money

Budget:
money: 1700
Security:
-[X] Maximum (400)

Eva maintenance:
-[X] Regular (400)

General Maintenance:
-[X] Proper (400)

Magi construction:
-[X] 300

Eva enhancement research
-[X] Reactor Tech 200

Social:
Activities with Shinji and Lucy: ( pick 3 for each)
-[X] Ensure they focus on schooling
-[X] Subtlety steer towards creative pursuits
-[X]Help Lucy train her Vectors

Other: (pick 2)
-[X] Spend time with Rei
-[ ] Spend time with Fuyutsuki
-[ ] Spend time with Fubuki
-[ ]Spend time with Naoko
-[ ]Spend time with Major Akemi
-[X] Spend Time with Shirou
-[ ]Spend time with Kaji
-[ ]Spend time with Adam
-[ ]Spend time with Ritsuko

Free time
-[X] take the time to see if there should be anything else that Shirou can give info on, as well as any contacts that could help benefit humanity if not any Allie's that can ensure the eventual apocolapse can be averted if not outright stopped…or maybe turn the clock back?

As it is, check to see if he needs anything for a "workshop" or any Allie's that he may bring over (coughrincoigh) which can help not only nerve but humanity in general when shit goes down the drain…also inform we are willing to hire anyone he knows of as well.
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anyone got ideas for who to spend time with as well as what to do with our free time? and who hasnt gotten our attention in long enough? hopefully reactor technology can help us get more budget if we release it into the world, especially since bigger and better reactors (or smaller and better reactors) can allow for the military, civilian sectors, and other departments to get more energy more plentiful...which means more jobs and more economic growth. Giving Nerve more shares and more budget, if we manage to breach 2k i will be happy enough to push the EVA and maintence budget to higher levels.

which case this leaves another idea...were going to need to study potentially multi-layered AT fields, or perhaps creative ways to bypass or utilize it. If we can make a artifical AT field it would do wonders for offensive and defensive measures, like a secondary shield for the geo-front or other places, might even allow us to create super weapons and/or manipulate physics to a ridiculous degree.

Edited: offering shirou sone help as well as contacts into the moonlit world..magical bullshit can help with allot of things even if it's boundary fields or magical research, nerve can benefit more if shirou or rin helps more.

Add onto the budget that rin can help win (or from simple things that we can pay her for, pretty sure she would like a secure location to do her research with.)
 
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Shirou's an adult and seems fairly mentally stable, which may have bumped him down the priority list, but yeah...

I'm thinking maybe Shirou and Rei? We deliberately made Rei more alien, to about the maximum point that would have been survivable, and I think we need to make sure we have a good sense of how she thinks when the endgame hits.
 
Yes the eye on the money is a good plan but it has yet to answer for socialization or free time.
As of this writing, X's seem to have been edited into the text of the plan for those items.

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Gendo Quest Sci-Fi

[X] plan: eye on the money Budget: money: 1700 Security: -[X] Maximum (400) Eva maintenance: -[X] Regular (400) General Maintenance: -[X] Proper (400) Magi construction: -[X] 300 Eva enhancement research -[X] Reactor Tech 200 Social: Activities with Shinji and Lucy: ( pick 3 for each) -[X]...

[X] plan: eye on the money Simonized, No Changes
-[X] Maximum Security (400)
-[X] Regular Eva Maintenance (400)
-[X] Proper General Maintenance (400)
-[X] Magi Construction 300
-[X] Eva Enhancement: Reactor Tech 200
-[X] Social Activities with Shinji and Lucy:
--[X] Ensure they focus on schooling
--[X] Subtlety steer towards creative pursuits
--[X] Help Lucy train her Vectors
-[X] Social Activities Other:
--[X] Spend time with Rei
--[X] Spend Time with Shirou
 
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As of this writing, X's seem to have been edited into the text of the plan for those items.

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Gendo Quest Sci-Fi

[X] plan: eye on the money Budget: money: 1700 Security: -[X] Maximum (400) Eva maintenance: -[X] Regular (400) General Maintenance: -[X] Proper (400) Magi construction: -[X] 300 Eva enhancement research -[X] Reactor Tech 200 Social: Activities with Shinji and Lucy: ( pick 3 for each) -[X]...
Oop! Thanks for telling me!
 
Mages and Assignments
[X] plan: eye on the money

Budget:
money: 1700
Security:
-[X] Maximum (400)

Eva maintenance:
-[X] Regular (400)

General Maintenance:
-[X] Proper (400)

Magi construction:
-[X] 300

Eva enhancement research
-[X] Reactor Tech 200

Social:
Activities with Shinji and Lucy: ( pick 3 for each)
-[X] Ensure they focus on schooling
-[X] Subtlety steer towards creative pursuits
-[X]Help Lucy train her Vectors

Other: (pick 2)
-[X] Spend time with Rei
-[ ] Spend time with Fuyutsuki
-[ ] Spend time with Fubuki
-[ ]Spend time with Naoko
-[ ]Spend time with Major Akemi
-[X] Spend Time with Shirou
-[ ]Spend time with Kaji
-[ ]Spend time with Adam
-[ ]Spend time with Ritsuko

Free time
-[X] take the time to see if there should be anything else that Shirou can give info on, as well as any contacts that could help benefit humanity if not any Allie's that can ensure the eventual apocolapse can be averted if not outright stopped…or maybe turn the clock back?

As it is, check to see if he needs anything for a "workshop" or any Allie's that he may bring over (coughrincoigh) which can help not only nerve but humanity in general when shit goes down the drain…also inform we are willing to hire anyone he knows of as well.
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NERV laboratory

You stand over the latest iteration of the reactor next to Dr Fubuki.

"I still think we could make it better..."

"But as it is now, do you think we could also sell it on the side?"

She nods "And it will be serviceable for the Eva's all things considered."

"Good."
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Concert Hall

You sit quietly next to Lucy as Shinji walks onto stage for his recital.

He plays...

It's no masterpiece but the boys come a long way from the small child who made your eardrums bleed with that thing.

He finishes and you and Lucy stand up to applaud.

Later that night the three of you have a nice celebratory dinner.
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Empty field

CRASH

You monitored quietly as Lucy's vectors slap another skeet out of the air.

CRASH

You and Lucy had been spending a good while practicing control and carefulness with her Vectors but-

CRASH

She did also need to learn attacking and accuracy. So a make shift skeet shooting range made perfect sense and-

CRASH

"Yay! That's ten in a row!"

-She was having fun.
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Nursery

Adam was being put through some medical test so it was just you and Rei at the moment.

She looked up at you curiously.

She was 5 but looked the same age as Shinji or Lucy.

"What are we doing today father?"
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Your Office

"Shirou, thank you for coming."

He nods "What do you need Commander?"

" Well firstly, it's been a while since we've talked and I wished to make sure your still doing well."

The redhead gives a small smile "I've quite thoroughly adjusted sir. Dr Akagi-Uh Naoko I mean-has been rather welcoming and the rest of the staff have been nice as well."

You nod pleased "Good to hear, so I also called you here to ask, are you in need of any tools or materials? Perhaps something to put together a workshop?"

He shakes his head "No, no I'm quite well equipped as it is."

"Very well. Now on to the third reason, I was wondering if you perhaps have any contacts that would be beneficial for a fight for humanity's survival? Say a miss Tohsaka?"

"Hmm" the mage takes on a thoughtful expression. "Rin's pretty tied up with the clock tower, but I do know or know about a person or two from here and there who could help."

And thus was how your security detail came to include freelancer Kairi Sisigou and mercenary Sigma.
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Bar

You and Kaji quietly enjoy some liquor while discussing various topics.

"My wife's thinking about taking a job in your German office."

"If she is it is not through any actions of mine."

"She's considering working in the Japan branch instead."

You nod "Which would you like?"

"I'd want her nowhere near any of this. But as it stands I know I don't got much of a choice."

He takes a drink.

"But?"

"But I know how it is and so I'm just gonna ask you. I'm keeping the relationship no matter what but how far or close do you need her right now?"

You take a drink of your own.
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Choices!

What to do with Rei
[ ]Write in

Where to send Misato
[ ]Central NERV
[ ]Germany
 
Difficult...

[X] Rei: How about we listen to some music together? Specifically, some classical violin music? (Ease her to possibly forming a connection with your son, she's going to have to work with him in the future, most likely.)

For Misato, I'm unsure where she should go. NERV might be useful for information, but at a risk of getting caught by enemies. Close to home? Might be too soon, and Kaji might not be happy about it.
 
[X] Rei: I propose to appoint a short course on introduction to culture. It will consist of three blocks - classical European culture, traditional Japanese culture, and pop culture.
As part of the first, we will read books and listen to classical music. As part of the second - lectures and stories about Japanese art and cultural practices (may include visits to holidays and shrines). As part of the third, Rei-chan watches anime and reads manga. The current anime of the season can be used, or you can ask the female employees of NERV the media that they loved in childhood.
The goal is to expand the horizons of the girl, attempts to create in the future points of contact with people, as well as a support with which the girl can find her own interests. For the sake of the latter, we will daily ask about her impressions.

(OTL - In 2009, the following shoujo anime began airing (shoujo needs more love!): Fresh Pretty Cure, Gokujou!! Mecha Mote Iinchou (very strange anime in terms of animation, but can be useful because the show is about grooming and manners), Hanasakeru Seishounen (harem - too early for the girl), Jewelpet, Kimi ni Todoke (should also give Shinji and Lucy))

[X] Germany
 
Heads up! I'm formally discontinuing this quest. It's been fun and I've learned alot but I've thought long and hard and my passion for the project has just sorta pitterd out.
 
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