Editing Campaign:NERV Siberia (section)

==The Enemy==

<b>VRAG-00: Program Sachiel</b>
*<b>Appearance:</b> Sachiel is a spindly, amphibious humanoid Vrag slightly larger than an Evangelion. The Vrag has an unusually lanky physique and exaggerated proportions, arms reaching below the knees, and elongated shins and feet, with the impression of leg length furthered by the absence of a head and neck. Sachiel is part of a training simulation used to test Dolg Kommanda on their teamwork and combat abilities, as well as familiarizing the newer pilots on Evangelion operation. 
*<b>Tactics:</b> The Sachiel program proved to be a straight-forward melee fighter, though it may be that is was defeated before the program could activate any other abilities.
*<b>Death:</b> The killing blow was struck by Lt. Pavlichenko and her Evangelion, Chernobog. Sachiel was torn in two, its last moments spent thrashing on the ground before expiring. Both pilot and Evangelion seemed to enjoy the (simulated) carnage.

<b>VRAG-01: Colossus</b> [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4-Y9Fjvdbk&feature=related Battle Theme]
*<b>Appearance:</b> Colossus is 100 meters tall, with a long, thickly muscled body stretching 220m long from chest to tail, built almost a bit like a centaur. The head is a wickedly toothed, long, dragon-like maw, with four glowing, red eyes lining either side of the massive, biting muzzle, leading down into a well-armored body with a huge, red Core organ built prominently into the chest, massive, clawed arms, joining into a long, six-legged body built for strength and speed. A huge, yellowish organ seems to be built into the creature's forehead, as well. The entire thing is pure white, except for the glowing red core in the center.
*<b>Tactics:</b> Despite its massive size, the Vrag had two powerful ranged weapons. One was an ice beam that came from the organ on its forehead, enhanced by an AT Funnel. The other was a toxic acid spray capable of melting even through an EVA's armor.
*<b>Death:</b> The killing blow was a dual effort between pilots Elsa and Miko, each using an AT Wave to form a double soul guillotine to break the core.

<b>VRAG-02: Pestilence</b>
*<b>Appearance:</b> Hovering just a short ways off the ground, the creature is about 60m in length, thin and bug-like, with thousands of insectile legs lining its underbelly like some kind of obscene, winged parody of a millipede. It's pure white, like the last one, save its enormous, red core on its underside, almost making it look pregnant with the massive crystal. The entire body is covered in some kind of shining armor.
*<b>Tactics:</b> The Vragi used its speed and multiple scything legs with deadly efficiency in melee combat, protected by its hard outer shell.
*<b>Death:</b> Pestilence met its end at the hands of pilot Griet and her battle rifle, one of the massive rounds shattering the core and avoiding an explosion.


<b>VRAG-03: Tunguska</b> [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kxJ7UjDqO4&feature=related Battle Theme]

Appearance: Tunguska took the shape of an Evangelion unit-like figure, covered in black, boney armor plates, lacking the massive shoulder wings, with white, soft light spilling out from under the gaps in its organic armor. It hovered softly above the ground, moving with bizarre, jerky bursts of speed, as though time was expanding and contracting around it.

Tactics: Tunguska used enormous positron beams and wider, less focused energy blasts, including short-ranged bursts of explosive force, to batter and harry the EVA units. It also dispatched a large number of Conventionals compared to previous Vragi.

Death: After losing its head, both arms, and its legs, the Vrag's chest was ripped open by the teeth of Cernobog and Unit 41, at which point its core was shot out by Griet and her Long Las.

'''VRAG-04: Herald'''

Appearance: Herald appeared as a powerful, glowing humanoid figure, with wings of light and a blazing sword that turned this way and that.

Tactics: Herald approached EVA units and Conventionals, and through some manner, connected to memories of significance and major mental blocks in the pilots. It is notable that he did not make a single actual attack on the pilots until his AT field was breached and a laser caught him in the leg. Once prodded into action, Herald struck with spears of light fired from his wings and his blazing sword.

Death: Pilot Faustus flung Lt. Pavlichenko and her EVA unit onto the flying monster, allowing her to bite through the core and kill Herald. Herald then went nuclear, disabling Cernobog and causing a plug breach. Lt. Pavlichenko, being a badass, survived with only minor burns and was released from the hospital after a day's observation.

Several Vragi whose details are no longer easily logged follow.

===Incident Report: Boneyard===

The team was called out to the Russian EVA-Production/Training facility, code-named Boneyard, to investigate a massive AT event that had occured only hours before. All contact with the facility had been lost. The only possible option to investigate safely involved sending the EVA team in with recon gear and smaller, remote-controlled robots to explore P-Scale areas, in order to penetrate the field. Once inside, they found evidence of a lot of people being exposed to strong AT Fields (I.E. uniforms in puddles of LCL) and a lot of EVA parts and pieces. Upon exploring further, they found several survivors, but also evidence of the Russian Manufactured Program, which has caused Lt. Pavlichenko no end of distress at discovering she is, in fact, an artificially engineered human being. They also found evidence of sabotage; Some foreign agent, posing as a training officer, had convinced a test pilot to take the nearly complete EVA-45E, which had not yet been cyberized and restrained, and try to destroy Russia's stock of Cores, an act that would also destroy the facility beyond repair. Without restraint systems, however, the pilot, Lt. Kastyev, had essentially merged with the now-Angelic EVA-45E and proceeded to start trying to produce Bardiel-type zombies from the EVA parts in storage, as well as augmenting its own flesh with the EVA pieces in the disposal labs. The pilots destroyed the Bardiel-types, preventing them from fully utilizing the cores in storage and partly ending the AT event, then moved through to engage EVA-45E and its pilot in conversation in what inexplicably appeared to be a serene meadow where the Walkabout Mobility Testing chamber should've been. 45E dropped a fair number of hints, as it could communicate through its human component, including the name Lillith being mentioned, and mention of a 'Doctrinal Conflict' and the necessary destruction of the 'Lillim'. It did so to delay the pilots' attack long enough to allow it to absorb more flesh and prepare itself further. They moved into Disposal, which had been rendered a featureless black void by the massively bloated and horrible 45E's AT field, only to find themselves under attack with its insanely powerful AT abilities. Taking charge, Pilot Faustus led the team in a coordinated attack, using her heavy armor and AT field for cover before amplifying it via Group Synch, shutting down 45E's own AT powers and leaving it fighting physically. It was no match for the Pilots in a physical fight, with Lt. Pavlichenko biting and rending the hell out of it before Pilot Jacobs' EVA went berserk and tried to stab out its spine. Eventually, they exposed the abomination's plug, and with surprising grace, Lt. Pavlichenko removed it without causing harm, essentially ripping out 45E's brain and killing the abomination, ending the AT event, and saving the Boneyard, which is now ruled recoverable. Despite this, a huge blow has been dealt to the Russian EVA program; hundreds of specialists are dead or wounded, the facility suffered serious damage, and they lost EVA-45E. Lt. Kastyev was recovered and stabilized, but the pilots suffered serious Ego and Sanity damage during the ordeal, including Lt. Pavlichenko suffering a minor contamination mutation, altering her jaw and tongue to be more in line with the predatory nature of her EVA unit. In addition, the long term effects on Lt. Pavlichenko's mental stability from discovering her own Manufactured nature are currently unknown. The team was victorious, but the war is far, far from over.

VRAG-08: Dreadnought.

Appearance: VRAG-08 was an enormous, floating core, supported by crystalline arms and legs capable of generating powerful electrical currents. It was also capable of generating a powerful explosive blast, and possessed enormous physical toughness and a strong AT field.

Tactics: The Vrag was, unfortunately, very slow, allowing the team to meet it on their terms in formation, neutralize its AT field, and then engage with a mixture of long-range laser fire, short range boltpistol support, and Cernobog's claws.

Death: It was destroyed pretty utterly by an amazing shot from Pilot Jakobs' sniper rifle, and by making Cernobog go berserk. One does not simply make Cernobog go berserk without consequences. Even developing a heavy AOE GPC during its last phase did not help, and it was unable to destroy any of the EVA units, even if it badly wounded EVA-41 and Cernobog. The DM is now considering using the Apocolyptic table.

===The Reveal===

After an accidental uncovering of a data-recording device hidden within the complex black boxes in Mephestophiles, the team discovered a long-ago message from one Dr. Klaus Eigenhart, the last will and testament of his Initiative and its opposition to SEELE. Mephy is apparently their creation and their last hope, sent to the Russians because they would neither destroy it nor refuse to use it and had no links with SEELE. A conversation with the EVA units themselves, as well as significant and disturbing mutations that may or may not mark the Apotheosis of the units, revealed even more information. SEELE possesses, through NERV, Lillith, the creator (accidentally) of humanity and one part of a great duality intended as an experiment by the First Ancestral Race. They do not, however, possess the Xenotech lance necessary to truly bind and keep her dormant, and she is beginning to awaken in response to the increase in Vrag activity. Unfortunately, Adam is neither dead nor as controlled as mankind might have wished, and is beginning to stir in his slumber in a great underground cave system near where Antarctica used to stand. Both Progenitors are beginning to stir and awaken, and the Pilots and their commanders are desperately trying to decide which to strike at first, the weakened Adam or the somewhat-bound Lillith. The situation was further complicated by Russia's possession of the Lance of Longinus, unveiled from the Tunguska crater years after the original blast incident, after it had deorbited into Siberia. Used quickly, the Lance could bind and stop Lillith without a struggle or an Impact event, but storming Tokyo-3 with an armed team of EVAs and a xenotech weapon of Godlike power could cause millions of deaths and provoke a world war. However, if Lillith is defeated, Adam may yet awake, leaving the team to face him in EVA Units without the Lance, which could be catastrophic even if they win. In the end, the team decided (along with their superiors) to strike at Adam while the Kermlin tries to convince the UN of the existence of SEELE and the necessity of binding Lillith without a fight. The team faces their greatest battles, but if they are strong enough, mankind may yet survive this mess...

===Throwing Down The Progenitor===

With no other options and the location of Adam discovered, the team's handlers decided to send the Pilots deep into the ocean at the initial Impact site, to hunt down and engage the hopefully-still-dormant Adam in direct combat. Wingleader Elsa Faustus quietly confirmed there wouldn't be any possibility of striking at the beast a second time if they failed, but decided not to inform the others so as to keep the pressure down somewhat during the long flight to the Antarctic. Upon dropping into the sea floor, the Pilots discovered a small AT Barrier keeping a large cave entrance clear of the seawater and otherwise sealing it off from the ravages of the icey depths. Upon moving past the light barrier, they found themselves in an alien ecosystem, with strange, Core-producing plants and multiple embryonic Vragi, as well as the Giant of Light himself, awake but not at his full power. Adam claimed that by assaulting him with his own children, the pilots were only proving the weakness of Lillim, and thus regardless of the outcome of this battle, proved the superiority of the Adamite model of life and thus would signal his creators' victory in the Doctrinal Conflict of the First Ancestral Race. The Pilots, not really giving a damn about a billions-of-years old alien experiment when the survival of their entire species was on the line, told the alien deity to fuck himself and proceeded to attempt to murder him. The battle was hard-fought, as the team raced to destroy Adam before he could fully spread his almost deific AT field and reach full power, contending with his absolute mastery of the AT field and extremely powerful body. In the end, however, it was a combination of Griet's mastery of the Lillim-engineered Great Positron Cannon, Elsa's AT powers, and Tanya's raw ferocity that held the day. Adam's immense power simply couldn't match the might of their Synched AT fields and heavy weaponry, though Lt. Helmanetski's bolt pistol was significantly less effective. Adam made his final mistake when he vaporized Cernobog's arms, causing the angry, angry EVA to become even angrier, and his pilot to become ANGRIER BY FAR. His shining body destroyed, Adam pulled his final gambit, literally transcending his physical body and becoming a figure made of his own deifically powerful AT field, but a chorus of heavy weapons fire, antimatter, teeth, and the massive AT power of the entire team synching together put a stop to that, destroying Adam Transcendent forever. The ecosystem bubble he had created collapsed, nearly destroying the Pilots as the ocean came crashing in, but they escaped. With Adam's death, 2nd Impact has been avenged, and no new Vragi can be produced. Adamite life has been effectively exterminated from the Earth, leaving it free for the Lillim. The team must now pray that Russia's diplomats can convince the UN to allow them to Bind Lillith with the Lance of Longinus before she reawakens, necessitating another epic conflict. If the UN is too deeply influenced by SEELE, the team will be forced to move against Tokyo-3 in force, possibly causing significant collateral damage and committing an act of war, in order to prevent a cataclysm that could yet erase the human race.

===Rock the Planet===

Ten days later, the EVAs have been repaired at a frantic pace. The Pilots are led, ostenisibly to briefing, by several base guards, who inform them that 'Stuttgart has made its decision' and then begin shooting. Showing remarkable courage, the pilots are able to kill or capture their would-be assassins before joining Major Gorky and fighting off a second wave of assassins, deep-cover SEELE agents who have been burned to try to prevent the Pilots attacking Tokyo-3. Shortly after, General Kurinov tells the team that Stuttgart has given Russia military access to Tokyo-3 to Bind Lillith, setting off SEELE's desperate final gambit to protect the site. The American team, uninvolved in the war thus far and free of SEELE's influence, has been activated and dispatched to Tokyo-3 alongside the Pacific Fleet, led by the USS Nimitz. Russia scrambles to prepare the Pilots to strike at Tokyo-3, with the revelation that Tokyo-3, not Stuttgart, is the seat of SEELE's greatest influence and power, and that the Japanese Team, the Berlin Team, and the JSDF will likely be arrayed against the Pilots and their allies. Worrying they may have to fight their former comrade, Miko Nakamura, the Pilots prepare to do their best to talk her and any other Pilots they can out of following SEELE's orders. Whatever happens, the pilots will have to force their way into Terminal Dogma, and face down Lillith herself, Lance in hand, to Bind her that her children may live.

===The End of History===

The team made it through to Tokyo-3 via a Dirac Breach, hopping past the rogue JSDF's blockade via teleporting EVA sorcery, and encountered the Tokyo-3 team, led by their old comrade Miko Nakamura. While a confrontation seemed inevitable, a combination of AT Barriers and diplomacy, as well as the arrival of the Berlin unit and their hostile actions towards the Russian team, managed to unit the Japanese and Russian EVA teams to head for the Geofront and try to stop the awakening of Lillith. The Berlin team was astonishingly easily disposed of by the AT wizardry of Miko Nakamura and the GPC's godlike power, and the team headed down into the Geofront only to be confronted with a Dirac Breach that seemed to be spilling Mass Produced Evangelion Units. A significant combat ensued that also saw the intervention of Col. Durond and the American team, showing up to hold off the regenerating horrors as the team moved down to attempt to stop Lillith. They discovered the body of Ritsuko, as well as Gendo Ikari, holding a smoking gun, and Rei Ayanami about to be merged with Lillith. Thinking quickly, Elsa managed to snipe Ayanami, putting the doll-like creature down completely. Ikari exclaimed that the Pilots had just destroyed the only means of controlling Lillith and likely doomed mankind, before being crushed by Miko. Lillith, as Ikari had mentioned, began to stir and awaken, but the party, with their understanding of what the Doctrinal Conflict meant, were able to convince her that her side had already proved its superiority, and that a recycling of humanity would be completely redundent. The Last Progenitor departed peacefully, though the Pilots expressed some concern about the insane machine and its (if they yet live) even crazier creators. Exhausted, the pilots made their way to the surface, having ruined the plans of both SEELE and Gendo, destroyed the Progenitor of the Vragi, and convinced the mother of Mankind to leave her children in peace. At long last, despite the hedge of conspiracies and madness, the EVA program had accomplished its supposedly superficial and false goal: It had served to save humanity in its present form and save the earth, the Pilots having ensured that a recognizable human existence would continue into the future, and that Lillim-pattern life would rule the earth...