| abstract | - The entire city of Tokyo-3 was essentially built as a fortress to protect NERV from the Angel threat and to provide housing for all those who worked there. The city was designed with the Evangelions in mind as elevators, power sockets, and weaponry litter the city. According to Gendo Ikari in Episode 21 "all the resources mankind has to offer are being poured into that facility," it is truly the last hope mankind has against the Angel threat. Project E, the Adam Revival Project all began here. Part of the Adam Revival Project, the Evangelions, were researched and developed here, and many of them were also built on location. NERV HQ and Tokyo-3 are where all active Evangelions and their pilots are based, and it is from NERV HQ that they are sortied. The tip of the iceberg, so to speak, of NERV HQ is the black pyramid that juts into the GeoFront. The black pyramid has an inverted pyramid leading off of it that acts as a reservoir for the base's water needs. Towards the top of this pyramid is NERV Commander's Office, which has a Tree of Life diagram as well as a image of atomic trails from inside a bubble-chamber. There are 18 reinforced windows within the superstructure of Tokyo-3 that allow the GeoFront and NERV HQ to be bathed in natural light. The GeoFront has a number of train and car-train services that run into it, taking those onboard directly to NERV HQ; the car train Misato and Shinji use Episode 1 is called the C-22 Special Express. The central shaft leading down into Terminal Dogma has a spiraling-elevator that opens up onto hexagonal-shaped doors, while the other shafts located about the central shaft have automated pathways that run across their expanses at increments of 10 floors.
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