Editing Campaign:NERV Boston (section)

===The Beginning of the End===

A week after Armisael was defeated, Rashiid interviewed each of the pilots individually. He asked them if there was anything they would not do if ordered by him or Nerv, and asked some hypothetical questions about what they would do if someone close to them betrayed Nerv. Sonny replied that she would not end the world for him but that was the only limit; Sonny's Bleed Through allowed her to see Rashiid's Fearlessness and Righteousness, which inspired in her an almost fanatical loyalty to him. Thorbjorn replied that he would require a damn good reason if he was asked to kill Billy Bonka or any of the other pilots, and that he would be unable to starve a helpless prisoner. David expressed that he would probably be able to ''not'' kill one of his clones if ordered. Evan didn't really understand the question, and was unable to separate Rashiid's hypothetical follow-up questions from reality. Tanya replied truthfully that she was loyal to Nerv, but it was evident to Rashiid that she was aware that Nerv answered to SEELE and her loyalty extended to them. Asuka just wanted to prove her worth, and would follow whomever would put her in an Eva and let her fight shit.

A few days later, SEELE called Ramsey and Rashiid into the conference room, and asked them that, if the Tanya series was unable to be used for the Instrumentality project, which of their pilots did they consider suitable replacements. Rashiid stated that Sonny was the best candidate, telling SEELE that she was biddable and largely ignorant of the true situation. As neither of these were true in the slightest, he had to make some pretty awesome Deceive checks to get them to buy it. They accepted his suggestion, and listed Sonny and Unit 11 as the backup focus for Instrumentality, after Tanya in Unit 14 (formerly Unit 01).

After the conference, Solomon presented the trace data to Rasmey and Rashiid, detailing the location of each SEELE member scattered across the world. Rashiid passed this data to Dave Madison and the Eigenart Initiative. Armed with the knowledge that the Tanya series was loyal only to SEELE, Solomon rigged Unit 14 with a killswitch that would kill any pilot in the plug when activated, but also outfitted it with a Dummy Plug of Evan, just to make sure that it didn't do anything useful to anybody.

David spent these weeks mapping the vent system in the Geofront, while Sonny was finally allowed to play with the MAGI. Evan spent most of his time with Rebecca, and has gotten a lot crazier as a direct result.

A few weeks later, Thorbjorn treated Tabitha to dinner, but during the evening, she started to look quite ill. She began screaming and the Angel pendant he had given her morphed into a core. Thorbjorn realized what was happening, as did his security detail; Tabitha was Tabris, the final Angel. He apologized to her, and ran towards his security van and the GeoFront. His security detail- actually there to observe Tabitha- opened fire and was quickly destroyed. 

Based on the radio report from the security team, Rashiid mobilized the pilots, and at the prospect of meeting up with another Personal-scale Angel, located another vial of Angel Blood. The Evas were activated, including Asuka in Unit 15, but they were kept in the Eva bay in ambush. Tabitha blasted through all 20 layers of armor in three turns, and floated down into Central Dogma. She took control of Unit 14 and used it to shield her from the airstrike that Rashiid dropped down the nice hole she had blasted for him, which put Unit 14 out of commission. All five pilots then neutralized her; due to their dangerously high sync ratios they were able to take down her massive A.T. Field. Thorbjorn then shed a single manly tear as he vaporized his one true love with a precisely aimed, painless shot from his Positron rifle. 

With Tabitha defeated, the pilots were about to return their Evas to their docks, when dozens of red blips appeared on the tactical displays of Boston...