>>4260975Hell now that I think about it it could even get to the point of pretending to go along with the detainment while Misato or the bridge staffers sneak material to the pilots to start an overthrow of NERV, similar to what Barney is doing posing as a metro-cop in HL2.
A NERV imposed martial law occupation of Tokyo 3 would also be something pretty neat to explore if this scenario as well since presumably at this point they'd go gloves off and use the fear and chaos to pull some totalitarian shit out of their ass in the name of "safety protocols" should Angels arive