AAA Wunder

AAA Wunder (Autonomous Assault Ark Wunder) (AAAヴンダー), is WILLE's main aerial battleship in Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo. It is a giant, winged, flying ship that serves as main base of operations to Captain Misato Katsuragi and her crew. "Wunder" is pronounced "Vuhn-der".

Features
Being a crewed warship, the AAA Wunder is a highly featured ship.

Externally, its most prominent feature is its ability to sustain powered flight for itself, as well as other objects indefinitely. It is unclear what limits, if any, exist for this flight, however through the films the Wunder is seen carrying large fleets of naval ships, over a dozen ships outfitted with enchanted shields of virtue and Evangelion Unit-08/Unit-08β. The Wunder also appears to be capable of atmospheric exit, re-entry and at least some form of spaceflight.

Internally, the Wunder is run by its own Magi system called the Magi Achiral. Much like the NERV Magi, the Achirals are built of three connected sections, however unlike NERV's Magi which was only one unit, the Magi Achiral consists of hundreds, if not thousands of smaller units which appear to work together. These units are stored in a large, cylindrical room with a rotating elevator and gangway to reach the separated pod each unit is stored in.

As for control over the Wunder, the bridge of the ship is has three seats to be manned as well as the captains deck. When taking flight, the entire bridge transforms and raises before being locked in similarly to the plug of an Evangelion unit. Once sealed, the entire bridge becomes pressurized with LCL Gas, the arrangement of the seats connect to a massive arm attached to the back of the bridge and the walls turn into displays from which the outside can be seen. It is unclear if the ship needs to be in this configuration to take flight or if it is only required for combat.

In combat, the Wunder is capable of producing an extremely dense and powerful A.T. Field at command. The Wunder also has more traditional weaponry in the form of multiple arrays of controlled turrets on the top of the ship.

Finally, the Wunder also acts as a vessel to protect life and as such is equipped with deep space seed pod to spread the natural life of Earth into space.

To power all these features, the ship contains a containment chamber holding Evangelion Unit-01 (Rebuild) as its power source, likely due to its awakened state.

Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo
Operation US was undertaken to retrieve Unit-01 from orbit. After Shinji and Evangelion Unit-01 are retrieved, the Unit is used as the ship's main engine and power generator, allowing the airship to fly. Strangely, the wings generate a blood-like substance when damaged, suggesting that it is biological in nature. When it is attempting to fly, the entire fleet of battleships are brought into the air along with it thanks to its A.T. Field. the Wunder later gains two Halos. The shape of the A.T. Field generated seems to be malleable as seen during the battle against Evangelion 13 where the latter is sealed inside it.

It is important to note that during battle the command bridge rises up and is screwed into the ceiling much the same way an Evangelion Entry Plug is inserted into the back of a particular unit. After which point the bridge is flooded with LCL through gas system, charged, and connected to some unknown biological component that is a part of AAA Wunder.

The airship is attacked twice during the movie. The first time, it is attacked by the Nemesis Series, which Misato uses to demonstrate the power of the Wunder now that it has an Eva to power it and destroys them. The second time, it rams Evangelion 13 in order to seal it before Fourth Impact gets worse, only for Evangelion Mark.09 to attack the Wunder and destroy several of its rail guns. Mark.09 then attempts to take control of the vessel, being the "Wunder's Original Master". Upon Mark.09's destruction, Misato and her crew regains control of the Wunder.

Nekozame-class orbital assault craft is the name of the machine used to board the Wunder by WILLE

In Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon A Time, it was revealed that the original designation for the AAA Wunder was NHG Buβe (NHG)-***1) (NHG ヴーセ), as the Wunder was stolen from NERV, and explains why Ritsuko refers Mark.09 as the Wunder's original Master since all NHG airships have an Evangelion as its Master, and hence NERV has created Evangelion Mark.09-A to attempt another retrieval of the Wunder. This also explains why the AAA Wunder bears a similar appearance as other NHG series airships except that Misato decides to repaint and dismantle it into its current colour scheme and design.

The AAA Wunder is revealed to be an incomplete product of the NHG Series airship, hence its more simplified configurations and lacking the Opfer Type beam attacks mounted in the other NHG series airships, using rail guns instead.

Wunder is destroyed when attempting to prevent the Additional Impact. The crew except Misato, escape using the Nekozame-class orbital assault craft, once used to board the ship to escape, reaching the ruins near Village 3.

Crew

 * Misato Katsuragi
 * Ritsuko Akagi
 * Sakura Suzuhara
 * Shigeru Aoba
 * Makoto Hyuga
 * Maya Ibuki
 * Sumire Nagara
 * Hideki Tama
 * Koji Takao
 * Midori Kitakami
 * Asuka Shikinami Langley
 * Mari Makinami Illustrious

Trivia

 * The term 'Achiral' originates from chemistry, mathematics and physics. It is used to name objects that are identical to their mirror image.
 * "Wunder" is the German word for "miracle".
 * The bridge of the Wunder bears a resemblance to Mark.09's second head.
 * The Wunder and its introductory scenes draw heavily from the Universal Battleship New-Nautilus in Anno's previous work Nadia: Secret of Blue Water. Shirō Sagisu's score from the Nadia soundtrack was adapted and used for Wunder's launch and first battle.
 * 'Buβe' means 'Penance' in German.
 * In Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon A Time, a plaque written in german says:
 * Buβe
 * Kiellegung 21. Juni 11805
 * Sonderbehörde NERV
 * Leitschiff der Hüter von Guf-Klasse
 * Translating it to english it means:
 * Buβe
 * Keel Laid 21. June 11805
 * Special Authority NERV
 * Lead Ship of the Guardians Of Guf-Class
 * The same plaque was written over with AAA Wunder and WILLE in blue paint.