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"Unit-05" redirects here. For the Mass Production Unit-05, see Mass Production Evangelion#Specific Eva Units.
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Evangelion Provisional Unit-05 (エヴァンゲリオン 仮設5号機, Evangerion Kasetsu Gogōki?) is an Evangelion unit appearing in Rebuild of Evangelion film series. It is an Evangelion unit introduced in Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance, piloted by Mari Makinami Illustrious.

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Official name
Evangelion Provisional Unit-05 (封印監視特化型限定兵器 人造人間エヴァンゲリオン 局地仕様仮設 5号機, Fūin Kanshi Tokuka Gata Gentei Heiki Jinzō Ningen Evangerion Kyokuchi Shiyō Kasetsu Gogōki?, lit. "Seal Guarding-Specialized Model Limited-Use Weapon Android Evangelion Local Specification Hypothetical Unit Five")

Evangelion Provisional Unit-05 is the first Evangelion unit which is not built with a humanoid-like appearance, like Units 00–03. This could however be due to the fact that this unit wasn't fully completed during its first deployment, as its name suggests. It is kept at Bethany Base to guard the sealed Third Angel and eventually recapture or destroy it, should the Angel escape.

Its upper body is fairly similar to the other Production Model Evangelions with its V-shaped torso armor with its head bearing a conical helmet with a glowing yellow visor. However the unit has completely mechanical limbs, the left one being a claw and its right one is initially seen mounting a fixed spear, but Mari later revealed that the digit also possessed a claw. Its shoulder pylons are also different from the other production models. It has energy permanently supplied thanks to a pantograph system installed on the shoulders pylons of the Evangelion and is connected to a large catenary network on the ceiling of the corridors of Bethany Base. Each shoulder pylon energy system is called 1st Current Collector and 2nd Current Collector in the display screen. In each pylon, where it would have a place for a weapon, there are two light sources that shines when the Evangelion is activated. Therefore, Unit-05 does not have a socket for connecting an umbilical cable. The back of the Eva is quite exceptional.

Its lower body is entirely made of prosthesis, with its limbs being four appendages each equipped with a cogwheel at their end. To facilitate movement and breaking, there are two drills that are protected by a cover that when liberated can drill into the ground and secure movement. Each drill also possess a three point laser in its tip to help the aiming of it. The axis of the four lower limbs can be changed to any direction when the drills are in use. These appendages are also equipped with 2 thrusters each to move beyond the Styx shaft in the Bethany Base, allowing it to ascend vertically.

Provisional Unit-05 has a light grey and green color scheme, with some glowing yellow details throughout its body. It should be noted that the green color scheme seems to be only present on the prosthetic limbs and the light grey on the biological parts.

Features[]

Provisional Unit-05 has an extremely limited array of weapons (as suggested by its full designation) in that it has only one weapon: the Anti-Angel Extermination Weapon Spear of Longinus Basic Type (Pseudo-Restoration) (対使徒専用殲滅兵器 簡易式ロンギヌスの槍 (似非復元型), Tai Shito Sen'yō Senmetsu Heiki Kan'ishoku Ronginusu no Yari (Ese Fukugen-gata)?).[1] It is a melee-only weapon with a glowing gem near its tip which is able to pierce an A.T. Field as one can observed during its fight against the Third Angel. Because of its unique configuration, this Evangelion can't use the standard Evangelion weaponry.

Due to the Evangelion's urgent use, the pilot is required to wear special equipment with tubes attached to the wrists and a large helmet with some faulty calibrations due to being forcefully sychronized, not even being able to use the claws to full power.

Another noticeable difference is that it lacks an umbilical cord. Instead it gathers its energy from pantograph-like wires atop the shoulder pylons, which connect to the roofs of the Styx shaft of Bethany Base, operated similarly to a trolleybus.

As the internal power is beginning to come to an end. The Unit-05 head opens its mouth, revealing its mouth, with six pairs of teeth in its upper and lower jaw.

As the core of the Third Angel is destroyed, the entry plug containing Mari is ejected from the Evangelion body and put on a jet airplane that is able to escape the explosion of the Evangelion main body. It isn't shown what happens to the airplane, just the entry plug floating in the water.

History[]

Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance[]

Eva-05's spear

Unit-05's spear easily pierces the Third Angel's A.T. Field.

Unit-05 is piloted by Mari Makinami Illustrious during the opening scene of the movie, It is deployed to counter the escape of the captured Third Angel which was being held at the European/Russian Bethany NERV base. The Evangelion uses all the functions of this configuration like the cogwheels, thrusters, claws and the spear to combat against the Angel. Before the internal power runs out, Mari manages to crush the core and escape as the Evangelion explodes leaving the usual rainbow. Soon after, the Angel also explodes into the Cross shaped and halo, leaving two crosses near each other. The entry plug is seen floating in the water and Mari emerges from it, thankful of being alive as she praises Unit-05 and also saying goodbye to it.

Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon A Time[]

Provisional Unit-05 makes it's last onscreen appearance when Gendo destroys all of the Evangelion Units with the Spear of Gaius piercing Unit-01 and Evangelion 13 to remove everything related to Evangelion.

Development[]

Evangelion Unit-05 (Rebuild 1

Evangelion Provisional Unit-05 as it appears in the preview of Evangelion 2.0

The design seen in the preview of Evangelion 2.0 at the end of Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone is a little bit different of the final design in that it has a slightly different color scheme as well as a second spear in place of the left claw of the final design. The particular classification of the unit, "Provisional Unit", was decided from the first script and has remained unchanged since. [2]

Evangelion Unit-05 Early Design 2

Rough draft by Ikuto Yamashita

In this 2007 rough design done by Ikuto Yamashita, the upper body is similar to the final design, but still using two legs. The arms protections acts as the claws and it holds the spear with the humanoid hands.

Evangelion Unit-05 Early Design 1

Rough draft by Ikuto Yamashita

In a later design, the body is stockier than the previous design, having more elements of the final designs like the four limbs, but still with multiple differences like the rocket container shoulder pylons and a different head design.

Evangelion Provisional Unit-05 Early Design Front

Rough draft by Ikuto Yamashita

This design was used in the preview of 2.0, having similar color schemes, but wielding two different shaped lances and a simplified lower system than the final design. The design was later altered once again with new additions to it.

Trivia[]

  • The boot sequence screen when initializing displays this message:


#EVA Unit 05 PROVISIONAL BOOTUP AND ENTRY SEQUENSE
Version 2.6.21.5 (e50801107ymsy. local)
=========PROJECT EVANGELION subsys Version 4.4.0=========
E.V.I. SYSTEM Firm: Rev> 2.6.21
Manufacture: IPEA 270 (69054117) 5 (ARWEv5PE), cr=0000
Features=0x806040<TM86, UC, BLR, WTRR, PEXA, EXTC [active]
MD: real mem = **268453536122590 (255 TB) [active]
MD: avail mem = **253071315256860 (241 TB) cache wb
LINK: BETHANY BASE CMD CENTER, CSYS x2.0
Built *1107 zone lists. Total pages: *40641701
fxp0: <CHECK ALL CONNECTED O/V DEVICES> port 0x3400-0x04131
Standing by...

References[]

  1. Evangelion 2.0: You Can (Not) Advance Complete Records Collection
  2. "Anno: I had determined in advance that Unit-05 would be done in CG, so from the beginning it had the setting of being provisional. Because of that, from the [design] requests onwards, it was decided that it would not be bipedal. At the initial uchiawase [for Unit-05] with Yamashita-kun, I said something like, it could move on caterpillar treads, and when it stands erect shift to bipedal movement as well. I wanted to try doing the rolling movement of ritai and pivot turns in CG. However, that was rejected by Yamashita-kun, who said that he didn’t want to do it because it would resemble Shin Getter-3 (sad expression). Due to that, it [was given] a four-wheel type of movement. That way, it could drift, and also convey a feeling of speeding along, so that was fine too, I thought. Since I wanted to avoid having it fight hand-to-hand with [small] hand-held weapons, it was given a lance, which only had to thrust, and a claw as its weapons. As an anti-angel weapon, a lance had [something of] the image of the lance of Longinus, and it also made it feel like [Unit-05’s] operation had been specialized, so I thought that would be good. The idea of giving it power through a trolley system also came from Yamashita-kun. That was good, as it also changed things visually, and again gave the feeling that [Unit-05’s] operation had been specialized for [use] within the base. After Yamashita-kun’s work had finished I added a few minor details. I believe the work of revising the model was terrible [for Yamashita]. Though I was sorry about that, there was nothing I could do." at https://www.gwern.net/docs/eva/2010-crc#part-10
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