Evangelion Mark.44A

Evangelion Mark.44A is an autonomous mass-production model classed as an aviation-specialized type, introduced in Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon A Time. Apart from the back, its proportions roughly match an ordinary Evangelion, wearing armor in blue and dark green with numerous surfaces shaped to help it hold altitude. The design is horizontally symmetrical, effectively two Evangelion bodies facing opposite directions, a structure often cited to explain the doubled 4 in its designation.

Flight comes from rotating pylons that stand in for all four limbs, generating lift much like the Mark.04A or a quad-propeller drone. Where a head would sit, two Angel masks are lashed down by orange cables wrapped around the eyes and beak, and the forward face mounts a lance-style weapon patterned on the Spear of Longinus for engaging enemies. Whether the swarm thinks for itself or relies on a dummy plug system is never established.

The units behave as a colony. During the Paris Assault Mission, a swarm of Mark.44As descends while WILLE works to unlock the Angel sealing pillar that will restore Paris and, more importantly, EURO-NERV, whose salvage is needed to give Unit-08 overlap capability and rebuild Unit-02. Unit-08 β-ICC deploys to destroy the wave and keep the AAA Wunder and its crew out of danger. The type's final appearance comes when the Spear of Gaius pierces Unit-01 and Evangelion 13, erasing every Evangelion from existence.

No pilot occupies the Mark.44A; every unit in the swarm operates autonomously under NERV. It fights as the first wave of the layered Paris defense, ahead of the Mark.44B generator formation and the Mark.4444C cannon platform hidden behind their Camouflage Cocoon.