SEELE Reconnaissance Drone
ItemThe SEELE Reconnaissance Drone is a stealth scout aircraft from the Neon Genesis Evangelion: ANIMA novels, shaped after the B-2 bomber and guided by an organic artificial intelligence. It serves as the eyes of SEELE's surviving forces in the novel's post-series conflict.
Overview
This unmanned aircraft flies scouting missions for SEELE across the ANIMA novel series. Its airframe borrows the flying wing profile of the American B-2 stealth bomber, and rather than a conventional flight computer, an organic artificial intelligence handles its operation.
Function
Ikuto Yamashita's rough concept for the machine reveals a grislier idea beneath the sleek shell: a pilotless stealth plane grafted with an Angel's nervous system, giving the drone a living control core. That biomechanical premise did not stop with the drone itself; the concept was later inherited by the Angel Carrier.
Notable Users
The drone belongs to the remnant forces SEELE still commands during the ANIMA storyline, flying reconnaissance on the organization's behalf. Illustrator Magaki Ryota produced artwork of the craft for the novels, while Yamashita's original draft appears in the Neon Genesis Evangelion: ANIMA Visual Book.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the SEELE Reconnaissance Drone?
The SEELE Reconnaissance Drone is a stealth scout aircraft from the Neon Genesis Evangelion: ANIMA novels. It flies reconnaissance missions for SEELE's surviving forces during the novel's post-series conflict.
What is the SEELE Reconnaissance Drone based on?
The SEELE Reconnaissance Drone borrows its flying wing profile from the American B-2 Spirit stealth bomber. Rather than a conventional flight computer, it is guided by an organic artificial intelligence.
How does the SEELE Reconnaissance Drone work without a pilot?
Designer Ikuto Yamashita's original concept for the SEELE Reconnaissance Drone grafts an Angel's nervous system into the pilotless stealth plane, giving it a living control core in place of a normal flight computer. That biomechanical idea was carried over into an organic artificial intelligence for the finished aircraft.
Who operates the SEELE Reconnaissance Drone?
The SEELE Reconnaissance Drone belongs to the remnant forces SEELE still commands during the ANIMA storyline, flying scouting missions on the organization's behalf.
What later design inherited the SEELE Reconnaissance Drone's concept?
Ikuto Yamashita's biomechanical concept behind the SEELE Reconnaissance Drone was later inherited by the Angel Carrier. Artwork of the drone itself appears in the Neon Genesis Evangelion: ANIMA Visual Book, illustrated by Magaki Ryota.
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