Why didn't they just develop the dummy plug system

>>15234735
hey boss it looks like we might finish killing humanity before we burn through all these Reis, what do you want to do with them
shit I dunno, that new kid's a spaz, maybe we can make some backup pilots out of them

>>15235040

>Shit man, How do we get that loose cannon Ikari to iron out the bugs in the MP EVA control system? He'll have it figured out in minutes.

>Frame it as a more reliable backup and demand it get integrated for safety. Plug in some data recorders too; might be the closest we get to understanding the EVA's tendency to frenzy next time his twat kid lets the thing get away from him.

>That's all well and good, but we also can't ship him the real control units, for obvious reasons...

>Tell him to use some of his creepy clone harem; He only ever really cares about the active one in the first place.