nerv bae wrote:Thank you, this seems like a good argument that Unit 01 does not continue Third Impacting after Cassius is removed. But does the same reasoning extend to Unit 13 in 3.33? There, we see Unit 13 Fourth Impacting without being driven by either pilot's will and without apparently being autonomous like Mark 06 (to my knowledge Mark 06's autonomy never has visual evidence; it's instead established only in dialogue) or being programmed like Mark 09 (where we see Rei-Q losing control as the Seele symbol is displayed in her plug). If Unit 13 can Impact against such reasoning then I think the argument against Unit 01 impacting "on its own" is a bit weaker.
I don't have an explanation for that beyond narrative since 13 is clearly acting autonomously in Shin against Asuka and before Gendo enters. Whether it being a confirmed Adams and/or hosting an increasingly large number of souls (including a Shikinami original, who have been suggested to be as programmable as the Ayanami series) it makes it a somewhat unique case in comparison to 01 and 06.