While we're waiting for Kimera, here's some background detail:<br/><br/><br/>On the Base Commander:<br/><br/>Naoko Akagi is quite possibly the most powerful women in the world; if she had the temperment, she would be the richest as well.  Her activation of the MAGI supercomputer system in 2004 managed to somehow stabilize the world economy by greatly simplifying the tastk of decontaminating dead sea water, and radically transforming investment and insurance by providing shockingly accurate predictions of the future.  Naoko has spent the past ten years with the three most influental rulers in the world constantly telling her she's right, and has converted herself into a cyborg so that she can call herself "The fourth MAGI supercomputer."  She is known to be having an affair with Keel Lorenz, and designed many of the cybernetic implants which restored his mobility after his car accident.  Dr. Akagi is also soon to be infamous for being the lead designer of the pallet gun.<br/><br/>Her daughter is deeply frustrated in every way a woman can be frustrated, which seems to translate into radical designs for the Evangelions and weapons; Ritsuko was the lead designer of the progressive knive, though her original design called for massive chainsaw like blades protruding from the arms of the Evangelion.  Naoko outsourced the design to a Chinese box-cutter company, which SEELE had quietly arranged the top 10 mechanical engineers of the class of 2008 to work for.  Ritsuko owns a gigantic collection of stuffed animals, because her mother, who she lives with, does not allow her to own a cat.<br/><br/><br/>Shortlist of Possible Base Commanders:<br/><br/>-Keel Lorenz<br/>-Yui Ikari<br/>-Gene Frederson<br/>-Ritsuko Akagi<br/>-Pope Pius XIII<br/><br/><br/>On AT field Patterns:<br/><br/>The MAGI computers have several designations that they use for different patterns commonly encountered in AT fields.<br/><br/>AT Pattern Green: The green AT pattern is seen in Evangelions under normal operation, and is used to calibrate the defenses of NERV HQ.  If an AT field pattern other than pattern green with an ATS over 1 is detected within NERV HQ, the base will automatically lock down blast doors over every area and coat the Evangelions in bakelite.  If a foreign AT field is detected in central dogma, the Bakelite sealed Evangelions, if they are in their cages, are automatically launched in preparation for the next layer of security.  If a foreign AT field penetrates terminal dogma, the N2 self destruct system automatically activates, destroying the NERV HQ pyramid and exposing terminal dogma to the geofront, while messages are sent on every available communication medium to deploy every existing N2 mine to terminal dogma in an attempt to destroy the intruder and terminal dogma itself.<br/><br/>AT Pattern Blue: Gazardiel registers as AT pattern blue, and it is theorized that most angels will have an AT field that resembles that of Gazardiel.  Much of NERV's equipment is optimized to detect blue AT fields, but Angels' AT fields (working from the example of Gazardiel) deflect radar waves, making detecting them extremely difficult.<br/><br/>AT Pattern Red: AT Pattern red was defined by Adam, the first angel, from data gathered during the second impact.  Theoretically, it will never be seen again, but the countermeasures built into NERV HQ were originally designed to activate based on a Red AT pattern.  In practice, Evangelions have been known to briefly reconfigure their AT fields to pattern red when volunteers hit terminal depth limit during contact experiments, shortly before their death.<br/><br/>AT Pattern Yellow: When an AT field is pending analysis, it registers as AT pattern yellow.  If the AT field remains at AT pattern yellow, it is likely beyond analysis.  The defenses in NERV HQ only trigger if the AT pattern remains yellow for more than one minute, though the MAGI are able to disable this feature in the case of equipment failure.<br/><br/>AT Pattern Orange: When AT analysis is complete, but the results are inconclusive, the AT pattern is declared Orange.  AT pattern Orange is essentially a placeholder for new AT patterns, but is used as a setting for NERV's defenses.<br/><br/>AT Pattern Sepia: AT Pattern sepia was first detected during the contact experiments, but all other details are classified.  An intense search for references will tern up cryptic references to the contamination zone, suggesting that the AT pattern is also related to oversynchronization and possibly EVA induced death.<br/><br/>AT Pattern White: AT Pattern white is a theoretical AT pattern derived from human DNA.  Dr. Akagi has very little to say about it other than that, but there have been a number of experiments at NERV which are not particularly classified concerning the detection and use of white pattern AT fields among human beings claiming psychokinetic powers.  Despite this, NERV's defenses are still configured to activate in the presence of strong AT pattern white fields.