Misato Katsuragi, Captain, had been involved with SOLDIER since the little "accident" that had claimed her father and mother. She had been involved with training the Rei series when they'd been twelve year old girls getting ready for their first mission as disposable soldiers. She'd seen as they and the Kaworu series had had their share of problems. More than their share of problems, as some would say.
The conflicts in Africa, Afghanistan, New Babylon, and Hellenic League had been the 'crucible of their destiny' as one of the more poetically-inclined researchers had put it. Misato had been involved with the initial training as regular units, and then handed off units for various specialized training.
Some of those involved had met with accidents, not the sort that anyone had arranged either. Some of the Rei units had turned suicidal, or had apparently that everyone else qualified as an enemy, or had made a simple mistake. Of course, simple mistakes when dealing with large explosive devices tended to get messy.
Misato had worked with the Rei Prime at several points, especially during rehabilitation. She had, as much as anyone ever did, kept as professional and emotionless a relationship with the Rei units as she could - per policy and procedure.
One of the reasons she was taken off active military training and shifted to Operations six months ago was that the necessary detachment had been fraying. Perhaps it was seeing yet another Rei in bloody pieces at yet another battlefront. Perhaps it was the explosion that left Rei Prime with her facial scars and three factured ribs. Perhaps it was seeing what had once been a little girl under her care dispassionately holding a flap of skin closed with one hand while providing covering fire from a pistol with the other. Perhaps it was when Rei had turned to her and forgotten to lower the pistol. Whatever the case, Misato had been a little more jittery and shaken and a desk job had been in her future.
Then came a series of unfortunate events.
That office party had been revealing. Too revealing in some respects. A few people had gotten "chatty" at the little celebration to mark the newest accomplishment.
Gendo smirked. If Ritsuko Akagi at some point became a liability, well, what was good for the goose and all. Getting old friends back together again would be entirely too fitting and would satisfy his sense of irony.
Misato Katsuragi was now slave mitzy, property of Ranma Saotome but also his legal guardian.
Gendo looked over the computer file, noting that the brainstamping and processing had been largely successful and that the template used was-
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