ADAM
The very first Angel was discovered in
Antarctica during the Katsuragi expedition lead by Misato's father. It was there
that the first Angel, Adam, was found, described by those few survivors of the
expedition team as a glowing giant. Humanity had found their god of gods, but
when humanity attempted to contain what they had found, by reducing Adam to
his embryo form, their god fought back, the second impact. Adam vanished, and
was not seen again until many years later when humanity revived their god, from
his remains found after the second impact, containing him in his embryo form.
Then came the Angels....
Presumably Adam possesses similar abilities to the
Evangelions constructed by both NERV and SEELE as the Eva series was created
from Adam. In line with this presumption then, Adam most likely possesses superior
strength over that of all the other Angels along with the ability to rapidly
regenerate making the Angel the ultimate close combat opponent. As with all
the other Angels, Adam possesses an S2 engine capable of providing an infinite
source of energy, and it is rumored that Adam has the ability to manipulate
this energy in many devastating ways which would explain the melting of Antarctica's
ice. Adam also possesses an AT Field, Absolute Terror Field, that is a kind
of almost impenetrable force field. All the other Angels come with one too,
though Adam's strength is unknown.