<p>256 is also the amount of numbers that can be represented by 8 bits of data (1 byte)
It seems like the japanese like this kind of numbers, in an Evangelion episode, they claim that the S2 engine could had failed by 32768 possibilities, not considering sabotage.
The number 32768 is the amount of numbers represented in 15 bits of data, or the maximum represented positive number in 16 bits when using one bit for the sign.</p>

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2015-03-22T19:42:07.917Z
I really doubt it has anything to do with number of bits here, though we don't really know if the author is actually influenced by this number.
nhahtdh
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<p>I didn't understand what happened at the sixth episode. Can you explain me the point listed below?</p>

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<li>Why did 256 guardians come for the rescue? Why so many, and why 2<sup>8</sup> of them?</li>
<li>Why did the guardians break the law by rescuing them? What is wrong with the rescue? Why does it become unlawful? Why didn't the command center plan the rescue beforehand? Where they abandoned there officially?</li>
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2014-10-05T21:21:52.413Z
I don't know most of the answers, but I'd say 256 has to do with the numbers in a squad - 8 squads of 32 for example
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What is the significance of the rescue of Nagate and Shizuka by 256 Guardians?
# What is the significance of the rescue of Nagate and Shizuka by 256 Guardians?
Posted by: username_0 on 2014-10-05
I didn't understand what happened at the sixth episode. Can you explain me the point listed below?

* Why did 256 guardians come for the rescue? Why so many, and why 28 of them?
* Why did the guardians break the law by rescuing them? What is wrong with the rescue? Why does it become unlawful? Why didn't the command center plan the rescue beforehand? Where they abandoned there officially?
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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: I don't know most of the answers, but I'd say 256 has to do with the numbers in a squad - 8 squads of 32 for example  
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### Answer by username_2 on 2015-03-22. Score: -2
256 is also the amount of numbers that can be represented by 8 bits of data (1 byte)
It seems like the japanese like this kind of numbers, in an Evangelion episode, they claim that the S2 engine could had failed by 32768 possibilities, not considering sabotage.
The number 32768 is the amount of numbers represented in 15 bits of data, or the maximum represented positive number in 16 bits when using one bit for the sign.
> **Comments:**
> **username_3** (2015-03-22): I really doubt it has anything to do with number of bits here, though we don't really know if the author is actually influenced by this number.  
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