Half Life 1 Xen
Main article:This chapter follows Gordon as he arrives at the in Sector C, acquires his, and participates in a mysterious experiment in the.Later on, once he reaches his destination, Gordon glimpses the G-Man in an argument with a scientist behind soundproof glass. After donning his HEV Suit, he proceeds to the Test Chamber, containing a large.
Immediately after pushing an into the scanning beam, the system goes critical, triggering a. This opens an inter-dimensional portal between and a bizarre alien world known as. Gordon is briefly teleported there during the ordeal, at one point encountering what appear to be sentient life forms, including. Gordon blacks out shortly after. Main article:This chapter details Gordon's efforts to reach the surface to get help in the aftermath of the. This chapter introduces the player to weapons, combat, and environmental hazards, among other things.Waking up back in Black Mesa, Gordon makes his way out of the Test Chamber. He manages to reach his colleague, who informs him that all communication outside Black Mesa has been lost.
Xen Half Life Black Mesa
The exact fate of Xen after the death of the Nihilanth in Half-Life is unknown, though it is sometimes mentioned in further installations of the series. In Half-Life 2, Resistance teleports are dependent on Xen for intra-dimensional transportation, since the matter stream utilizes the Borderworld as a slingshot to teleport into local space. The G-Man also stated at the end of Half-Life that he and his employers are in control of.
Eli requests that Gordon try to reach the surface in order to find help. Black Mesa has suffered massive structural damage, and aliens from begin randomly teleporting in all around the facility.
Most are simply reacting naturally to their new surroundings, but even more hostile are the creatures glimpsed earlier, known as, who seem to attack with a single-minded intent to kill. Gordon also occasionally witnesses the, watching him from out-of-reach places.Since the tram system is too damaged to function, Gordon must cross 's Coolant Reserve Facility in order to find a way out.
Main article:This chapter finds Gordon passing through various storage and staging areas, continuing his hunt for a way to the surface. He learns that the soldiers rumored to be coming on a rescue mission have already arrived. While attempting to join up with them, Gordon witnesses a soldier killing an innocent scientist, revealing to him that the is there not only to eliminate the alien threat but also everyone else connected to the project.Gordon continues battling through hostile forces, both alien and human, until eventually reaching the surface. He finds the area completely under the military control and in the middle of a mortar bombardment, forcing him to retreat back into the complex. Back underground, Gordon learns from a scientist that the surviving members of the Lambda Team, set up in the at the other end of the facility, may be able to close the dimensional rift.
Gordon starts a trek across Black Mesa to reach them. Main article:Gordon enters an abandoned, largely sealed-off area of Black Mesa, dating back to its earlier days during the as a missile complex.
The area is full of mothballed machinery and is now used as a dumping ground for toxic waste from the rest of the facility. The HECU soldiers lack a foothold in this location due to the high concentration of aliens present. Here, Gordon encounters a deadly new foe, the.
After reactivating the fuel, power, and oxygen lines, Gordon manages to incinerate the Tentacles by activating the rocket engine at the top of the silo that the creatures were inhabiting. He leaves through the dirt tunnel that the Tentacles had receded into.
Main article:Trying to reach the surface once more, Gordon's progress is thwarted by a clash between a and soldiers in. He learns from a dying security guard that, if he restores the power, he can ride the monorail to the surface. Gordon enters the -infested subterranean areas and activates the generator, restoring power to the vicinity. After activating more switches, he destroys the Gargantua patrolling the area by luring it into the transformers supplying power to the tram line. Boarding a rail cart, Gordon smashes through a barricade of concrete blocks to proceed on his way. Main article:As Gordon rides the monorail through the Materials Transport section of Black Mesa, he learns from a security guard that he must head to the to launch a which the Lambda Team can use to reverse the effects of the. Gordon encounters further resistance from HECU forces, now actively hunting him in revenge for the large number of casualties he has carried out.
He eventually makes his way back up to the surface through use of several elevators and makes his way to the launch site. There, he succeeds in sending the rocket into orbit but is once again forced to travel back underground.
Main article:Gordon finds himself in the secret, where he discovers that scientists had been 'collecting' specimens from the parallel universe long before the resonance cascade occurred.Gordon rearms himself against the HECU as well as various alien enemies running amok in the lab. He encounters for the first time the alien military units, the, and manages to scavenge a powerful experimental weapon, the, from the remains of a scientist and security guard. He presses on his search for the Lambda Complex. View of the canyon from the cliff where a soldier is waiting for Gordon.After arming himself with advanced prototype weaponry, Gordon again reaches the surface which has become a war zone. Aliens have begun making determined strikes against the soldiers, turning the tide of the battle in their favor. Gordon scales a cliff wall and navigates several bombed out buildings, combating both sides as the forces of begin to dominate the battlefield.
Finally, Gordon reaches relative safety underground.Trivia. The original name of this chapter, Cliff Hanger, was used at 1998. Like 'Half-Life', ', ', and ', 'Surface Tension' is a scientific pun, referring to which makes certain objects float above it. 'Forget about Freeman!
We are cutting our losses and pulling out. Anyone left down there now is on his own.' ― HECU MarineThe, after having taken heavy losses in their battle against the aliens and failing to neutralize Gordon, abandon their mission and begin to evacuate the facility, calling in air strikes and heavy artillery to cover their retreat. Gordon makes his way into an underground storage garage to avoid the bombardments and navigates his way through underground water channels, fighting his way through scores of aliens and the remaining HECU forces before finally reaching the.
The teleport chamber in the Lambda Complex.Gordon arrives at the, but instead of the science team, he finds that the majority of the complex is now overrun by hostile creatures. He is informed that he must flood the reactor chambers in order to access the core, and that a team of scientists is waiting for him at the tip of the reactor. Gordon navigates through the Lambda Core, facing numerous assaults from the forces, now the primary enemy after the evacuation of the.After much struggle, Gordon finally reaches what is left of the science team where he discovers that the Lambda Complex is where the teleportation technology that allowed scientists to travel to Xen was developed.
The handful of surviving personnel, who have held themselves up in a small stronghold, inform Gordon that the satellite he launched was not able to reverse the effects of the because an on the other side was keeping the portal between the worlds open. Gordon learns that he must kill it to prevent the Xen aliens from completely taking over. To prepare for what lies ahead, Gordon arms himself and collects the. After an attempted interception by, the scientists activate the teleport and he is teleported to Xen.Trivia The original chapter name was Down and Out. 'Time to choose.'
― The G-ManWhen Gordon comes to, he is confronted by the. Both are transported to various locales around while the G-Man praises Gordon's actions there. He explains that his 'employers' are now in control of the borderworld for the time being and have authorized him to offer Gordon a job, agreeing that he has 'limitless potential'. The final teleportation places them inside a tram identical to the one Gordon rode on at the beginning of the game that is flying through space at immense speed. Gordon accepts this offer by stepping though a portal and hears the G-Man's voice one last time: 'Wisely done, Mr.
Freeman, I will see you up ahead.' The story continues from this point in.Alternatively, the player may choose not to step into the portal in the final scene. This causes Gordon to be teleported into a giant cave facing rows of and as the game ends with the G-Man's comment, 'Well, it looks like we won't be working together. No regrets, Mr. Trivia.
The chapter name ' Endgame' is given in the titles.txt file and in Half-Life's save and load dialogs. Half-Life series writer has stated that the choice made at the end of the game was ultimately arbitrary as there was always to be one inevitable outcome, establishing the of 'free choice being an illusion' that later installments would follow.See also.References.