


Eli Vance, is heading the resistance’s scientific research operations.Īfter meeting Kleiner’s pet headcrab, Lamarr, Gordon receives the Mark V HEV Suit that saved his life so many times during the Black Mesa Incident and Alyx is teleported to Black Mesa East successfully. It is decided that Gordon and Alyx should be teleported to the laboratory where Alyx’s father, Dr. Kleiner, Barney and Alyx are members of an underground resistance movement dedicated to freeing humanity from the Combine’s grip, and Gordon subsequently becomes a prospect member. Breen is a collaborator who serves the Combine as the puppet ruler of the Earth from the towering Citadel at the heart of City 17, in exchange for a comfortable life. Now they have practically enslaved all of humanity, going so far as to set up devices to generate a field that makes reproduction impossible. What’s certain though is that a powerful alien race known as the Combine were drawn to Earth by Portal Storms initiated by the Resonance Cascade and completely defeated all Human Resistance in a mere seven hours. Clues are present throughout the game, and really, it is up to players to fill in the gaps. It mostly consists of character interaction, introduction and plot exposition, setting Gordon Freeman’s goal for the next two chapters.įreeman finds his way to Kleiner’s lab with Alyx’s help but is not thoroughly briefed on what has happened during his stasis. This is the second chapter of Half-Life 2.
