HL1 confusion

[Zaffino]

well, ive beaten half life along time ago the first one that is, and i was just wondering, what is the importance of the sateliite that you launch? it has just been getting to me , what was the point of it?

 

[Ennui]

It was for the scientists to nuke the complex or something, I can't remember

 

[ríomhaire]

well, ive beaten half life along time ago the first one that is, and i was just wondering, what is the importance of the sateliite that you launch? it has just been getting to me , what was the point of it?

To stop the RC(unless you're a fool who won't accept things from Gearbox installments)

 

[Polaris]

Read Mechagodzillas document...
My guess is: The Lambda satellite is some device to stop and lock/unlock Resonance cascade...but it could be something another...

 

[operative lm]

To expand on what riomhaire said:

In HL: Decay, Dr. Keller needed the satellite launched to create a Resonance Reversal that would, in theory, shrink the portal that was teleporting the aliens to earth down to nothingness. That's where Gordon comes in. He launches the satellite, and the Resonance Reversal is started, but the Nihilanth begins to hold open the portal so that the Xen army (not stuff like bullsquids and houndeyes, just the Vortigaunts and Controllers and stuff) can continue through.

But then Gordon kills the Nihilanth and everything goes back to normal until the Combine arrive.

 

[CrazyJeepDriver]

To expand on what riomhaire said:

In HL: Decay, Dr. Keller needed the satellite launched to create a Resonance Reversal that would, in theory, shrink the portal that was teleporting the aliens to earth down to nothingness. That's where Gordon comes in. He launches the satellite, and the Resonance Reversal is started, but the Nihilanth begins to hold open the portal so that the Xen army (not stuff like bullsquids and houndeyes, just the Vortigaunts and Controllers and stuff) can continue through.

But then Gordon kills the Nihilanth and everything goes back to normal until the Combine arrive.

What about the Portal Storms? I dont think killing the Nilanth stopped, the portals, it just made them unstable, so Xen wildlife started pouring in to Earth

 

[operative lm]

I had that little summary in my head since before HL2.


Since we don't really know when the portal storms took place (it could've been during HL1 or it could've been after), we don't know what killing the Nihilanth did for the portals. The portal storms could have been a result of the Resonance Cascade and starting the Resonance reversal stopped the storms, or the main portal could've been exclusive to Black Mesa, and when Gordon killed the Nihilanth, everything became unstable and portals started popping up all over the world.

Stuff like this confuses me.

 

[ríomhaire]

To expand on what riomhaire said:

In HL: Decay, Dr. Keller needed the satellite launched to create a Resonance Reversal that would, in theory, shrink the portal that was teleporting the aliens to earth down to nothingness. That's where Gordon comes in. He launches the satellite, and the Resonance Reversal is started, but the Nihilanth begins to hold open the portal so that the Xen army (not stuff like bullsquids and houndeyes, just the Vortigaunts and Controllers and stuff) can continue through.

But then Gordon kills the Nihilanth and everything goes back to normal until the Combine arrive.

More likly the death of Nihily kick-started the Portal Storms.