My comprehensive theory for everything in HL1 and 2

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This dosn't include anything from BS or OP4.

This comes in 2 sections, the A-Z and the story.
A-G
A
Administrator

Breen was the administrator of Black Mesa. At the start of Half-Life it is mentioned that the administrator is very anxious to get the new Xen sample tested. He also ordered the anti-mass spectrometer to be turned up to maximum power, these combined to cause the resonance cascade that initiated the invasion of Earth. Breen must have become a figurehead for Earth because he was able to get in contact with Combine at the end of the 7-hours and surrender Earth.
Advisor
The big slug Breen talks to at the start and end. It may very well be the Combines true form"In designing this character we wanted to suppose that an organism, not unlike humans, began to depend on the technology that was originally created to improve its quality of life. Over the course of its evolution, it became grublike, with limbs no longer able to support its own weight, eyes too feeble to see without aid, a body now incapable of movement, fully dependent on the technology that it created”. It is very large and doesn’t seem to be able to move around. Though shows no evidence of itself having been modified it does have a vast array of equipment latched around it. It has a mask / breathing apparatus on it’s what you would call a face. A camera like object is attached to the left hand side of its front end. It has some form of writing on its collar. It has what seem to be mechanical fins under it; this may suggest an aquatic environment. It also has what appears to be some form of thrusters on its back. This would support the theory that it can no longer move about by itself. It also may be physic as Breen talks to it but you never hear it answering him although he then responds to seemingly nothing.
Alien Controller
Tiny Nihilanths. They have a third arm, two fingered hands, a large eye and had a large head like Nihilanth’s. They wore a loincloth and had a large hole in their heads; this may have something to do with how they float. They and Nihilanth were the leaders of Xen. Nihilanth was like the king of them. They took control of the vortigaunts and remained loyal to Nihilanth. Like Nihilanth they had powers of teleportation, though not as great as Nihilanth’s.
Alien Grunt
There are not normal beings but were built by alien slaves in the Xen factories. They, like the vortigaunts have a third arm and a very large eye. Their weapon, the hive hand, has a symbiotic nature with its host. It produces “bees” which upon leaving the hand hive search for something to attack. Due to an absence of slaves the grunts have died out.
Alien Slave
Alien slaves were the enslave vortigaunts from Half-Life 1. The Combine invaded Xen and enslaved the vortigaunts, controllers and Nihilanth; the dictator of the vortigaunts. Their slave collars, on their wrists and neck, controlled their group mind. They were made fight in the invasion of Earth. They also built the grunts and gargantuas.
Anti-Mass Spectrometer
A mass spectrometer is a device designed to produce a mass spectrum of a sample to find out its composition, i.e. to see what something is made of. I assume that anti-mass refers to the crystal. This is normaly done by ionising and separating the ions of different ions. This is where I think things went wrong. I have no evidence for this but it’s just a hunch.
Antlion
Insect species from Xen who have large colonies. Some sort of queen, similar to a termite queen, probably leads these. They have yellow blood and six limbs. They thrive in the sand and they drown quickly in water. Their natural habitat is probably vast desert. Like termites the drones are lead by pheromones. They also have large mounds like termites.
Antlion Drones
In this section I shall refer to the basic antlion you fight in the game. I like to refer to these as antlion drones as they are in mass numbers and follow the lead of the guards. They are strange creatures as their most back legs stretch out to the front and their front legs go back behind them. They also have two small legs at the very front of their thorax. These look as if they are used to propel their massive jumps as their other four legs do not seem to be made for jumping. They have five nasty looking teeth. They come in three different colour variations, this may be an indication of different colonies or social status.
Antlion Guard
These are the warriors of a colony. They are specially bread to protect the colonies and command the drones. They have six quite nasty looking teeth. Their middle arms seem to have no visible purpose. They are possibly to do with the use of pheropods.
B
Barnacle

These are another species from Xen. Like the others they have yellow blood. They reproduce asexually. The offspring go through a larval form, eating whatever it can get its hands on. Then they find a good ceiling to hang onto. Once there they begin to fuse with the ceiling. They grow long, sticky tongues and will pull up anything that gets caught on them. They will eat almost anything living but seem to reject zombies as food.
Black Mesa
A secret American research base in Arizona / New Mexico. It had many secret technologies being researched including the gauss gun, gluon gun and teleportation / interdementional travel. Abandoned after the 7-hours war it has now probably gone to waste. Dr. Isaac Kleiner, Dr. Eli Vance, Barney Calhoun, Dr. Gordon Freeman and Dr. Breen all worked there.
Black Mesa East
This is Eli’s lab in City 17. It is named after the original Black Mesa for nostalgia. The equipment was probably taken from Black Mesa.
Black Ops
A special branch of the military that attacked Black Mesa. More highly trained than the marines and with better equipment. They also had the deadly assassins that had stealth technology.
Dr. Breen, Wallace
The administrator of Black Mesa and now hierarch of the remaining humans. He is in contact with the advisor. He insisted on the testing of a sample that caused the resonance cascade. He then surrendered the Earth to the Combine.
Bugbait
Slang for pheropods.
Bullsquid
A species from Xen that is quite a strange sight. They have the strength of a bull and tentacles at their head like a squids, hence their name. Their main attack is spitting venom. They also spin around and attack with their tale if something gets too close. They manage a good balancing act as they only have two legs. Despite this they can run quite fast.
C
Calhoun, Barney

Barney was a security guard from Black Mesa. Barney understandably hates headcrabs, including Lamarr. He infiltrated Civil Protection for the resistance and somehow evaded the brainwashing. If it were not for Barney, Gordon would have become a stalker or trans-human at Nova-Prospekt. Barney gives Gordon his crowbar and claims it is his from Black Mesa, this is either a joke or a connection between the resistance and the g-man.
Citadel
The Citadel in City 17 is one of many. The Citadels materialised in city centres and act as the factories of the Combine. It is where the Combines synths are produced. It is also where Breen holds his “seat of office”. Citadels are massive, stretching many kilometres into the air.
Citizens
The remaining Citizens of Combine towns have been relocated to a few remaining cities, e.g. City 17, City 14
City 17
Dr. Breen’s base of operations. Just like every other Combine city except for Breen’s presence. It is located somewhere in Eastern Europe. It is the main base of the resistance and citizens who wanted to join it went there. That is why the Black Mesa science team are all there.
Civil Protection
Ordinary citizens who volunteer to get better meals, living conditions etc. They are brainwashed and then sent out to police the citizens and keep citizen moral low. They are armed with stun batons for main patrols but will often be geared up with pistols, SMGs and manhacks. They also have helicopters and APCs under their belt.
Combine
An intergalactic race of conquering aliens. These are very powerful and control many worlds. It is unknown as to the true appearance of the Combine but may be similar to the advisor. They have conquered the Xenians, Synths and Humans and probably many more.
Crab Synth
One of the very dangerous Synths. These are only seen at the end of the. They were one of the main attack forces of the 7-hour war. They have machine guns and a brutal charge attack.
Cl. Cubbage, Odessa
Little is known about Cubbage. He is seen talking to the g-man through a telescope in Highway 17. The g-man may have provided him with the RPG launcher and warned him about the gunship.
D
Dark Energy

This is the Combines main source of power. It also has something to with their teleporters “They failed to factor in the dark energy equations”. It also is responsible for supercharging the manipulator.
Dog
Alyx’s pet. Dog is a large robot built by Eli to protect Alyx. Alyx made many additions to him and he is now taller than a person. Dog is very intelligent and loyal, he even has the lambda symbol on his back. He has very few recognisable parts, he has what seems to be a scanners head and a manipulator built into his right arm.
Dropship
On of the Combine dreaded syths. They are used to transport troops, striders and supplies to where ever they need to be. Seemingly aquatic based before assimilation as its shape is not very aerodynamically and they do not seem suited to land either.
E
F
Fast Headcrab

A new headcrab in Half-Life 2. Strangely they do not posses beaks. This must mean that their jaws are so strong that they can latch on to someone and take control of their host without using the neurotoxins that normal headcrabs use to pacify their victims. This must mean that fast headcrab ‘zombiefacation’ must be must more torturous to the host. Fast headcrabs probably come from the same hive and gonarch as normal headcrabs but have a different role than the normal. The fast headcrabs’ purpose is to defend the hive. Their mawmen are a sight more gruesome than the normal headcrab’s, the they slowly digest themselves leaving nothing but muscle and bone, these must not live long as they do not have any evident way of eating and are used to defend the hive until they perish. When separated from a hive it will become very aggressive and destroy anything it feels is a threat.
Dr. Freeman, Gordon
A graduate of MIT and a physicist at the Anonymous Materials lab in Black Mesa. Gordon was a prodigy, athletic and scientific “I heard about you long before the Black Mesa Incident”. Gordon was seen by the g-man’s race as possibly useful (or a threat) because of his skills. Gordon’s clearance was shut down before the resonance cascade because the g-man’s race new he could do real damage and spark off a war between Xen and Earth, and eventually between Earth and the Combine. Unfortunately he succeeded. The g-man then captured Gordon and put him in stasis as, although he would useful as he proved himself by defeating Nihilanth, he had no chance of turning the tide of the war that was to come “all the effort in the world would have gone to waste…” Gordon became a hero among the remaining humans, the resistance in particular. They even adopted the lambda symbol on the HEV suit as their own. It is unknown how the word spread of Gordon’s triumph but the g-man’s race may have had something to do with it. The g-man then released him in City 17 when things were calm enough and the resistance was strong enough for the perfect tactile opportunity. Gordon has been put back into stasis and is awaiting his contract to be settled. The g-man knows Gordon has done what he has done to save mankind and knows Gordon will refuse to work for some aliens but the g-man is using the belief that Gordon is a mercenary to gain power through his auction of Gordon’ services.
G
Gargantua

The Combines handy work on Xen. These like the grunts are manufactured in the Xen factories. They are massive beasts with flamethrowers for hand.
The G-Man
His race is one that conquers other worlds like the Combine. They saw Earth, and opportunity. They had never seen a world before in this state; this “government” intrigued them. They infiltrated it and manipulated it as they saw fit. Many of them took human form, either by assimilation or host bodies. One of these was the g-man. A g-man is a government agent for those of you who do not know. In his infamous briefcase are his briefing, a gun and his agent ID. When the pure sample was found and Breen pushed forward the pure samples testing the g-man’s race tried to stop it but could not without jeopardising their operations. They hacked the Black Mesa system and got rid of Gordon’s clearance for the retinal scanners etc so that Gordon could do minimal damage. After Gordon defeated Nihilanth the g-man realised that Gordon could be of use, he detained Gordon in stasis as he new he could not survive the portal storms and the 7-hour war. When the time was right the g-man released Gordon on City 17. He now seems to think of Gordon as passed his usefulness. He has put Gordon up for hire to the highest bidder. He knows that Gordon will not work for just an alien as what he has done he has done for the good of mankind. Through this the g-man is getting rid off, what he believes, is an asset that is of no further use and gaining more power. The g-man seems to be in contact with the higher-ranking resistance members e.g. Odessa, Isaac, Barney, Alyx and Eli. He is seen talking with Odessa, possibly telling him about Gordon coming, the gunship and possibly giving him the RPG launcher. He seems unsurprised on Gordon’s arrival “I’ll be with you in a moment”. Also he is only then giving instructions about the RPG launcher, which begs the question, why did he not teach them before. The g-man is the one who had Gordon in stasis and had Gordon’s suit, then Isaac seems to have Gordon’s suit. Alyx and Eli have a strange reaction to Breen saying that Gordon is up for hire “Don’t listen to him Gordon”. They do not seemed shocked at all, this indicates that they already knew, possibly the g-man informed them. Barney claims that the crowbar he gives Gordon his one from Black Mesa, this is possibly a link between the resistance and the g-man. Also instead of being surprised by Gordon’s arrival Isaac and Barney are not surprised by Gordon’s arrival, merely that they did not receive warning. So who told them he was coming.
Gonarch
These are the queen bees of headcrabs. They produce headcrabs like crazy and are very strong. It is very powerful and is a force to be reckoned with and will protect its lair fiercely if provoked. Their name also reveals things about their nature. Anything that is ‘gon-’ has to do with reproduction and ‘arch’ means a leader. So a gon-arch is a reproducing leader.
Farther Gregori
A priest that has sworn to lead his ‘congregation’. He trusts in God and will not give up on his people. He is killing the mawmen to release the people from their torment. He knows that they are being controlled against their will “I think no less of thee”. He remembers his people as they were “I remember your true face”. He has been asked by the resistance to leave Ravenholm “They call me crazy”. He is somewhat fanatical and has even self-inflicted a scar on his hand in the shape of a cross.
Gunship
Another one of the Combines synth forces. A powerful force with its machine gun and disintegration laser. Seemingly aquatic before assimilation.
 
Although I disagree with a number of your theories, I'm not going to bring the argument back up here :p.

Still, if you look at the Gunship, you'll notice that it's closer to an Earwig than a Manatee. Earwigs scare me.

-Angry Lawyer
 
I like how you use the term Mawman a lot :). Also, I would have made the titles Bold, it would be easier to read then.
 
H
Half-Life

Half-Life is the amount time it takes for a radioactive substance to loose have of it’s mass. This is due to radiation.
Hazardous Environment (HEV) Suit
Does exactly what it says on the tin. Designed to protect from hazardous environments. It is equally good at protecting from bullets and toxic waste. Gordon’s is a mark 5. It has many functions, including short-term breathing apparatus, zoom, sprint, flashlight and equipment scanner. Seemingly the suit from HALF-LIFE 2 is also the suit from Half-Life 2 “I see you hazard suit still fits like a glove”. This would indicate the suit is the same, since the g-man was in possession of the suit he must have given it to Isaac or someone in the resistance.
Headcrab
A parasitic creature from Xen. These have ‘hives’. The queen of a hive is the gonarch. A headcrab will ‘zombify’ humans and other creatures and turn them into a ‘mawman’. Headcrabs use the neurotoxins in their ‘beaks’ to pacify and mutate the host. The mawmen have mutations including claws and a large mouth in the chest. The mawmen’s purpose is to gather food for the hive. Headcrabs have powerful claws and leave 6 large scars on a host where it holds onto. The purpose of the headcrab is to create mawmen to gather food for the hive. When a headcrab is removed from a hive it will find a safe place and defend it.
Houndeye
A Xen animal about the size of a dog. They have one large eye on their front and also navigate much like a bat, i.e. with radar. They normally stay in groups and will only attack when hunting, or when they feel threatened.
I
Ichthyosaur

A ferocious aquatic beast. These are masters of the water. Named after a dinosaur, these will rip a man to shreds. They are a Xen life form but are equally at home in the waters of Earth.
J
K
Dr. Kleiner, Alex

Gordon’s professor from MIT. He wrote Gordon’s letter of recommendation to Black Mesa. Unknown if a connection exists between Dr. Isaac Kleiner.
Dr. Kleiner, Isaac
The scientist generic with glasses from Half-Life 1. Isaac is high up in the resistance and has knowledge of Black Mesa equipment. He even modified the HEV suit to a mark 5. He says that the HEV suit is Gordon’s old one, indicating a like between the g-man and the resistance as the g-man was in possession of the HEV suit.
L
Lambda

The radioactive decay constant. Lambda has other meanings but I took this one as it is relevant to the games name ‘half life’. Also Gordon’s lab. The Lambda Research Centre Was where the resonance cascade occurred. Probably named after the Greek letter. Lambda is also the A in HALF-LIFE2.
Lamarr, Heady
Isaac Kleiner’s pet headcrab. Lamarr has had her beaks removed so can no longer zombify people. Lamarr is also responsible for Gordon’s teleporting accident. Lamarr is teleported somewhere along the coast but in the week of Gordon’s absence he makes his way back to Dr. Kleiner’s lab.
Leach
An annoying aquatic slug like creature. In Half-Life 1they seem only to be interested in draining your suits power. In Half-Life 2 they have taken to the sea and became carnivorous beasts that will rip you to shreds.
M
Manta

The equivalent of the Combine dropship on Xen. They drop Xen troops into battle. Probably Combine built in the Xen factories.
Mawman
What becomes of a creature when attacked by a headcrab. Also known as a zombie. These differ from headcrab to headcrab but will always have their face covered by a headcrab and will have mutated claws and other useful parts.
Mortar Synth
A synth that fires some sort of energy bomb. Small but deadly, these probably laid waste to many a building during the 7-hour war.
Dr. Mossman, Judith
A member of the resistance turned Combine helper. She seems to believe that the Combine can help humanity instead of assimilating it. A teleportation expert, she does the calculations for the teleports of the resistance. Much hated by Alyx for going out with her farther.
Myrmidont
What the vortigaunt who gives you the pheropods calls the dead antlion guard. I have taken this to mean all antlions. In Latin myrmi or myrme mean ant and dont means tooth so a myrmidont means ant-tooth.
N
Nihilanth

The ruler of Xen. He and the controllers enslaved the vortigaunts using their psychic powers. The tables turned when the Combine in turn enslave the Nihilanth. The controllers ever loyal still followed their leader. Nihilanth shows evedence of modification. He has stitching on his sides and a jet (possibly) attached to his ass. He also appears to be wearing slave collars like the alien slaves.
Nova-Prospekt
An alien slave / stalker / trans-human production facility. Probably destroyed by the portal explosion “The repercussions were felt far and wide”. Gordon was almost sent here before Barney saved him.
O
Overwatch

The trans-human force that acts as the Combine military on Earth. They are equipped with SMGs, shotguns and AR2s. They also get to use the synths. They are heavily modified and highly trained.
Our Benifactors
Breen often refers to our benefactors in his speeches. This is just another term he uses for the Combine when talking to Civil Protection or the Overwatch.
P
Pheropods

What antlion guards use to command antlion drones. The vortigaunts have mastered these.
Poison Headcrabs
Much different to the other headcrabs, these are black, hairy, and a lot more sneaky. These do not have Gonarches. Instead, they find a host and zombify it. Then they lay their eggs inside it, causing it to swell up. Many headcrabs will jump onto a mawman and lay their eggs. They will slowly eat away at the mawman from the outside while the baby heacrabs, once hatched will eat it from the inside. Once the babies are ready they will burst out of the mawman and seek their own prey.
Portal Storms
These were the portals that raged out of control between Xen and Earth.The resonance cascade started the portal storms. The satellite launch in HALF-LIFE 1 worsted them. They spun completely out of control after Nihilanth died. Many Xen animals were teleported to Earth and quickly took control of the countryside, causing the people to flee to the cities.
Q
R
Resonance Cascade

This is what started off the portal storms. Scientists from Black Mesa found a very pure sample of the strange crystals they had found on Xen. Dr. Breen was very exited by this and not really knowing what he was doing pushed forward the testing of the sample. The g-man tried to stop it as it might spark a war between Xen and Earth, even the Combine and Earth.
S
Satellite

The satellite that Gordon launched in Half Life 1 caused the portal storms to grow worse and Nihilanth started to send in troops, as he feared an invasion from Earth.
Shield Scanners
One of the more useless synths. This ugly thing drops hoppers on you during Anticitizen 1.
Singularity
When the weapons confiscator is taking your zero-point energy field manipulator it says “Zero-point singularity device detected”. A black hole is an example of a singularity. Its pull is so strong that not even energy can escape its pull. The dark energy triggered this and was absorbed by the zero-point energy field manipulator, causing it to be super charged.
Snarks
The little insects in Half Life 1 that you can deploy from their sacs. These are vicious creatures that don’t have anything to do with anything.
Stalker
The workforce of the Combine army. These miserable creatures are manufactured in Nova Prospekt and used to build the synths, scanners etc.
Striders
A synth that stand ten metres tall. It is devastating in urban combat due to the ability to hit high and low targets. It is equipped with a pulse machine gun and disintegration laser.
Synths
These are a force to be reckoned with. They where the main invading force of the 7-hour war and are extremely powerful. They are part organic, part mechanical.
T
Teleportation

The humans and Combine use two different types of teleports. The Combine portals are string based. The humans use entanglement. Imagine three spheres, one is our universe, one is Xen, one is a Combine world. Now lets say a point on the surface of the sphere is a destination. The Combine portals have to travel in a straight line so can't go anywhere else on their own sphere as they would have to go through the sphere. Ours goes to Xen travels around it and slingshots back to our sphere similar to when space ships slingshot around planets. Xen provides local teleportation due to it being our universes boarder world. The crystals of Xen are also very useful to teleportation.
Tentacles

These are deaf Xen animals that also seem to have roots or something like that. They will react violently to any sound they hear and are quite dangerous unless you stay quite
Trans-human
The Overwatch is made of trans-humans. These are biomechanically modified humans who make up the Combine foot soldiers on Earth.
U
Universal Union

Another term Breen uses for the Combine in his propaganda. This is what he calls the Combine when addressing he citizens.
US Marines
They were sent to deal with the resonance cascade and kill the scientists. They were instructed to kill Gordon especially because the g-man knew he was the biggest threat and that he might go to Xen and attack the Xenians. Clearly this assumption was accurate.
V
Vance, Alyx

Eli’s daughter and only remaining family. She is very intelligent and set up the teleporter in Black Mesa East. She is very adventurous and ready for action. She understandably dislikes Judith for seeing her farther. High up in the resistance she possibly is in contact with the g-man.
Dr. Vance, Eli
A researcher from Black Mesa. He let Gordon out of the test chamber at the beginning of Half-Life 1. He lost his leg but with his prosthetic one he can walk fine. He was the first person to work with the vortigaunts “The Eli Vance was our first collaborator”. He is very trusting and even after Judith betrays them he forgives her and sits down with her.
Vortessence
The vortigaunt group mind. Once controlled by Nihilanth, now possibly guided by the g-man’s race.
Vortigaunts
Sentient beings from Xen. They have a group mind “We are coterminous” but also individuality. The Nihilanth and the alien controllers once enslaved them but they are now relatively if not completely free. They hate slavery and the Combine “Let this war end in either total victory or our extinction. No further compromise shall we allow”. They know more about Gordon than Gordon knows himself “Far distant eyes look out through yours” “Your bright face obscures your darker mask” “We are a tapestry woven of vortessence. It is the same for you if only you would see it”. The dark place with the vortigaunts that Gordon goes to during the resonance cascade may have more meaning than it first appears to have. “For a brief time you joined with us. You are one, between the worlds”. Not many conclusions can come from the things the vortigaunts say, but one could possibly be that the g-man is now in charge “Something secret steers us both. We shall not name it”. This could also be referring to destiny so no conclusions can be made.
W
War, 7-hour

The Combine took the killing of Nihilanth as an attack on them. They organised an invasion force and attacked Earth with a massive army. The humans could not have possibly won as they were still in disarray after the portal storms. Breen managed to make contact with the leader of the Combine and make a treaty after 7 hours.
X
Xen

Our universe’s boarder world. Xen was ruled by Nihilanth and then taken by the Combine. It is very useful for teleportation being that it is our boarder world and also its crystals are very useful for teleporting.
Y
Z
Zero-point energy field manipulator

In a quantum mechanical system such as the particle in a box or the quantum harmonic oscillator, the lowest possible energy is called the zero-point energy. According to classical physics, the kinetic energy of a particle in a box or the kinetic energy of the harmonic oscillator could be zero - namely if the velocity were zero. But quantum mechanics with its uncertainty principle implies that because the uncertainty of the exactly vanishing velocity is zero, the uncertainty of the position must be infinite. This either violates the condition that the particle remains in the box, or it brings a new potential energy in the case of the harmonic oscillator. The minimal velocity allowed by quantum mechanics is therefore not strictly zero, and therefore the minimal energy is not zero either.
You figure out what that means.
Zombie
Slang for mawman because of lack of proper motor functions and seemingly stupid.
 
Nice work dude. This seems to be a HL encyclopedia instead of a "comprehensive theory." Considering that at every place where there is the slightest bit of doubt you say "possibly" or "probably," I think there is one place where you should put a "possibly" which is whenever you refer to the Combine on Xen. There has been many an argument over their take-over of Xen, and I think it is now generally agreed that this is not a fact, but a speculation.
 
The Story.

Xen contained 2 main sentient species, the vortigaunts and controllers. One of the controllers evolved into their leader, Nihilanth. Nihilanth and the controllers took control of the vortigaunts, using their small psychic powers to manipulate the vortigaunt group mind, the vortessence.. The Combine, a race from another dimension, found a teleport that could get them to Xen. Seeing the power of Nihilanth they assimilated him with their technology that enslaved him and boosted his psychic powers. Then they slapped slave collars on the vortigaunts to make sure that they could never break free of Nihilanth’s control. The vortigaunts were made to manufacture the grunts and gargantuas.

The Combine not only captured Xen, but also many other words, including the Synths who then became the main attack force of the 7-hours war.

The g-man’s race also looked on to other worlds with the intension of conquering. They saw Earth, and opportunity. They had never seen a world before in this state; this “government” intrigued them. They infiltrated it and manipulated it as they saw fit. Many of them took human form either by assimilation or host bodies. One of these was the g-man. A g-man is a government agent for those of you who do not know. In his infamous briefcase are his briefing, a gun and his agent ID. Eventually the scientists found a very pure sample of the strange crystals they had found on Xen. Dr. Breen was very exited by this and not really knowing what he was doing pushed forward the testing of the sample. They also took interest in certain humans, like Gordon, Gordon was clearly a prodigy “I heard about you long before the Black Mesa incident”. When the pure sample was found and Breen push forward it’s testing the g-man’s race knew they could not stop it without jeopardising other things. They Hacked the Black Mesa security files and removed Gordon’s clearance so that he could not get in the way.

The pure sample caused the resonance cascade that caused a small portal storm between a part of Xen and Black Mesa. Gordon is teleported to many places and ends up in a completely dark place, surrounded by vortigaunts. This may explain the quote “For a brief time you joined with us. You are one. Between the worlds.” This may have had great significance as to other strange things they say,” “There is no distance between us. No false veil of time or space may intervene.” “We call you sib, although your mind and meaning are a mystery to us.”

Many Xen creatures were sent to earth. The g-man’s race anticipated the resonance cascade and swiftly sent the marines and black ops to deal with it. The soldiers were instructed to kill the scientists to stop the research, as g-man’s race knew it could lead to war. They were also instructed to get Gordon specifically, so that he could not get in the way.

After the satellite launch, the portal storms grew worse and Nihilanth started to send in troops, as he feared an invasion from Earth. Gordon pushed on and found himself in Nihilanth’s chamber. Nihilanth was in trouble as he had sent lots of troops to Earth. Once Nihilanth lay dead, the vortigaunts where set free and the portal storms when out of control and global. Xen creatures where thrown everywhere and took over the countryside. People fled to the cities for protection. During this g-man’s race took control of Xen “The boarder world, Xen, is under our control”.

The human military never invaded Xen, the scene from the end of Half-Life 1 with the Xen skyline was during the portal storms.

The Combine was deeply angered by the loss of Xen. They invaded with a massive army of synths; the humans could not have possibly won as they were still in disarray after the portal storms. Breen managed to make contact with the leader of the Combine and make a treaty after 7 hours.

Pics coming soon. :thumbs:
 
Alrighty then... its your thread.

Lambda
The radioactive decay constant.

Wow. I actually didn't know that one. That's pretty cool.
 
i think i learned that in science when we learned what a half life was.
 
You could probably have entries for "Gluon Gun" "Tau Cannon" and "Hive hand". Otherwise you've got most things covered: I think you should include Opposing Force, Blue Shift and Decay stuff, if you don't mind the extra work. They are considered to be part of the HL official universe, but it seems likely that Valve are going to avoid mentioning events or races in the future. Incidently, you entry for "Black Ops" does take Opposing Force into consideration - the better trained black ops marines weren't in HL1

Edit: of course, I should add a thanks for doing this. It's all pretty good :)
 
I have made a OP4 and BS one with the hive hand, (I see no nead to include the gluon gun, tau rifle or gauss gun) it will be out when I have all the pics ready. 1 for every entry (Ones like Vorigaunt and Alien Slave will share a pic of course)
 
Does anyone have the story of what happens in Decay and pics of the 2 girls?(Gina and Colette or something)
 
the first link doesn't work and those screens are fairly crap. No offence.
 
ríomhaire said:
the first link doesn't work and those screens are fairly crap. No offence.
No reason why the link doesn't work, works fine here. Make sure you're clicking it rather than copy/paste (the link is truncated by the forums for space reason).

As for the screenshots, i'm not entirely sure what you're getting at. If you mean that the game looks crap, well surprise surprise. This thing is ancient. However, I can only assume that if this is supposed to cause me "offence" that you're moaning about the quality of the images themselves. In which case, perhaps you should do your own research rather than moaning when someone wastes their time helping you :p
 
It's not meant to offend you, hence why he said 'no offence'. He just thinks your screenshots that you have found are crap.
I think Tony Blair is a crap Prime Minister, I dont say it to offend anyone, it's just an opinion.
 
Jandor said:
It's not meant to offend you, hence why he said 'no offence'.
Saying 'No Offence' is an adknowledgement that there is the possibility of offence. Sure, he didn't mean to offend me, but where did I get offended exactly?
 
Good info (but knew these informations before reading). Why you dont use OpFor,Blue Shift a Decay informations? Its part of Half-Life story!
Very nice information abou Gravity Gun, I love this HL science.
But I think the Antllions is not from Xen.
 
Intresting read.

Polaris said:
But I think the Antllions is not from Xen.
Where from then? HL makes no reference to any other world other than Xen, Earth & Combine. They are not Combine and it is unlikely than any wild life would exist on (completely controlled) Combine worlds (over mining etc), but the combine does appear to have XP with them (the thumpers).
 
mlk said:
Intresting read.


Where from then? HL makes no reference to any other world other than Xen, Earth & Combine. They are not Combine and it is unlikely than any wild life would exist on (completely controlled) Combine worlds (over mining etc), but the combine does appear to have XP with them (the thumpers).
I think they are from another (mayby desert) world. There is many worlds - Dr.Breen talk about it in Citadel - Carbon stars,Gas giants....
 
so everyone knows, Isaac Kleiner and Alex Kleiner are the same person. He taught gordon at MIT and then hired him at black mesa.

Its obvious that breen was in kahootz with the combine from the start. He
indicated that he wanted a deviation from standard 'safe' operation to get better resolution from the spectrometer. obviously a recipe for disaster we dont fully understand until half life 2, where it would seem breen is dealing with the combine because he believes he is doing it for the benefit of the entire human population.
 
bboymatty said:
so everyone knows, Isaac Kleiner and Alex Kleiner are the same person. He taught gordon at MIT and then hired him at black mesa.

Its obvious that breen was in kahootz with the combine from the start. He
indicated that he wanted a deviation from standard 'safe' operation to get better resolution from the spectrometer. obviously a recipe for disaster we dont fully understand until half life 2, where it would seem breen is dealing with the combine because he believes he is doing it for the benefit of the entire human population.
Some people think it's obvious that G-man is Gordon from the future.
 
mlk said:
Intresting read.


Where from then? HL makes no reference to any other world other than Xen, Earth & Combine. They are not Combine and it is unlikely than any wild life would exist on (completely controlled) Combine worlds (over mining etc), but the combine does appear to have XP with them (the thumpers).

They're not Thumpers on Xen, damnit! Things that hit/drill the ground aren't neccesarily Combine!

j_thumper.jpg

(From http://www.greengabbro.net/photoblog/archives/000482.php)

Other worlds are hinted at, though, like wherever the Synth originally came from before they were dominated, and wherever Race X (even though they're nothing to do with the main plot) came from.

-Angry Lawyer
 
No they weren't pounders

And does anyone know the scientific names for Xenian creatures. I only know the antlion's and ichthyosaur's.
 
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