possible borealis *spoiler*?

The game originally started on the Borealis, but it was removed, and so were the assassins that were on the ship.
 
Maybe the Borealis is the portal the combine used to get to earth in the first place... well it seems in portal some things like the energy ball and the turrents kinda remind most people of the combine tech.
If the Borealis was Aperture's attempt to create a dimensional rip like Black Mesa maybe this time it was not to the Xen planet but rather to the Combine world.
It's far fetched but i was never satsfied with that the combine just came to earth via Xen's portal...
Borealis must have some portal capabilities, it seems Aperture has fully developed thier portal tech in the time we get there in portal since they still have all this things about an ice breaker showing up in places..
But i could be wrong... anyhow it seems the Borealis had a huge role in the HL2BETA, maybe in the first place they wanted to scrape all of the storyline which by now we know, alyx eli all of that and put gordon stright on the Borealis for him to continue with the story. but when the beta was exposed to the public eye they changed the story.

We need more clues anyway.
 
There is no combine homeworld...just like Skynet isnt on a server. They are everywhere...every planet they conquered, they then inhabited...
 
They originated somewhere... right? Or at least, they have a primary planet they put their boss on?
 
Ridge said:
There is no combine homeworld...just like Skynet isnt on a server. They are everywhere...every planet they conquered, they then inhabited...
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Well that was never said in-game... not that i heard anyway.
 
Except Magnusson specifically mentions the "Combine Overworld" in Ep. 2. It may not be a "capital" like most people would assume(my main theory is that it's sort of an interdimensional military staging area), but the point is that in their vast collection of conquered dimensions, the Combine have one with a specific role and of strategic importance...
 
Apocalypse89 said:
Except Magnusson specifically mentions the "Combine Overworld" in Ep. 2. It may not be a "capital" like most people would assume(my main theory is that it's sort of an interdimensional military staging area), but the point is that in their vast collection of conquered dimensions, the Combine have one with a specific role and of strategic importance...
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It dosen't matter!, I just said that the Borealis contacted a combine world and not Black Mesa's portal and you guys keep on talking about the combine origins! and quite frankly i don't care which planet they came from.
 
Why does Borealis have this weird, unknown, eerie aura surrounding it.

It's like something really major is going on. Whats on that ship anyway?
 
tkato said:
It dosen't matter!, I just said that the Borealis contacted a combine world and not Black Mesa's portal and you guys keep on talking about the combine origins! and quite frankly i don't care which planet they came from.
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That post was directed at Pesmerga and Ridge. I was typing it when you made yours.
 
Kevin said:
Why does Borealis have this weird, unknown, eerie aura surrounding it.

It's like something really major is going on. Whats on that ship anyway?
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1. Portal technology. (remember... the ship disappeared years ago along with part of the dry dock)

2. GLaDOS. Or some form of the Genetic Lifeform and Disk Operating System. (seen in the slide room in Portal as well as the blueprints of the Borialis)
 
Kevin said:
Why does Borealis have this weird, unknown, eerie aura surrounding it.

It's like something really major is going on. Whats on that ship anyway?
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It has that aura because it was docked some place and then suddenly it and part of the dock went and disappeared. That kind of thing didn't happen too much back then.
 
i hope Gordon gets the long jump module again and jumps around a low grav combine jump puzzle homeworld to save the world.
 
I don't think the Combine have a homeworld as such, or at least, nothing so lame. At this stage they have long past the planet they originated on and have expanded beyond their own universe and most likely into others. The Overworld Magnusson mentions is probably the universe in which they originated; a mass of military orientated planets and industrial facilities.
 
Samon said:
I don't think the Combine have a homeworld as such, or at least, nothing so lame. At this stage they have long past the planet they originated on and have expanded beyond their own universe and most likely into others. The Overworld Magnusson mentions is probably the universe in which they originated; a mass of military orientated planets and industrial facilities.
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I personally would not be happy if we went there and took down the entire damn Combine empire by exposing one little weak point.
 
It doesn't seem likely at this stage, certainly not Ep3 content. With humanity having it's back against the wall and alot of problems to solve before we can start stepping forward again we seem to have enough on our hands.
I suppose if we were to fall under GMans influence again it's possible that an HL3 storyline could see us flung onto a major Combine hub or similar.
 
Ridge said:
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So yes, it appears GLaDOS in some form or another was an integral part of the ice inhibitor system...
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Does anyone else find this funny? That the heads at Black Mesa made something that de-ices fuel systems only (as per the bid) and that the Aperture chaps tried to gain an edge by including a 'living' operating system in their de-icer? Also, the fact that they were complaining about both the fact that Black Mesa won the bid and are paid more is funny too.
 
We've seem to forgot that these "episodic" gaming is indeed under one label, Half-Life 2: Aftermath. This Story, Eli, Alyx and all isn't a huge part of the main story, these games are like a side story for the real one, after that beeing said, i think that in EP3 will get to the Borealis and do what ever we do there but after that the Combine won't go away so easy... and i still think that when the G-Man told Alyx "Prepre for unforseen consquences" he didn't mean Eli's death but for another huge event like Black Mesa's.. so the real story will be dealt in Half-Life 3 which is due for production after EP3 ships.
And the Borealis will probably have some Advanced Portal tech which we will have to use and then something horrible will happen just like Black Mesa... in my opinion, they just should give up on the all portal tech for good cause it masses things up everytime they do something with it... even teleporting Gordon in HL2 didn't go well and they had alot of time perfect it's use.
 
Adabiviak said:
Does anyone else find this funny? That the heads at Black Mesa made something that de-ices fuel systems only (as per the bid) and that the Aperture chaps tried to gain an edge by including a 'living' operating system in their de-icer? Also, the fact that they were complaining about both the fact that Black Mesa won the bid and are paid more is funny too.
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From what I saw in the slideshow and generally from my understanding of Aperture, both from Portal and ep2, it seems like they have a tendency to over-engineer everything...
 
So when does Portal take place?

I've got a weird feeling its before the incident, but Glados is too advanced to be created at that time.

If it takes place at the same time as the episodic timeline, then why the hell would they think BM is a rival, if it was blown up more than 20 years ago...
 
The general agreement right now is after Black Mesa, but undecided if it is before or after the 7 Hour War...
 
Basically, the events of HL2 will not happen for quite some time?
 
Samon said:
I don't think the Combine have a homeworld as such, or at least, nothing so lame. At this stage they have long past the planet they originated on and have expanded beyond their own universe and most likely into others. The Overworld Magnusson mentions is probably the universe in which they originated; a mass of military orientated planets and industrial facilities.
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But of course we'll go there eventually and see the Statue of Liberty washed up on a beach somewhere... Those Maniacs! They blew it up! Ah, damn them! God damn them all to hell!
 
kupoartist said:
But of course we'll go there eventually and see the Statue of Liberty washed up on a beach somewhere... Those Maniacs! They blew it up! Ah, damn them! God damn them all to hell!
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Nice Jay and Silent Bob reference. :thumbs:

Based on the Powerpoint presentations seen in Portal, I would say that it takes place before the Black Mesa Incident because competing with them was still an issue, and I hardly see the point in competing with a crater.

Unless they were using Black Mesa as a model regardless of the fact that it was destroyed.
 
What makes us so sure that it happened AFTER the black mesa incident? Aperture seems virtually deserted... now, im not nessessarily completely up to date on portal's story, but didnt.....
GLaDOS kill most of them? I mean, if they are mostly dead or cowering, then who would update the slide show and such. Maybe they were rivals before GLaDOS messed things up, and the events are much later.
 
Fantastic thread


What makes us so sure that it happened AFTER the black mesa incident? Aperture seems virtually deserted
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Do you think it is possible that Glados was a computer system that was meant to control the facility and its running, but it went out of control, causing the people to abandon it. And you were one of the test subjects left in there, unknown of what had happened. Also, perhaps Glados was holding control of the portal technology or someone or something was trying to get a hold of it, thus causing them to ship that technology off to some safehold via the borealis..? That is what I am thinking

also:
The facility seems to make use of many combine technologies such as the energy ball and stuff, do you think that the combine might have something to do with this..
 
^^^... no. I think the guys at Valve were just lazy by using a few pre-recorded sound effects and the use of the dark energy sphere. I'm 100$ certain that the Combine technology had any influence on the Aperture Research Labs.

Why? GLaDOS said she was the only thing between us (her and Chell) and what was going on outside. She specfically mentioned that she also didn't know what was doing on outside even though she has an infinite capacity for knowledge. I think more than anything, she kept the place safe.

Also, GLaDOS employees were still working in the lab when GLaDOS became self aware and gassed the place the first time. Only after that did they install the morality core preventing further gassings. In addition, there is a neat blurb on aperturescience.com when you login and type "THECAKEISALIE". you're then shown comments by a team member talking about them having no idea who is in charge of the facility, how they're not allowed to leave the facility, and that the new person/computer in charge is building a "enrichment center".

Soon after, i'm sure they were all used as "lab rats" in GLaDOS's testing.
 
apparently, Portal takes place while Gordon is in the canals on Hl2, so its a possibility that GLaDOS has moved to the Borielis and may be the huge, super powerful something, which we find...

And can someone try and peice that Borielis plan together so we can get a look.
 
tkato said:
We've seem to forgot that these "episodic" gaming is indeed under one label, Half-Life 2: Aftermath. This Story, Eli, Alyx and all isn't a huge part of the main story, these games are like a side story for the real one, after that beeing said, i think that in EP3 will get to the Borealis and do what ever we do there but after that the Combine won't go away so easy... and i still think that when the G-Man told Alyx "Prepre for unforseen consquences" he didn't mean Eli's death but for another huge event like Black Mesa's.. so the real story will be dealt in Half-Life 3 which is due for production after EP3 ships.
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The episodes are Half-Life 3...
 
The Monkey said:
The episodes are Half-Life 3...
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No, if you recall, in the begnning of thier production Gabe said they are HL3, a month later he said they will be named Aftermath and work on HL3 will begin shortly after EP3 arrivle.
 
Nitre said:
I personally would not be happy if we went there and took down the entire damn Combine empire by exposing one little weak point.
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By shooting a missile down an exhaust vent, Skywalker style :O
 
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