Research is developing.īlack Mesa's chief competitor for government funding, Aperture Science, also develops its own Portal technology parallel to Black Mesa onboard its many research facilities and enrichment centers, including the Borealis, a research vessel. Under the supervision of researchers Eli Vance, Arne Magnusson and Issac Kleiner, crystalsĪre retrieved from Xen, and organisms are analyzed. Mesa in New Mexico, teleportation experiments are taking place.
Nihilanth and his people fight bitterly against the Combine.īack on Earth, Gordon is studying for his doctorate at MIT. (This is what they attempt to do on Earth, as well). To Xen's environment and uses powerful Combine technology. To create a "Super soldier" that is adapted Xen's case, the Vortigaunts) with their own technology The Combine attempt to hybridize the dominant species of the planet (In I will refer to the beings from Xen as the "Xenians", which include the headcrabs, ant-lions, vortigaunts, the race that Nihilianth commands, and so on.) (A quick note about Xen: Marc Laidlaw has stated that "nothing is native to Xen" which implies that life Xen is a mish-mash of beings from all over the universe, being willingly or unwillingly transported there. Marc Laidlaw calls it "a dimensional transit bottleneck-an area of continual contention." Xen is sort of like a "subway station" of the universe in that it can be used to cross dimensions. With their backs against the wall, they flee to the border world Xen, where they wait their demise. A long and bitter struggle ensues, as the Vortigaunts flee from planet to planet, battling and evading the Combine forces. Combine Empire Invades Nihilianth's HomeworldĬombine Empire invades and takes control of the Vortigaunts' homeworld (which we have never seen), and attempt to enslave them, including their leader, Nihilianth (who is not necessarily a Vortigaunt).
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