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In a catastrophic event known as the "Black Mesa Incident", an "anti-mass spectrometer" experiment conducted on Xen matter causes a Resonance Cascade disaster that allows aliens to invade Earth, and is the catalyst for the events of the series. Half-Life was critically acclaimed for its storytelling and level design.
During the Black Mesa incident (), U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant Mitchell Shephard (Mick Lauer), part of the Hazardous Environment Combat Unit (HECU), is deployed with his squad to the Black Mesa Research Facility to cover-up the incident and kill Gordon Freeman, a Black Mesa researcher resisting the cover-up operation.
The player controls Freeman 20 years after the Black Mesa incident in the dystopian City 17, where he joins a rebellion against an alien regime. It was followed by the episodic sequels Half-Life 2: Episode One (2006) and Half-Life 2: Episode Two (2007). [ 128 ]
In the Half-Life saga, Gordon Freeman is a silent protagonist who, despite lacking formal weapon training, survives a chaotic inter-dimensional incident at the Black Mesa Research Facility. In Half-Life 2 , after being kept in stasis for nearly two decades, Freeman battles the Combine Empire to liberate Earth.
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Both agree that Alyx and Gordon should travel to the ship and locate Mossman. Alyx unconsciously delivers the G-Man's message to her father, troubling him. Gordon learns from Eli that the G-Man provided the test sample which caused the Black Mesa Incident, warning Eli with the same message as Gordon entered the test chamber.
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