History Recap / HalfLifeAlyxTheNorthernStar

->'''Alyx:''' This place is overgrown. How dangerous do we think [[AlienKudzu this stuff]] really is?\\

->'''Alyx:''' This place is overgrown. How dangerous do we think this stuff really is?\\

Alyx enters the Northern Star hotel, which is infested with Xen wildlife of all sorts. A new creature, which Alyx dubs a 'lightning dog', shorts out the power to the elevator, forcing her to rewire it. She climbs up through the building, running into more lightning dogs and bloaters (an explosive growth on the walls) amid the usual barnacles, headcrabs, and zombies. Alyx is forced to turn off the power to get through a Combine force field. In the basement Alyx finds a combine submachinegun (seemingly an early precursor to the Pulse Rifle of Half Life 2), which helps as she has to fight her way back in the darkness through a large number of poison headcrabs. She disconnects the power substation from the vault, liberating the Vortigaunt within who had been used as the power source.

The Vortigaunt thanks her and says that he and more of his kind will liberate the rest of the Vortigaunts held at the other substations, while Alyx should continue on towards the Vault itself. Returning to the courtyard in front of the hotel, Alyx is attacked by a large squad of Combine soldiers as she proceeds forward. In the nearby apartment buildings Alyx encounters her first tripmines, finding that she can disarm them with her multi-tool or shoot them to force them to explode. Combine soldiers in the apartment building attempt to trick her into coming into the open, turning off their voice scramblers and calling to her by name while pretending to be fellow Resistance members. As Alyx exits the apartment building, Eli contacts her over the radio, having made it back to Russell's lab safely.

* BlatantItemPlacement: The submachine gun is placed in its box, blocking the way to the power switch.

* HellHotel: The Northern Star is thoroughly invaded by Xen monsters of all sorts. Many of its staircases are broken, and the elevators are mostly nonfunctional, requiring Alyx to work her way to the top the hard way.

The Vortigaunt thanks her and says that he and more of his kind will liberate the rest of the Vortigaunts held at the other substations, while Alyx should continue on towards the Vault itself. Returning to the courtyard in front of the hotel, Alyx is attacked by a large squad of Combine soldiers as she proceeds forward. In the nearby apartment buildings Alyx encounters her first tripmines, finding that she can disarm them with her multi-tool or shoot them to force them to explode. Combine soldiers in the apartment building attempt to trick her into coming into the open, turning off their voice scramblers and calling to her by name while pretending to be fellow Resistance members. As Alyx exits the apartment building, Eli contacts her over the radio, having made it back to Russel's lab safely.

The Vortigaunt thanks her and says that he and more of his kind will liberate the rest of the Vortigaunts held at the other substations, while Alyx should continue on towards the Vault itself. Returning to the courtyard in front of the hotel, Alyx is attacked by a large squad of Combine soldiers as she proceeds forward. In the nearby apartment buildings Alyx encounters her first tripmines, finding that she can disarm them with her multi-tool or shoot them to force them to explode. Combine soldiers in the apartment building attempt to trick her into coming into the open, turning off their voice scramblers and calling to her by name while pretending to be fellow Resistance members. As she exits the apartment building, Eli contacts her over the radio, having made it back to Russel's lab safely.

The Vortigaunt thanks her and says that he and more of his kind will liberate the rest of the Vortigaunts held at the other substations, while Alyx should continue on towards the Vault itself. Returning to the courtyard in front of the hotel, Alyx is attacked by a large squad of Combine soldiers as she proceeds forward. In the nearby apartment buildings Alyx encounters her first tripmines, finding that she can disarm them with her multi-tool or shoot them to force them to explode. Combine soldiers in the apartment building attempt to trick her into coming into the open, turning off their voice scramblers and calling to her by name while pretending to be fellow Resistance members.

The Vortigaunt thanks her and says that he and more of his kind will liberate the rest of the Vortigaunts held at the other substations, while Alyx should continue on towards the Vault itself. Returning to the courtyard in front of the hotel, Alyx is attacked by a large squad of Combine soldiers as she proceeds forward. In the nearby apartment buildings Alyx encounters her first tripmines, finding that she can disarm them with her multi-tool or shoot them to force them to explode. Combine soldiers in the apartment building attempt to trick her into coming into the open, turning off their voice scramblers and calling to her by name, pretending to be fellow Resistance members.

The Vortigaunt thanks her and says that he and more of his kind will liberate the rest of the Vortigaunts held at the other substations, while Alyx should continue on towards the Vault itself. Returning to the courtyard in front of the hotel, Alyx is attacked by a large squad of Combine soldiers as she proceeds forward. She encounters her first tripmines, finding that she can disarm them with her multi-tool or shoot them to force them to explode. Combine soldiers attempt to trick her into coming into the open, calling her by name.

The Vortigaunt thanks her and says that he and more of his kind will liberate the rest of the Vortigaunts held at the other substations, while Alyx herself should continue on towards the Vault itself. Returning to the courtyard in front of the hotel, Alyx is attacked by a large squad of Combine soldiers as she proceeds forward. She encounters her first tripmines, finding that she can disarm them with her multi-tool or shoot them to force them to explode. Combine soldiers attempt to trick her into coming into the open, calling her by name.

Alyx enters the Northern Star hotel, which is infested with Xen wildlife of all sorts. A new creature, which Alyx dubs a 'lightning dog', shorts out the power to the elevator, forcing her to rewire it. She climbs up through the building, running into more lightning dogs and bloaters (an explosive growth on the walls) amid the usual barnacles, headcrabs, and zombies. Alyx is forced to turn off the power to get through a Combine force field. In the basement she finds a combine submachinegun (seemingly an early precursor to the Pulse Rifle of Half Life 2), which helps as she has to fight her way back in the darkness through a large number of poison headcrabs. She disconnects the power substation from the vault, liberating the Vortigaunt within who had been used as the power source.

The Vortigaunt thanks her and says that he and more of his kind will liberate the rest of the Vortigaunts held at the other substations, while Alyx should continue on towards the Vault itself. Returning to the courtyard in front of the hotel, Alyx is attacked by a large squad of Combine soldiers as she proceeds forward. She encounters her first tripmines, finding that she can disarm them with her multi-tool or shoot them to force them to explode. Combine soldiers attempt to trick her into coming into the open, calling her by name.

Alyx enters the Northern Star hotel, which is infested with Xen wildlife of all sorts. A new creature, which Alyx dubs a 'lightning dog', shorts out the power to the elevator, forcing her to rewire it. She climbs up through the building, running into more lightning dogs and bloaters (an explosive growth on the walls) amid the usual barnacles, headcrabs, and zombies. Alyx is forced to turn off the power to get through a Combine force field. In the basement she finds a combine submachinegun (seemingly an early precursor to the Pulse Rifle of Half Life 2), which helps as she has to fight her way back in the darkness through a large number of poison headcrabs. She disconnects the power substation from the vault, liberating the Vortigaunt within who had been used as the power source. The Vortigaunt thanks her and says that he and more of his kind will liberate the rest of the Vortigaunts held at the other substations, while Alyx should continue on towards the Vault itself. Returning to the courtyard in front of the hotel, Alyx is attacked by a large squad of Combine soldiers as she proceeds forward. She encounters her first tripmines, finding that she can disarm them with her multi-tool or shoot them to force them to explode. Combine soldiers attempt to trick her into coming into the open, calling her by name.

Alyx enters the Northern Star hotel, which is infested with Xen wildlife of all sorts. A new creature, which Alyx dubs a 'lightning dog', shorts out the power to the elevator, forcing her to rewire it. She climbs up through the building, running into more lightning dogs and bloaters (an explosive growth on the walls) amid the usual barnacles, headcrabs, and zombies. Alyx is forced to turn off the power to get through a Combine force field. In the basement she finds a combine submachinegun (seemingly an early precursor to the Pulse Rifle of Half Life 2), which helps as she has to fight her way back in the darkness through a large number of poison headcrabs. She disconnects the power substation from the vault, liberating the Vortigaunt within who had been used as the power source. The Vortigaunt thanks her and says that he will find more of his fellows to liberate the rest at the other substations. Returning to the courtyard in front of the hotel, Alyx is attacked by a large squad of Combine soldiers as she proceeds forward. She encounters her first tripmines, finding that she can disarm them with her multi-tool or shoot them to force them to explode. Combine soldiers attempt to trick her into coming into the open, calling her by name.

Alyx enters the Northern Star hotel, which is infested with Xen wildlife of all sorts. A new creature, which Alyx dubs a 'lightning dog', shorts out the power to the elevator, forcing her to rewire it. She climbs up through the building, running into more lightning dogs and bloaters (an explosive growth on the walls) amid the usual barnacles, headcrabs, and zombies. Alyx is forced to turn off the power to get through a Combine force field. In the basement she finds a combine submachinegun (seemingly an early precursor to the Pulse Rifle of Half Life 2), which helps as she has to fight her way back in the darkness through a large number of poison headcrabs. She disconnects the power substation from the vault, liberating the Vortigaunt within who had been used as the power source. The Vortigaunt thanks her and says that he will find more of his fellows to liberate the rest. Returning to the courtyard in front of the hotel, Alyx is attacked by a large squad of Combine soldiers as she proceeds forward. She encounters her first tripmines, finding that she can disarm them with her multi-tool or shoot them to force them to explode. Combine soldiers attempt to trick her into coming into the open, calling her by name.

Alyx enters the Northern Star hotel, which is infested with Xen wildlife of all sorts. A new creature, which Alyx dubs a 'lightning dog', shorts out the power to the elevator, forcing her to rewire it. She climbs up through the building, running into more lightning dogs and bloaters (an explosive growth on the walls) amid the usual barnacles, headcrabs, and zombies. Alyx is forced to turn off the power to get through a Combine force field, then has to fight her way back up in the dark through a large number of poison headcrabs; the new submachine gun she finds helps out with this. She disconnects the power substation from the vault, liberating the Vortigaunt who had been providing the power. The Vortigaunt thanks her and says that he will find more of his fellows to liberate the rest. Returning to the courtyard in front of the hotel, Alyx is attacked by a large squad of Combine soldiers as she proceeds forward. She encounters her first tripmines, finding that she can disarm them with her multi-tool or shoot them to force them to explode. Combine soldiers attempt to trick her into coming into the open, calling her by name.

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