

The Nova Prospekt raid, which was supposedly impregnable, would have cemented Gordon's reputation. There is a very strong theory that G-man shut him up. The Nihilanth enslaved the Vortigaunts, and whose death by your hands effectively ended their generations of bondage.Īlthough the disaster events arguably started with Gordon, he could be excused because the events could not have been foreseen, and single-handedly stopping the Xen invasion is no small feat. In the process, he becomes an almost legendary resistance hero. He is a theoretical physicist who is forced to defend himself and the Human race against hostile Aliens and other enemies following an experiment gone wrong. As for why they are friendly to you to the point of reverence (despite greeting them with shotgun blasts in the first game), it is explained through an Easter egg in HL2 that Gordon Freeman is the main protagonist of the Half-Life series. He worked in North America on top secret projects in a former secret laboratory known as 'Black Mesa', before going missing (this would be the timeframe of Half-Life 2). There's certainly plenty that witnessed you on Xen and probably know you killed the Nihilanth, and the survivors joined the resistance and would have spread legends about you. 'Freeman was a theoretical physicist and an expert on anomalous phenomena. Barney also personally witnesses Gordon on a few key occasions. Led a small band of scientists to safety via teleportation at the end of the game. Being the star of Half-Life: Blue Shift, he They are pursued by the HECU Marin commander Jaegar through the substation of the nearby hydro electric dam. Doctor Gordon Freeman and Security Guard Evan William Walsh attempt to get to the Lambda complex to reverse the effects of the resonance cascade failure. Barney Calhoun, who both survived and owes you a beer. The Freeman Chronicles: With Bernhard Forcher, Michael Thomas Wallace.Isaac Kleiner and Eli Vance both know you well, and based on character model similarities, they may have been the scientists who briefed you on the resonance cascade experiment.It's only after the raid on Nova Prospekt where you attain legendary status among the greater population, and a lot of that fame would come from the need for heroes in a war.Īs for Black Mesa survivors, although most would have perished, there were a few that either know you well or have witnessed your exploits. At the start of Half-Life 2, only Black Mesa survivors know your (Gordon's) exploits in the first game.
