Sunday, January 16, 2011

The Citadel

The City 17 Citadel is the most important Citadel for the Combine, this is the base of their operations.
The Citadel was the headquarters from which the Combine govern the Earth.
Its associated portal is the primary means of communication with offworld Combine forces. The super portal is probably how the Citadel came to Earth.



It was located in City 17, and resembled a massive skyscraper, rising several kilometers into the sky from ground level, and extending some distance underground as well.
Before reaching the very top of the citadel, Freeman passes through many open areas of the citadel where enormous segments of the citadel exterior wall open and close to allow Dropships and gunships to quickly exit and enter the citadel's interior.



In the first few chapters of Half-Life 2: Episode One, the player is given a firsthand look at much of the lower levels of the Citadel.
Whilst mostly looking very much the same as the rest of the Citadel, no war factories or synth manufacturing plants are located in this area of the structure.

26 comments:

  1. I love the lore, thanks for bringing it up.

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  2. great game. i love half life. some of the graphics are amazing

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  3. Half life is awesome. Yeah i would like to see a well done half life movie.

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  4. You should do some stuff on Portal!

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  5. This was my absolute favorite part of half life 2. The super gravity gun was awesome.

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  6. So detailed. Enjoyed the reading.

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  7. Awesome! I love Half-Life so much.

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  8. Wow, is your whole blog about HL2? That's kinda cool; there's something oddly appealing about it. I'm subscribed, hope to see more!

    Also, e-mail me, would ya? I'd like to discuss your blog a bit more..

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  10. i feel like playing hl2 right now :P
    following

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  12. WOW! What an amazing building. Following.

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  13. that would be a cool thing to check out in the game

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  14. Love Half Life, and the blog. Keep up the awesome work!

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  15. I only played The first HL 2! I need to play episode 1 and 2 so I don't miss out!

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  16. I'm more of a death match man, myself.

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  17. Half Life mythology is great

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  18. I remember the first time seeing that thing it was amazing gosh now I want to play HL2 again thanks xD

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  19. love reading this blog. you descirbe the world so well.

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