Black Mesa Transit System
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| Black Mesa Transit System | |
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| General information | |
| Constructed |
N/A |
| Destroyed |
at the end of the Black Mesa Incident |
| Location | |
| Builder |
Black Mesa corporation (likely) |
| Era(s) | |
| Affiliation | |
| Game information | |
| Designer(s) |
Ted Backman[1] (concept art) |
- "Good morning and welcome to the Black Mesa transit system. This automated train is provided for the security and convenience of the Black Mesa Research Facility personnel."
- ―Black Mesa public announcement system[src]
The Black Mesa Transit System is the extensive monorail network linking the many different sectors of the Black Mesa Research Facility. The transit system is the primary form of transportation throughout the facility. The transit system uses the monorail system, a transportation system based on a single beam. The term is also used variously to describe the beam of the system or the vehicles traveling on such a beam or track.
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[edit] Overview
The monorail system in the facility is extensive and complex, resembling a maze at times. Entire rail tunnels lay abandoned in sections of the facility that have been decommissioned. There are three kinds of monorail cars in the game: A passenger variety, with seats, windows and an electric door, a freight variety with a control console at the front and a flatbed for carrying cargo, and a bulky, heavy variety presumably used for pulling large volumes of cargo behind it. These vehicles feature prominently in Half-Life and its expansions, with the protagonists using them before and after the Black Mesa Incident to get around the facility. Gordon Freeman, for example, rides into work on one shortly before the incident, and later uses a freight car to circumvent a maze of tunnels in a decommissioned part of the facility in order to escape the HECU.
[edit] Trivia
- Trains functioning similarly to the freight monorails can be spawned in the Source engine. However, they can only be brush-based, which limits creativity, and they are silent. A similar thing occurs when mapmakers try to make fully-functioning vehicles for Counter-Strike Source.
[edit] Gallery
 The passenger monorail in the Black Mesa Transit System. |
 Barney Calhoun knocking on a door along the tracks. |
 The G-Man standing in a broken-down tram with a scientist. |
 Freight monorail variant. |
 Simpler freight monorail in the Black Mesa Transit System. |
 Barney Calhoun's ride to work is hindered by a scientist. |
 The G-Man taking a ride in a maintenance area. |
[edit] List of appearances
- Half-Life (First appearance)
- Half-Life: Opposing Force
- Half-Life: Blue Shift
- Half-Life: Decay
- Half-Life 2: Raising the Bar
[edit] See also
| Vehicles, vessels and transportation | ||
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| Black Mesa transportation | Black Mesa SUV · Black Mesa Transit System · Black Mesa Truck | |
| HECU vehicles | AH-64 Apache · F-16 Fighting Falcon · M1A1 Abrams · M2A3 Bradley · M35 Cargo Truck · V-22 Osprey | |
| Combine vehicles | Advisor Platform · Armored Personnel Carrier · Hunter-Chopper · Razor Train | |
| Resistance vehicles | Airboat · Mil Mi-8 · Muscle Car · Scout Car | |
| Trainstations | City 17 Trainstation · Depot · Technical Trainstation | |
| Other | Borealis · Rail-based transportation | |
| Combine (cut) | AirEx Truck · C-130 · Combine SWAT Truck · M2A3 Bradley · Merkava · School Bus · V-22 Osprey | |
| Resistance (cut) | Borealis · C-130 · Jalopy · Jet Ski · Submarine · V-22 Osprey | |
| Other (cut) | F-117 Nighthawk · Digger | |
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