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Charger (Xen creature)

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Charger
General information
Affiliation

Xen

Type

Wildlife

Personal information
Weapon(s)
  • Charge
  • Toxic spit
Game information
Designer(s)

Ted Backman[1]

The Charger[2] is an alien enemy cut from Half-Life. While not in the game files, its source files can be found in the Half-Life SDK files.

Contents

[edit] Overview

  • The Charger was to be a two-legged insect-like creature, with a small head dotted with two moving flaps (possibly ears, since holes can be seen in the inner sides) that could cover its head completely. It was to have seven eyes, three big and four small, randomly spread around its face (or only three, depending on the two textures files), six pointed teeth, and overall colors similar to that of the Bullsquid.
  • While its model is more insect-like, its original concept was more like "a demonic a bipedal monster",[1] without wings and a ruminant-like tail.

[edit] Behavior and skills

Its animations show the creature constantly flying, its wings moving very fast, and apparently not using its legs much. It appears that once it notices the player, it was to charge towards them, wrap its head in its flaps (probably to increase velocity), then hit them with its legs at the end of the charge. Other animations show it "firing" with its mouth, likely some toxic spit in the same vein of the Bullsquid or the Antlion Worker.

[edit] Gallery

[edit] List of appearances

[edit] Notes and references

Xen
Creatures Alien Controller · Alien Grunt · Antlion · Barnacle · Boid · Bullsquid · Chumtoad · Gargantua · Headcrab · Houndeye · Ichthyosaur · Leech · Manta Ray · Nihilanth · Snark · Tentacle · Vortigaunt
Antlions Antlion · Antlion Grub · Antlion Guard · Antlion Guardian · Antlion Worker · Antlion Detector · Pheropods · Standard Antlion · Victory Mine
Headcrabs Headcrab · Fast Headcrab · Gonarch · Lamarr · Poison Headcrab · Standard Headcrab · Headcrab Shell
Zombies Zombie · Fast Zombie · Gonome · Poison Zombie · Standard Zombie · Zombine
Vortigaunts Vortigaunt · Vortigese · All-Knowing Vortigaunt · R-4913 · Sweepy · Uriah · Victory Mine Vortigaunt · Vortigaunt Camp · Vortigaunt Shepherd · X-8973
Flora Light Stalk · Fungus · Tree
Weapons Sentry Turret · Hivehand · Snark · Snark Mine
Other Crystal
Creatures (cut) Alien Fauna · Archer · Charger · Fast Walker · Flocking Floater · Hydra · Kingpin · Mr. Friendly · Panther Eye · Particle Storm · Sand Barnacle · Skitch · Snapbug · Stampeder · Stukabat · Tripod Hopper
Antlions (cut) Antlion King
Headcrabs (cut) Brickbat
Vortigaunts (cut) Vorti-Cell
Weapons (cut) Black Hole Gun