Charger (Xen creature)

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This article is about the enemy cut from Half-Life. For the device, see Charger.

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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 1 Overview 2 Behavior and skills 3 Gallery 4 List of appearances 5 Notes and references

[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

Original "bipedal demonic monster" concept.

Charging.

View from the back.

[edit] List of appearances

• Half-Life SDK (First appearance) (Non-canonical appearance)
• Half-Life 2: Raising the Bar (Possible appearance) (Non-canonical appearance)

[edit] Notes and references

Xen
Creatures		Alien Controller · Alien Grunt · Barnacle · Boid · Bullsquid · Chumtoad · Gargantua · Headcrab · Houndeye · Ichthyosaur · Leech · Manta Ray · Nihilanth · Snark · Tentacle · Vortigaunt
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)		Archer · Charger · Fast Walker · Flocking Floater · Kingpin · Mr. Friendly · Panther Eye · Sand Barnacle · Snapbug · Stukabat
Headcrabs (cut)		Brickbat
Vortigaunts (cut)		Vorti-Cell
Weapons (cut)		Black Hole Gun

Creatures
Antlions		Antlion · Antlion Grub · Antlion Guard · Antlion Guardian · Antlion Soldier · Antlion Worker
Headcrabs		Headcrab · Fast Headcrab · Gonarch · Poison Headcrab · Standard Headcrab
Race X		Gene Worm · Pit Drone · Pit Worm · Shock Trooper · Sprite · Voltigore
Synths		Synth · Advisor Pod · Crab Synth · Combine Dropship · Combine Gunship · Hunter · Mortar Synth · Shield Scanner · Strider
Xen		Alien Controller · Alien Grunt · Barnacle · Boid · Bullsquid · Chumtoad · Gargantua · Headcrab · Houndeye · Ichthyosaur · Leech · Manta Ray · Nihilanth · Snark · Tentacle · Vortigaunt
Zombies		Zombie · Fast Zombie · Gonome · Poison Zombie · Standard Zombie · Zombine
Other		Combine Advisor
Antlions (cut)		Antlion King
Synths (cut)		Combine Guard · Combine Super Soldier · Combine Synth Elite Soldier · Sacktick · Unidentified Synth · Wasteland Scanner
Xen (cut)		Archer · Charger · Fast Walker · Flocking Floater · Kingpin · Mr. Friendly · Panther Eye · Sand Barnacle · Snapbug · Stukabat
Other (cut)		Alien Fauna · Hydra · Particle Storm · Skitch · Stampeder · Tripod Hopper