Depot
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during the Uprising, along with Nova Prospekt |
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The Coast, above Nova Prospekt |
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The Depot, also known as the Combine Depot, is an enormous Combine structure towering over the Nova Prospekt prison facility. It is primarily used to detain and process Combine prisoners.
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[edit] Overview
The Depot is a nexus for Combine distribution of Stalkers, as well as a storage center for political prisoners such as Eli Vance. The inclusion of the Depot on Nova Prospekt necessitated the partial or complete destruction of several blocks, such as block C3. The Depot covers cell blocks C1 through D8, and fills the area with Combine articles such as computers, forcefield gates, cells, etc. In addition, the Depot is a relay for the Razor Trains coming directly from City 17 and other locations. Basically, once humans arrive at the Depot, they are held in sturdy metal straitjackets housed within metal pods, called Combine Cells. Once needed, the cells can be brought in at any point from within an access point. Just like the Citadel, the Depot has its own cell distribution center. Finally, the Depot houses the Combine entanglement device, which at the end of Chapter 9 explodes just as Gordon and Alyx teleport out of the facility. It is unknown if this is a prototype teleportation device, or a regular tunneling teleport used by the Combine.
Jut like the Citadel and the cut Air Exchange, the Depot was to be one of the many identical train depots spread along railways by the Combine.
[edit] Behind the scenes
- The Depot was originally a short stopping point on the way to the Air Exchange, with a small prison and a lighthouse nearby. It was later merged with the Air Exchange and expanded to the long Nova Prospekt levels.
- In early maps, Gordon gets inside the facility through the basement of a lighthouse, after a battle with a Gunship from the top of the lighthouse.[3][2] Further versions have Gordon fighting in a smaller prison, aided by Antlions, and at daylight, but the setting was mostly identical. Gordon was then to discover the "Gunship Bays", where Gunships were built. He was then to leave the places in flames to the Antlions by going into the Depot itself through the cargo conveyor and then proceeding to the Air Exchange by train.
[edit] Gallery
[edit] Concept art
 Concept art for the Gunship Bays. |
 Preliminary overview of the Nova Prospekt/Depot area. |
 Schematics of the showers journey and the Antlion Guard battle. |
 Schematics of the assault in the external compound. |
 Schematics of Antlion assault in the lavatory. |
 Schematics of the Cell Block 3 battles. |
 Schematics of the Cell Block 2 journey. |
 Schematics of the Cell Block 1 battle. |
 Schematics of the cafeteria journey. |
 The Depot. |
 Ditto. |
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 Lifted trains in the Depot.[4] |
 Ditto, with red-colored. |
 Razor Train locomotive being lifted in the Depot.[4] |
 Razor Train locomotive handler inside the Depot. |
 The early brush Razor Train at the Depot. |
 Combine cells in the Depot. |
 Cellblock, actually based on an early Citadel map.[5] |
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[edit] Screenshots
[edit] Pre-release
 Early brush Thumpers near the brush Depot. |
 Brush prototype teleport used in most of the teleport concept art above.[6] |
 The very rough Gunship Bays at the foot of the Depot in the playable Half-Life 2 Beta. |
 Early official screenshot of Antlions near the Depot. |
 The Depot in the map " |
[edit] Retail
 Originally a brush, the Depot is a model in the retail version. |
 The Depot as seen from the Nova Prospekt grounds. |
 Corridor under the rails with the shadow of a passing Razor Train. |
 Razor Train and Combine cells in the Depot. |
 Razor Train passing by. |
 The computer terminal of the interrogation room in the Depot. Notice the cracked wall and floor as the transition of the old Nova Prospekt building into the Depot, as if it was forcefully attached or cut into the existing structure. |
 Combine technology in the Depot. |
 The Combine teleport in the lower levels of the Depot. |
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[edit] List of appearances
- Half-Life 2 (First appearance)
- Half-Life 2: Raising the Bar
[edit] Notes and references
- ↑ Half-Life 2: Raising the Bar
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 WC mappack
- ↑ As seen in the E3 map "Depot", among others.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Based on "
wasteland_depot_inside.vmf". - ↑ "
proto_citadel_cellblock.vmf" in the WC mappack. - ↑
From the map <code>proto_teleport.vmfin the WC mappack, last edited September 2001.
[edit] See also
| Preceded by Nova Prospekt | Half-Life 2 story arc journey | Succeeded by Kleiner's Lab (2) |
| Preceded by Antlion Caves | Half-Life 2 original storyline | Succeeded by Air Exchange |
| 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 | |
