Dynamite

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Dynamite
Production information
Type	Explosive material
Affiliation	Hazardous Environment Combat Unit
Technical specifications
Ammunition type	Explosive
Rate of fire	Fast
Usage
Used by	HECU Marines
Game information
Entity name	N/A

Dynamite is used several times by the HECU to block access to some areas of the Black Mesa Research Facility or to force access to areas blocked to them.

Overview

Dynamite has two formats, the first one being a trap, detonated either by tripwire or correographed detonation, in which it must be avoided by means of a puzzle of fast thinking, and the second style being as a means of advancement in which an exit must be blown open to move onto the next portion of the level, proving either way as an important part of storyline and the game itself.

Appearances

• The dynamite is first seen in Sector E in the Half-Life chapter On A Rail. There, dynamite traps, either triggered remotely or by tripwires, block the way to the High Altitude Launch Center. Several packs are set up above tracks in Sector E Materials Transport, others are set up in the stairs in the Launch Center's Launch Control building.

• In Uplink, dynamite is used by the HECU to blow up the locked door leading to Sector F's Transmitter Dome.

• In Opposing Force, it is used by the HECU in the chapter Foxtrot Uniform to blow up a section of the Hydro-Electric Dam and destroy the Gargantua.

• Another appearance of dynamite in Opposing Force is a small charge of approximately 5 sticks sitting next to a dead soldier and scientist in a broken X-ray tunnel in Sector E.

• In Blue Shift, HECU Marines attempt to blow up a door in the coolant generator area under Section A-17 Prototype Labs in the chapter Power Struggle, but the wire is broken. Barney Calhoun re-establishes the link with a barrel, triggering the explosion and destroying the door.

Gallery

Dynamite being set up along tracks in the Black Mesa Transit System.

Ditto, after being detonated by the nearby HECU soldier.

Dynamite seen on the dam, near the Gargantua.

The Gargantua exploding on the dam.

The destroyed section of the dam after the explosion.

List of appearances

• Half-Life (First appearance)
• Half-Life: Uplink (Non-canonical appearance)
• Half-Life: Opposing Force
• Half-Life: Blue Shift