Gate 5

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Gate 5 is a Combine outpost located in the Canals. It is visited by Gordon Freeman during his journey to Black Mesa East.

Overview[]

Gate 5 is a large old warehouse, converted as an outpost for Civil Protection, by the Combine.
It is manned by a large amount of Civil Protection officers, and is capable of air support from a Hunter-Chopper.
It contains the controls for a floodgate nearby, probably the reason for the large guard force.

Features[]

Gate 5 is accessed from the Canals through a small maintenance room in the lower levels, containing many supplies, including a Colt Python. Above the Canal level is a large outside open area, where Northern Petrol containers are placed. This area is separated only with chain link fences. The large warehouse is accessed with a garage gate. Inside are several Northern Petrol containers, and a number of supply crates. On each side of the warehouse is a small catwalk above the ground level. One of the catwalks is used to access a storage room, as well as a stairwell leading back to the container area. A tower above the Canals contains the controls for a nearby floodgate. This tower is defended by Civil Protection officers manning powerful mounted pulse weapons.

Appearances[]

Half-Life 2[]

During Gordon Freeman's journey to Black Mesa East, he comes across Gate 5. Immediately as Freeman arrives with his Airboat, the gate is closed by Civil Protection officers, and one of them opens fire towards him with an MP7. Freeman enters the maintenance room, and battles his way through the warehouse, while evading a Hunter-Chopper. Freeman defeats the Civil Protection personnel, and opens the gate allowing to proceed, after using the mounted weapons to fend off the chopper. After Freeman leaves, Civil Protection apparently regains control of the area, as the gate closes behind him after driving off.

Trivia[]

It is possible to skip most of the Gate 5 area. Upon arriving, the gate gets shut and a lone CP opens fire. After he is dispatched, the Airboat must be placed under the platform the CP was stationed, precisely at the area where the railing is missing. After exiting the Airboat, one must simply jump on it, allowing to reach the platform. After that, the gate controls can be reached without ever having to fight through the warehouse or encountering the Hunter-Chopper, and only the two CP stationed in the watchtower. However the Hunter-Chopper will be as it always is in the next map. And the player may miss the Colt Python revolver.

There is a secret ammo box for the pistol that can be found under a wrecked boat.

Two pulse turrets appear to be of the same type as the pulse turret on the chopper, but do not need to 'charge up' before firing. Gordon uses these to drive off a Hunter-Chopper. Oddly enough, the Civil Protection officers guarding that tower do not use these turrets, most likely because they cannot see Freeman down in the canals or they were not in the tower at the time.

It's possible to destroy a Hunter-Chopper with these turrets. When original pursuer flies off for repair, Freeman could advance with airboat through the Gate 5, to hear and see the next chopper ahead, but not far enough for gate to close. When the next chopper starts pursuing, Freeman would retreat to tower with pulse turrets. It is possible to utterly destroy a chopper this time, because it does not flee. As after a while next chopper appears, it could be the one originally damaged, which leads to conclusion that Freeman was chased by 2 Hunter-Choppers.

Gallery[]

List of appearances[]

Half-Life 2 (First appearance)

Preceded by
APC garage

Half-Life 2 story arc journey

Succeeded by
Black Mesa East

Locations
Aperture Science	Borealis • Employee Daycare Center • Enrichment Center • Enrichment Shafts: Co-op Test Shaft / Test Shaft 09 • Extended Relaxation Annex • Extended Relaxation Center • Central AI Chamber • Hub • Incinerator Room • Neurotoxin Generator • Testing tracks: GLaDOS' testing track (Portal) / GLaDOS' testing track (Portal 2) / Wheatley's testing track / Cooperative Testing Courses • Turret Manufacturing
Black Mesa	Advanced Biological Research Lab • Alien Quarantine Labs • Area 8 Topside Dormitories • Biological Waste Processing Plant • Black Mesa Air Control • Black Mesa desert • Black Mesa Medical Lab • Black Mesa Research Facility • Black Mesa Sectors: Sector A Training Facility / Sector B Coolant Reserve / Sector C Test Labs / Sector D Administration / Sector E Biodome Complex / Sector F Lambda Complex / Sector G Hydro Electric • Black Mesa South Access • Black Mesa Transit System • Freight Yard • Gamma Labs • Level 3 Dormitories • Section A-17 Prototype Labs • Topside Motorpool • Waste Processing Area 3
Combine	APC garage • Citadel • Citadel Core • City 8 • City 11 • City 12 • City 13 • City 14 • City 15 • City 16 • City 17 • City 24 • City 27 • City 17 Trainstation • Combine Overworld • Depot • Gate 5 • Nova Prospekt • Overwatch Nexus • Technical Trainstation • The Vault
Resistance	Alyx's Apartment • Black Mesa East • Bridge Point • Dock 137 • Kleiner's Lab • Lighthouse Point • New Little Odessa • Radio Tower • Ravenholm • Russell's Lab • Shorepoint Base • Station 1 • Station 6 • Station 7 • Station 8 • Station 9 • Station 12 • Station 21 • Underground Railroad • Victory Mine • Vortigaunt Camp • White Forest • The White Forest Inn
Other	Canals • City 17 Underground • Earth • Fairview Junction • The Coast • Hospital • Locations (cut) • Locations in the Half-Life universe • Moon • The Outlands • Quarantine Zone • Santego Military Base • St. Olga • The Wasteland • Xen

The Combine
Leaders / key figures	314 URB-LOC 0017 Advisor • Barn Advisor • Combine Advisors • The Consul (cut) • Vance (cut) • Wallace Breen
Minor members	Animal (cut) • Barney Calhoun • Mambridge (cut) • Peters (cut) • Unnamed Scientist
Humanoid units	Alien Assassin (cut) • Alien Soldier (cut) • Assassin (cut) • Charger • Civil Protection • Conscripts (cut) • Cremator (cut) • Elite (cut) • Grunt • Ordinal • Sniper • Soldier • Stalker • Suppressor • Zombie Assassin (cut)
Synth units	Synth • Advisor Pod • Attack Synth (cut) • Crab Synth • Dropship • Guard (cut) • Gunship • Hunter • Mobile Mine (cut) • Mortar Synth • Sacktick (cut) • Shield Scanner • Strider • Super Soldier (cut) • Synth Elite Soldier (cut) • Tbot1 (cut) • Unidentified cut Synth (cut) • Wasteland Scanner (cut)
Mechanical units	City Scanner • Manhack • Combot (cut)
Weapons	AK-47 (cut) • Autogun • Ceiling Turret • Desert Launcher (cut) • Emplacement Gun • FIM-92 Stinger (cut) • Flare Gun • GR9 (cut) • Guard Gun (cut) • Grenade • Ground Turret • Headcrab Shell • Heavy Shotgun • HK-707 (cut) • Hopper Mine • Hopwire Grenade (cut) • Hunter-Chopper Bomb • Immolator (cut) • Incendiary Rifle (cut) • Laser Tripmine • Launcher (cut) • MK3A2 Grenade • MP5K (cut) • MP7 (cut) • Overwatch Sniper Rifle • Overwatch Standard Issue Pulse Rifle • Pulse SMG • Pulse weapons • Rollermine • Sentry Gun • Shotgun • Sniper Rifle (cut) • SPAS-12 • Stun Baton • Suppression Device • USP Match • Wall Turret (cut) XM29 OICW (cut)
Vehicles	Advisor Platform • AirEx Truck (cut) • Armored Personnel Carrier • Hunter-Chopper • M2A3 Bradley (cut) • Merkava (cut) • Razor Train • School Bus (cut) • SWAT Truck (cut)
Technology	Advisor Container • Assassin tank (cut) • Barricade • Battery • Big Momma Pod (cut) • Binoculars (cut) • Breencast • Bunker • Camera (cut) • Cell • Charger • Citadel • Citadel Core • Confiscation Field • Dark Energy • Depot • Dispenser • Door lock • Door Tower (cut) • Dr. Breen's Private Reserve • Elevator • Emergency flare • Emitter • Energy Ball • Fabricator • Field Bridge • Force Field • Heavy Door • Heel Springs (cut) • Interface • Light • Medkit • Memory Replacement • Monitor • Overwatch Voice • Power Generator • Restrictor • Security Door • Smart Barrier • Supply Crate • Suppression Field • Teleportation • Television • The Terminal • Vehicles • Vorti-Cell (cut) • Watchtower
Locations	APC garage • Citadel • Citadel Core • City 8 • City 11 • City 12 • City 13 • City 14 • City 15 • City 16 • City 17 • City 24 • City 27 • City 17 Trainstation • Combine Overworld • Depot • Gate 5 • Nova Prospekt • Overwatch Nexus • Technical Trainstation • See cut locations
Other	Anticitizen • Citizen • Overwatch