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The Xen Ceiling Turret is an automated defense system used by the alien residents of Xen, seen initially on the first floating island in Half-Life.
Overview[]
- Like much of Xen's technology, the Xen Ceiling Turret appears to be a techno-organic construction, consisting of a thick, fleshy stem hanging from the ceiling, with a black bulb at the end covered with a purple mesh like a bug zapper. When enemies are nearby, it fires purple electric discharges at the target.
- Though they appear several times throughout Xen, they don't pose as big a threat as the creatures of Xen, and can be destroyed with any weapon. Upon destruction, the turret explodes in a blast of purple smoke.
- Its floor counterpart fires a more powerful laser, has a longer range, and is considerably larger.
Behind the scenes[]
Like its floor counterpart, the Xen Ceiling Turret is made up of brushes tied to the entities "func_tanklaser" and "func_breakable". Like the brush entity "func_tank" used by the HECU Sniper or the HECU tanks, "func_tanklaser" is not affected by the console code "notarget".
Gallery[]
List of appearances[]
- Half-Life (First appearance)
Xen | |
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Creatures | Alien Aircraft • Alien Controller • Alien Grunt • Archer (cut) • Armored Headcrab • Barnacle • Boid • Bullsquid • Charger (cut) • Chumtoad • Fast Headcrab • Fast Walker (cut) • Flocking Floater (cut) • Gargantua• Gonarch • Headcrab • Houndeye • Ichthyosaur • Kingpin (cut) • Leech • Lightning Dog • Mr. Friendly (cut) • Nihilanth • Panther Eye (cut) • Poison Headcrab • Protozoan • Prrobot (cut) • Quiver Creature (cut) • Sand Barnacle (cut) • Snapbug (cut) • Snark • Sphere (cut) • Standard Headcrab • Stukabat (cut) • Tentacle • Unidentified Quiver Creature (cut) • Vortigaunt • Zombie |
Weapons | Black Hole Gun (cut) • Ceiling Turret • Grenade • Hivehand • Sentry Cannon • Snark • Snark Mine |
Technology | Healing Shower • Thumper |
Other | Crystal • Fungus • Healing Pool • Light Stalk • Trampoline • Tree |