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Magnusson Device
Production information
Affiliation

Resistance

Manufacturer

Arne Magnusson

Technical specifications
Damage

When on Strider and shot, instant kill

Magazine Size

N/S

Maximum Ammunition

N/A

Fire Mode

N/A

Ammunition Type

N/A

Operation

Launched by Gravity Gun

Rate of Fire

N/A

Effective Range

N/A

Range

N/A

Usage
Used by

Gordon Freeman

Game information
Entity
  • weapon_striderbuster
  • weapon_magnade (cut entity)
"We call it the Magnusson Device. Not my chosen label you understand, but it seemed to please the personnel."
Arne Magnusson[src]

The Magnusson Device, also known as Strider Buster, is a Resistance weapon developed by Arne Magnusson, the leader of White Forest.

Contents

[edit] Overview

Magnusson introduces one of his devices in a display case.

Magnusson designed his self-titled Device with the specific aim of neutralizing Striders, whose deadly armament and heavy plating had confronted the Resistance with a near-insurmountable opponent. During the Battle of City 17, Striders slaughtered considerable numbers of Resistance fighters and Citizens, despite the Resistance's deployment of RPGs, the heaviest weapon at their disposal. Magnusson struggled to develop a successful launching system for the rugby-ball shaped Device, as the weapon needed to be attached to the towering Striders' body to be effective; however, this problem was immediately solved with the arrival of Gordon Freeman and his Gravity Gun to White Forest.

The Magnusson Device is only available to a user who has the Gravity Gun. The Magnusson Device is procured only by the gravity gun's field from a small portable Teleporter, the user must then aim at the hull of a Strider. After the user has taken aim, the user must fire the device at the Strider. The Magnusson Device will then stick to the Strider. The user must then use a ranged weapon (such as the Pistol) to shoot the attached Magnusson Device. Once the Device is hit by a projectile it will explode, completely destroying the Strider.

[edit] Tactics

The Magnusson Device is very effective at destroying Striders; however, the user must have precise aim with the Gravity Gun. Striders are always accompanied by Hunter synths, who will fire upon a readied Magnusson Device as soon as they have a clear shot. Therefore, it's advised to destroy all local Hunters before attempting to launch the Magnusson Device at the Strider (Strider Busters can also be used to damage Hunters, aimed at which they act like any other Physics object). As soon as a Device is attached, the Strider will immediately turn to attack the person who launched it.

[edit] Behind the scenes

  • A seen in the Half-Life 2 Beta source code, the Hopwire Grenade was originally to be the weapon of choice against Striders,[1] replaced in Episode Two by the Magnusson Device. This is confirmed in the Episode Two commentary, in which Valve's Joshua Weier states that the Magnusson Device "started life as a Half-Life 2 weapon called the Hopwire".[2]
  • Originally, Gordon Freeman was to be able to throw a smaller Magnusson Device with his hands like a regular grenade, whose probable entity was to be "weapon_magnade".
  • According to Richard Lord, the diagram explaining how to use the Magnusson Device against Striders went through several iterations, from highly stylized, to absurd, to something the team believed they could ship.[2]

[edit] Trivia

  • The Magnusson Device bears striking resemblance to "The Gadget", the first nuclear weapon designed under the Manhattan Project.

[edit] Gallery

[edit] List of appearances

[edit] Notes and references

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Half-Life 2: Deathmatch S.L.A.M
Portal Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device · Aperture Science Sentry Turret · Rocket Sentry
Half-Life 2: Episode Two AR3 (non-existent) · Autogun · Magnusson Device
Half-Life (cut) Black Hole Gun
Half-Life: Opposing Force (cut) Flash Grenade
Half-Life 2 (cut) AK-47 · Brickbat · Combine Guard Gun · Combine Launcher · Desert Launcher · FIM-92 Stinger · Fire Extinguisher · Flare Gun · GR9 · HK-707 · Hopwire Grenade · Ice Axe · Immolator · Incendiary Rifle · Molotov Cocktail · MP5K · MP7 · Physgun · Pulse Shield · Rollerwand · S.L.A.M · Sniper Rifle · Socket Wrench · Sticky Launcher · Stun Baton · Tau Cannon · Thumper · XM29 OICW
Half-Life 2: Lost Coast
(cut from Half-Life 2)
Harpoon
Half-Life 2: Episode One (cut) Vortex Hopwire
The Resistance
Leaders / key members Barney Calhoun · Odessa Cubbage · Gordon Freeman · Isaac Kleiner · Arne Magnusson · Judith Mossman · Alyx Vance · Eli Vance
Minor members All-Knowing Vortigaunt · Arlene · Consoling Couple · Daniel · Jacob · Dog · Father Grigori · Griggs · Joe · Lamarr · Laszlo · Leon · Mary · Matt · Mirt · Noriko · Sandy · Sheckley · Sweepy · Unidentified deaf character · Uriah · Victory Mine Vortigaunt · Vortigaunt Shepherd · Winston
Weapons Alyx's Gun · Colt Python · Crossbow · Crowbar · Magnusson Device · Pheropods · RPG · Ravenholm traps · Tau Cannon · Zero Point Energy Field Manipulator
Vehicles Airboat · Mil Mi-8 · Muscle Car · Scout Car
Technology Communication · Antlion Detector · Dog · EMP Tool · Generator Trailer · Lever Bridge · Retinal Scanner · Supply Crate · Teleportation · Television · Transponder · White Forest rocket
Locations Black Mesa East · Bridge Point · Dock 137 · Kleiner's Lab · Lighthouse Point · New Little Odessa · Ravenholm · Shorepoint Base · Station 6 · Station 7 · Station 8 · Station 9 · Station 12 · Underground Railroad · Victory Mine · Vortigaunt Camp · White Forest · The White Forest Inn
Other Imagery · Lambda logo · Vortigaunt
Leaders / key members (cut) Eli Maxwell · Helena Mossman · Odell · Vance
Minor members (cut) Animal · Johanssen · Mambridge · Peters · Skitch
Weapons (cut) Brickbat · Fire Extinguisher · Flare Gun · Ice Axe · Molotov Cocktail · Physgun · Socket Wrench
Vehicles (cut) Borealis · C-130 · Jet Ski · Jalopy · Submarine · V-22 Osprey
Locations (cut) Alyx's Cache · Borealis · Kraken Base · Vance Headquarters
Other (cut) Conscripts

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