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Santego Military Base
General information
Location

Arizona, USA, Earth

Usage
Era(s)

Black Mesa Incident

Affiliation
Game information
Map(s)

ofboot0 to ofboot4

Designer(s)

David M. Mertz[1][2]

 
"My goal is simple: as of right now, you are all maggots! You will not speak until spoken to, you will not sleep unless told to do so! When I ask you to jump, you will reply with "How high?" Do you get me?!"
―Dwight T. Barnes[src]

The Santego Military Base is an United States Marine Corps-operated military base located in Arizona, west of New Mexico, where the Black Mesa Research Facility is located. It appears in the training chapter for Opposing Force, Boot Camp.

Contents

[edit] Overview

There Adrian Shephard receives his Advanced Training from before May 3 to c. May 15, 200-, under Drill Instructors Barnes and Sharpe, among others. The base is guarded by the Military Police whose members prevent access to restricted areas, and operates vehicles such as V-22 Ospreys and M35 Cargo Trucks.

Santego includes barracks, offices in the Tactical Operations Command, helipads, and the Advanced Training Facility, including the following sections:

  • Armory, where Powered Combat Vests can be picked up and charged.
  • Test Firing Chamber, where the recruit is shown how the PCV protects him from bullets.
  • Environmental Hazards Simulation,[3] where the recruit must got through miscellanea hazards such as fire, steam, electricity and radioactive waste, while being protected by his PCV.
  • Nightvision Training, where the recruit is shown how the nightvision goggles work.
  • Basic Training, where the recruit must perform basic movements.
  • Rope Course, where the recruit must climb ropes.
  • Live Fire Range, where the recruit is shot at and must avoid fire.
  • Target Range, where the recruit must learn how to use weapons.
    • Pistol Range, where the recruit must learn how to use the Desert Eagle.
    • Sniper Range, where the recruit must learn how to use the M40A1 Sniper Rifle.
  • Squad Training, where the recruit must learn to use his assets properly. The Engineer, the Medic and the radio communication are introduced.

During Shephard's training, the G-Man came several times to check on him, around May 3 and May 7.

[edit] Known residents

Senior Drill Instructor Dwight T. Barnes.

[edit] Behind the scenes

"Santego" is a variation of "Santiago", Spanish for "Saint James", "Yago" being an old Spanish form for "Jacob" or "James".

[edit] Trivia

  • In Shephard's dormitory where Boot Camp starts, each trunk can be seen bearing the name of a Gearbox employee, such as Randy Pitchford, Stephen Bahl, Rob Heironimus, David Mertz, John Faulkenbury, etc., mirroring the Easter Egg from Half-Life in the locker rooms of the Sector C of Black Mesa.
  • The room right below Shephard's dormitory exists but can only be accessed by noclipping. Inside can be found an Easter Egg, consisting in initials and a date ("DMM 1999"). "DMM" is the signature of Santego Military Base's designer, David M. Mertz, Gearbox employee. "1999" is the release date for Opposing Force.

[edit] Gallery

The G-Man seen in the Tactical Operations Command building.

MP.

HECU soldiers gathering at Santego before leaving.

MP in the the Advanced Training Facility.

The Armory.

The PCV in the Armory.

PCV Charger in the Armory.

David M. Mertz's signature.

Ditto.

[edit] List of appearances

[edit] Notes and references

Combine OverWiki has a collection of images and media related to Santego Military Base.
  1. ↑ David Mertz MobyGames profile
  2. ↑ His signature is hidden in "ofboot0".
  3. ↑ Its proper name is unsure; there is no sign at the start of the section.
Locations of the Half-Life universe
General Earth
Half-Life Black Mesa Transit System · Black Mesa Research Facility · Xen
Half-Life: Opposing Force Santego Military Base
Half-Life 2 Black Mesa East · Bridge Point · Citadel · City 14 · City 17 · City 17 Trainstation · Canals · The Coast · Combine Overworld · Depot · Dock 137 · Kleiner's Lab · Lighthouse Point · New Little Odessa · Nova Prospekt · Overwatch Nexus · Petroleum Station · Ravenholm · Shorepoint Base · Station 6 · Station 7 · Station 8 · Station 9 · Station 12 · Underground Railroad · Vortigaunt Camp · The Wasteland
Half-Life 2: Episode One Citadel Core · City 17 Underground · Hospital · Technical Trainstation
Portal Aperture Laboratories
Half-Life 2: Episode Two Borealis · The Outlands · Victory Mine · White Forest · The White Forest Inn
Half-Life 2 (cut) Air Exchange · Alyx's Home · Antlion Caves · Borealis · City 40 · City 49 · Combine Factories · Kraken Base · Manhack Arcade · St. Olga · Skyscraper · Vance Headquarters · Weather Control
Hazardous Environment Combat Unit
Characters S. Bahl · Dwight T. Barnes · Cooper · P. Deupree · J. Faulkenbury · R. Heironimus · Inney · Jackson · B. Martel · D. Mertz · L. Montgomery · R. Pitchford · Sharpe · Adrian Shephard · Tower · M. Wardwell
Weapons Combat Knife · Desert Eagle · Double Turret · Dynamite · Glock 17 · Land Mine · Laser Tripmine · M198 Howitzer · M2 Browning Machine Gun · M202A1 FLASH · M249 Squad Automatic Weapon · M40A1 Sniper Rifle · Mk 2 Grenade · MP5 · RPG · Satchel Charge · Sentry Turret · SPAS-12
Vehicles AH-64 Apache · F-16 Fighting Falcon · M1A1 Abrams · M2A3 Bradley · M35 Cargo Truck · V-22 Osprey
Technology Powered Combat Vest · Tactical Map
Other Military Police · Santego Military Base
Vehicles (cut) F-117 Nighthawk
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