Vance Headquarters
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Aaron Barber (mapping)[1] |
- "Gordon! I'm hurt! Can't move! Go on without me! Find my father! There's an emergency bunker near in inner gates! He's in command there! Tell him that I... Aaaah..."
- ―Alyx Vance[src]
Vance Headquarters[1] is a City 17 location cut from Half-Life 2. It was to be headed by Captain Vance.
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[edit] Overview
As seen in the WC mappack map "VanceHQ.vmf" ("Vance Headquarters"), last edited February 2001,[1] Captain Vance was to have his headquarters in an "emergency bunker"[2] near the inner gates of the Citadel outer wall during the City 17 uprising following the destruction of the Air Exchange. It is likely the place was originally Combine-controlled.
A very incomplete map, "VanceHQ.vmf" includes, among others, an empty building and an underground parking (likely the headquarters themselves, since it is the only building than can be visited), with four brush VAB APCs on the street and in the parking. It also includes the huge Citadel concrete outer wall[3] and the so-called "inner gates", therefore locating the headquarters quite close to the Citadel.[1]
Early Alyx sound files (made by other actress than Merle Dandridge) found in the playable Half-Life 2 Beta files indicates that after the crash in the Skyscraper Alyx was to be hurt and unable to move and tells Gordon to find an "emergency bunker near the inner gates" where her father was to be "in command".[2] This bunker is likely the main building of "VanceHQ.vmf". It is therefore likely that some meeting would have taken place there, Vance learning of her daughter being in danger.
[edit] Fate
The location lost its purpose when Captain Vance and Eli Maxwell were merged into Eli Vance and when the Skyscraper was scrapped.
[edit] Trivia
Parts of the map are present in early Manhack Arcade maps, such as "c17_05.vmf" (last edited September 2002), before being replaced by the subsequent versions.
[edit] Gallery
 Near Vance Headquarters, with APCs and the Citadel inner wall on the left. |
 Ditto. |
 Near Vance Headquarters, with the Citadel inner wall in the back. |
 Conscripts and APCs near Vance Headquarters, with the Citadel inner wall in the back. |
[edit] List of appearances
- N/A
[edit] Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 WC mappack
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Playable Half-Life 2 Beta files
- ↑ As seen in the skybox of the map
c17_04_23.vmf.
| Preceded by Skyscraper | Half-Life 2 original storyline | Succeeded by Citadel |
