

She walks away from the explosion with him.

Just then, the G-Man appears and seems to speak to Alyx as if they knew each other from the past. Alyx shoots Judith and convinces Gordon to turn the ship into a time-traveling bomb that they’ll use to make a suicide run and destroy the Combine’s ability to hop between worlds. The finale sees Judith and Alyx argue over whether the ship should be destroyed. At one point, Gordon even references being able to see Aperture Science from the ship as time changes around them. It was meant to be sent to the Arctic via a portal when the Combine invaded, but a misunderstanding of the technology meant that it ended up floating through time and space. After using Mossman’s support to board the Borealis, the group discovers that a study into portal-related technology appears to be to blame for the vessel’s predicament. Others think it might still be used to turn the tide of battle.

Alyx and Gordon believe that the vessel should be destroyed before it falls into the hands of the Combine. So what is the plot all about? Well, following the death of Eli Vance in Episode 2, Gordon Freeman, Alyx Vance, and a band of allies agree they need to trek to the Arctic in order to locate a research vessel called the Borealis. Mentions of an arctic fortress and a downed helicopter in the summary have made appearances in leaked concept art in the past. A translation of the text that inserts all the proper character, location, and occurrence names into the summary can be found here.įans have matched certain plot elements detailed in the summary to previously “leaked” concept art for an unreleased Half-Life game.

In 2017, former Valve writer Marc Laidlaw broke the internet when he updated his blog with a mysterious letter that appeared to contain the plot summary for his version of Half-Life 3. The post immediately caught the attention of a legion of Half-Life fans who deciphered the false names and hidden messages used in the original post and determined that it revealed plot details about the Half-Life sequel that never arrived.
