Vortigaunt/Quotes/Half-Life 2 pre-release

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The following is a list of quotes from the Vortigaunts, from Half-Life 2’s development. Made by a temporary actor, they can be found in the Half-Life 2 leak files. Many sentences were reused for the final game, sometimes with alterations in the text.

Transcripts not official.

Miscellaneous

Location: sound/npc/vort/speech

Filename(s)	Quote	Play
answer00	I remain unconvinced.
answer01	You're not the first to harbor such illusions.
answer02	I believe the opposite.
answer03	It is just as well.
answer04	I expected as much.
answer05	Idle speculation.
answer06	Your concern is touching.
answer07	Don't rely on it.
answer08	Assume nothing.
answer09	Nothing of the sort.
answer10	You are deluded.
answer11	I wish you were right.
attack00	To the void with you.
attack01	Give over your essence.
attack02	I claim you.
attack03	These do not deserve consciousness.
attack04	Satisfaction.
attack05	This is regrettable.
attack06	Allow me.
attack07	I live to serve.
attack08	Return to the void.
boxcarvort01b	Leave him be. He is known to us.
boxcarvort02b	He is here to help us all. Let him pass.
boxcarvort03b	Go quickly, and do not look back.
cure00	Allow me you to recharge your cells.
cure01	You can use this more than I.
cure02	Hold still. I'll share my charge.
cure03	Prepare to receive energy.
cure04	We will share the vortessence.
curestop00	That is all I can spare for now.
curestop01	That should keep you going.
curestop02	If you spend that, I'll give you more.
curestop03	That's all for now. Don't be greedy.
cure_interrupt00	Hold still, or I cannot charge you.
cure_interrupt01	If you move, I cannot help you.
cure_interrupt02	I cannot recharge a moving target.
hear00	Something approaches.
hear01	I know that sound.
hear02	Alert!
hello00	Hello, Freeman.
hello01	Is it the Freeman?
hello02	Can I be of service?
hello03	Greetings to Freeman.
hello04	So the neuroprints are true.
hello05	If you're truly the Freeman, I salute you.
hello06	Freeman, take me with you.
hello07	Freeman, I could be of use to you.
hello08	I never expected to see you.
hello09	Is this the Freeman I see before me?
hello10	I know you.
hello11	I'll put aside Black Mesa for now.
idle00	Our finest poet describes it thus: Half-Life-like Alien speech.
idle01	Our cause seems hopeless.
idle02	I have lost all dear to me.
idle03	I must remember that we have survived worse.
idle04	This is more than anyone can bear, but I will go on.
idle05	My life is worthless unless spent on freedom.
idle06	Where to now? And to what end?
kill00	This is for the Freeman.
kill01	The astral tether is cut.
kill02	That one should trouble us no more.
kill03	I have dreamed of this moment.
kill04	His energy empowers me.
kill05	I surge.
kill06	I claim the vortessence.
line_fire00	Caution, Freeman.
line_fire01	Freeman in my way.
line_fire02	The Freeman must move.
line_fire03	Warning, Freeman.
line_fire04	I cannot fire without harm to Freeman.
mad00	I had no wish to harm you, until now.
mad01	You have given me no choice but to eliminate you.
mad02	The dead of Black Mesa shall honor me for this.
mad03	Remember Black Mesa.
mad04	I give as I receive.
mad05	Let me return your gift.
mad06	What heals can also harm.
mad07	Prepare to merge with the void.
mad08	This pains me.
mad09	Now, I can make you.
mad10	Regrettable.
ok00	It ls an honor to accompany the Freeman.
ok01	It was my thought you would not ask.
ok02	The honor is mine.
ok03	Now I can die in glory.
ok04	This life is yours to command.
ok05	I dedicate myself to your purpose.
ok06	Propitious alliance. Lead on.
ok07	The Freeman honors me.
ok08	Yes. Forward.
ok09	It seems pointless, but I will help you.
question00	I have lost all dear to me.
question01	They will pay in time for their depravity.
question02	You. We thought you were dead.
question03	Perhaps there are more like us.
question04	I fear hope is in sight.
question05	This marks a turning point.
question06	Your pessimism will doom us all.
question07	We have survived darker times.
scared00	You treat allies thus?
scared01	You betray your true nature once again.
scared02	I thought you were changed.
scared03	Forbear, Freeman.
scared04	Treachery unbecomes you.
scared05	We shall serve you no longer.
shot00	Your warrior skills are questionable.
shot01	Avoid me in future.
shot02	What right have you to fire on me?
shot03	Unsought and unwelcome.
shot04	I have not harmed you.
shot05	Are you Combine?
stare00	Freeman, I cannot read your optical buds.
stare01	The Freeman's intentions are unclear.
stare02	Your mind is opaque.
stare03	You must remember me from Black Mesa.
stare04	I'm still here.
stare05	Calm yourself.
stare06	Think upon the void
wait00	Can I not convince you otherwise?
wait01	If you change valence, I will await your return.
wait02	The Freeman knows best.
wait03	I will remain if you so choose.
wait04	I fear I have failed you.
wait05	Perhaps I will serve you better here.
wound00	My cord is cut.
wound01	I am untethered.
wound02	I forgive.
wound03	I pass, but our race lives on.
wound04	Remember me.
wound05	The void lays claim to its own.
wound06	Brood mother.
vort_deadsea	Yes, we are watching. Over that dead sea, above the razor trains, the route to Nova Prospekt. (At Black Mesa East)
vort_taken	Taken with the Mossman. (At Black Mesa East)