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Alien Grunt Factory
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The Alien Grunt Factory is a large indoor facility located on Xen, and used by the forces belonging to the Nihilanth to manufacture Alien Grunts artificially.
[edit] Overview
The facility is composed of several large chambers that are not directly connected, and can only be visited using portals that connect them. Vortigaunts are the main workers in the facility, and serve as both guards and worker drones, although they will remain indifferent to intruders unless supervised by Alien Controllers, which command them to attack. In the factory, the Grunts are produced inside large blue containers, that are transported throughout the facility using conveyor belts. Apparently, the grunts within the barrels are pretty much "finished", as they will fight like any other grunts if the container is opened. Apart from grunts, the facility appears to be producing thumpers, as unfinished parts of them can be seen lying in apparent storage areas. The facility has a portal connected directly to the Nihilanth's lair, and several elevators that lead to higher floors of the factory. It also includes numerous healing showers, implying that work around the factory can be dangerous.
[edit] Appearances
The Alien Grunt Factory appears only towards the end of Half-Life, in the chapter Interloper. Gordon Freeman arrives in the factory using a portal, from elsewhere on Xen. In the first area, only Vortigaunts are present, and they show no hostility towards him, possibly as a subtle rebellion. In later parts however, the presence of Alien Controllers ensures that the Vortigaunts become hostile. Gordon also finds the bodies of Black Mesa Survey team members, showing that Black Mesa had previously found the facility. Eventually, Gordon fights his way through the factory, and reaches a portal that leads him to the Nihilanth.
[edit] List of appearances
- Half-Life (First appearance)
