Combine elevator
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| Combine elevator | |
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The Combine elevator is a type of elevator blended with Combine technology used by the Combine mostly in the Citadel.
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Overview[edit]
As the Combine's avenue of vertical transport, the Combine Elevator is used for all intents and purposes of human elevators. It consists of a single pane of glass held by metal clamps and does not appear to use a normal counterweight system for lift. The majority of them seem to use Combine Emitters to detect living entities entering the elevator, although they do not seem to understand how to distinguish normal humans from Combine. Others, however, are operated by buttons.
Larger versions of this type of lift exist within larger areas of the Citadel, most notably the access lift which takes Gordon Freeman and Alyx Vance down to the Citadel's core. These elevators take irregular geometric shapes and hover directly in midair. When activated, metal rings accordion upwards from the bottommost point and summon the lift while red lights flash along the supports. As soon as a person enters that platform, a force field is generated, however, they only act as a barrier to prevent passengers from falling off rather than offering protection against firearms.
In Half-Life: Alyx, another variety of the Combine Elevator is seen. This type of elevator resembles human lifts more, featuring a box compartment that moves along vertical rails with a manually operated shutter door and a small Combine Light mounted on its ceiling. It can be activated by the use of a Combine Battery.
Appearances[edit]
Half-Life: Alyx[edit]
In Alyx, only one instance of a Combine elevator is encountered, which is located outside the Northern Star hotel.
At the end of chapter Superweapon, when she arrives outside of Northern Star hotel, Alyx comes across an elevator hanging in the air next to a substation, beyond her reach.
In the following chapter, Northern Star, Alyx reaches the bottom floor of the hotel and locates the control panel for the elevator she had encountered earlier. In order to activate the panel and the elevator, Alyx kills a Reviver and uses its heart as a Combine Battery. She rides the elevator to the substation and rescues a Vortigaunt that's held captive to power the substation. After rescuing the Vortigaunt, it calls another elevator in order to let Alyx get back on the ground.
Gallery[edit]
Half-Life 2[edit]
A Combine elevator in the Citadel.
Alyx waiting for Gordon in the elevator.
Alyx hacking the Combine lock to activate the elevator.
Breen escaping from his office using the Combine elevator.
Breen mocking Alyx and Gordon while fleeing in an elevator.
Half Life: Alyx[edit]
Models[edit]
The model of the Combine elevator used in Alyx.
Ditto, with doors open.
Screenshots[edit]
A Combine elevator near the substation in Northern Star.
Ditto, after Alyx rides it.
Alyx uses a Reviver's heart to power the elevator.
An elevator arrives after the activation.
A Combine elevator called by a recently freed Vortigaunt.
List of appearances[edit]
Main games[edit]
- Half-Life 2 (First appearance)
- Half-Life 2: Episode One
- Half-Life: Alyx
Other[edit]
- Source Particle Benchmark (Game files only) (Non-canonical appearance)
