Tanker Yard
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| Tanker Yard | |
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Before the Seven Hour War |
| Destroyed |
After the Uprising |
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- Alyx: "Hey Russ, you wanna swap in here?"
- Russell: "Yeahhh, no. I would probably die instantly."
- ― Alyx Vance and Russell, after a hard fight.[src]
The Tanker Yard[1] is an Antlion-infested Quarantine Zone freight train yard featured in the ninth and tenth chapters of Half-Life: Alyx, Revelations and Breaking and Entering.
Contents
Overview[edit]
The Tanker Yard is part of the abandoned industrial zone inside the Quarantine Zone. Around the place are abandoned tenement buildings, industrial shacks and a part of the QZ's outer walls. It is comprised of two separate sections with a Combine Barricade in between.
The first area is a train yard with several parallel tracks with parked tanker cars and multiple industrial buildings including shacks, warehouses, crane towers and funnels. It is in an overall state of disrepair, as evidenced by the tipped-over cars and cargo crates littered around the place. Antlions are also a common presence in the yards, and they have already constructed a complex colony, covering whole trains and buildings with hives and other alien growths. The Combine has little troops stationed in this area.
The second section is a completely Combine-controlled railway depot where Razor Trains unload. The water tower housing the Vault's backup substation is also located here. Like the nearby Parking Garage, the area was linked to line 2 of the City 17 Metro network through the "Train Depot" stop.
When Alyx passes through the area, she must face hordes of swarming Antlion Soldiers as well as three Antlion Workers at the back. A few Combine Grunts also fire at her from up on the catwalks. After defeating those enemies, she needs to unlock a Combine door to proceed to the second area. After overhearing an unknown scientist discussing the contents of the Vault with a Combine Advisor and fighting more Combine forces, Alyx has finally access to the controls of the station to which the Vault can be docked. When she fails to find the proper lever combination, she causes the Vault to crash down.
Behind the scenes[edit]
The abandoned den visited after overhearing the Scientist's conversation was occupied by an individual referred to by the game's development team as the "Combine Killer". It was imagined as a person with a grudge against the Combine, who has chosen to survive in the Quarantine Zone, pending their time exacting revenge on unsuspecting Combine patrols, and possibly eventually joining the Resistance portrayed in Half-Life 2.[2]
Related Achievements[edit]
| Half-Life: Alyx | |
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Triple Bypass |
| Solve the tanker yard's electrical puzzle and escape. | |
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High Water March |
| Start climbing the water tower. | |
Gallery[edit]
Section of the tunnel connecting the Central Zoo to the Tanker Yard.
Antlion nests in the tunnels under the Tanker Yard.
A Grunt closing a Combine Barricade.
Cleanup Solution tanks being filled up in an Antlion lab.
A Combine Barricade blocking access.
A portable restroom, also used as a lift.
Two Combine Grunts carrying a barrel.
A puzzle that requires moving a pipe with an electrical winch.
The Vault above the Tanker Yard right after the last substation has been taken down and the emergency backup activated.
One of the Central Zoo metal signs seen from the Tanker Yard.
Antlion hive infested walkways.
The exterior of The Scientist's room.
The Scientist speaking to the Combine Advisor.
Closeup of the Combine Advisor.
Combine Grunt and flying Xen Gnats at the elevator shaft near the room where the Scientist was speaking.
Overview of the Combine Killer's den.
Ditto, from the opposite side.
Bed with books and Xen flora in a jar in the Combine Killer's den.
Dead rat in a cage in the Combine Killer's den.
The Vault above the Tanker Yard, seen from further ahead.
Razor Train.
A Combine door that leads to the substation in the water tower.
The entrance to the water tower.
A Supply Crate in the water tower building.
The control panel for docking the Vault.
The Vault crashing down.
List of appearances[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ Named so in the related "Triple Bypass" Achievement
- ↑ Half-Life: Alyx commentary, "Scavenger Hideout"
| Preceded by Central Zoo |
Half-Life: Alyx story arc journey | Succeeded by Parking Garage |
