
Gordon travels through the wrecked facility, stumbling across piles of rubble and dead bodies, with dozens of aliens teleporting in by the second. The spectrometers explosion kills many of the scientists, far outside of the actual test chamber, however Gordons suit manages to protect him from the blast, leaving him to travel through the wrecked facility. Gordon is then told to press a button and push the cart, after which the crystal reacts negatively, causing a Resonance Cascade, thereby opening a rift between Earth and the Xen dimension, releasing hostile aliens throughout the facility, and eventually the rest of New Mexico. Gordon enters the chamber and receives the specimen placed in a special cart, delivered by Gina Cross.

Kleiner states G-3883 to be "the purest sample they've seen yet." Still unknown of the samples true properties or its origin, they are forced to power the spectrometer at a staggering 105%, a number many of the scientists don't feel safe about. He rides the tram through Level 3 Dormitories, later quickly fitting into his HEV suit and heading off to the test chamber. Later, he is about half a hour late for work. Prior to his arrival at Sector C, he partakes in a HEV suit training. On May 16th, Gordon is meant to perform the experiment. Prior to this experiment, a special, uniquely pure crystal sample titled "GG-3883" was delivered by the mysterious G-Man. Those crystals derive from an alien borderworld called Xen, which was being researched by Black Mesa for a certain period of time already. One day, Gordon is assigned to an experiment involving the anti-mass spectrometer, which is a piece of equipment used to analyze foreign materials such as Xen crystals via electromagnetic fields and plasma. Isaac Kleiner's assistant in Sector C in Test Lab C-33/a. He is then employed at the Black Mesa Research Facility in New Mexico, where he works as a research associate in the Anamolous Materials laboratories in the year 200. Biography Half-Life The Resonance CascadeĪt only the age of 27, Gordon Freeman graduates from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a Ph.D.
