Alyx Vance
Alyx Vance after Gordon's early encounter of her. Alyx's grey hooded sweatshirt bears the logo of the Black Mesa Research Facility.
Game series	Half-Life series
First game	Half-Life 2
Voice actor(s)	Merle Dandridge

Alyx Vance is a fictional character and digital actor from Valve's 2004 First Person Shooter computer game Half-Life 2, and its following episode: Half-Life 2: Episode One. Alyx is portrayed as a young woman in her early or mid-twenties, and is a prominent figure in the human resistance against the rule of the alien race called the Combine and their human representative, Dr. Breen. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (262x760, 131 KB)Alyx Vance, a character from the computer game Half-Life 2. ... The logo of the Black Mesa Research Facility, depicting a mesa mountain against the sky The Black Mesa Research Facility (also referred to as simply Black Mesa in the games) is a fictional complex located in the desert of New Mexico, United States, and is the setting for most of... Gordon freeman, the main protagonist, on the first Half-Life cover Half-Life is a is a science fiction first-person shooter computer game series developed by Valve Software and published by Sierra Studios. ... Half-Life 2 (HL2) is a science fiction first-person shooter computer game that is the sequel to Half-Life. ... Merle Dandridge is an American actress who was born in Okinawa, Japan. ... Alice, a fictional character based on a real character from the work of Lewis Carroll. ... These water valves are operated by handles. ... A first-person shooter (FPS) is a computer or video game where the players on-screen view of the game world simulates that of the character, and there is some element of shooting involved. ... “Computer and video games” redirects here. ... Half-Life 2 (HL2) is a science fiction first-person shooter computer game that is the sequel to Half-Life. ... The Combine is a fictional powerful alien race and empire from Valve Corporations 2004 first-person shooter computer game Half-Life 2. ... Doctor Wallace Breen is a fictional character from the 2004 first-person shooter computer game Half-Life 2, produced by Valve Software. ...

Family

Alyx is the daughter of Dr. Eli Vance. Her mother, Azian, can be seen in a family photograph in Black Mesa East with the face of Alyx's voice actor, Merle Dandridge. Azian lived in the facility's dormitories with Alyx, but died during the Black Mesa incident. Doctor Eli Vance is a fictional character from the computer games Half-Life (1998) and Half-Life 2 (2004) by Valve Software. ... Doctor Eli Vances lab in Black Mesa East Black Mesa East is a fictional location from Valve Softwares 2004 first-person shooter computer game Half-Life 2. ... Merle Dandridge is an American actress who was born in Okinawa, Japan. ...

Personality and skills

Alyx is a skilled hacker adept at infiltrating Combine computer systems and reprogramming them. If hacking is not possible, she uses an electronic multitool that uses an electric charge in order to bypass security systems, open locked doors and, in Episode One, re-program rollermines to attack Combine troops and Stalkers. She is also very proficient with a pistol, a shotgun, a sniper rifle and in unarmed combat, and helps fight alongside Gordon briefly during both the Entanglement and Anticitizen One chapters of Half-Life 2. In Episode One, Alyx accompanies the player for most of the game and demonstrates fighting skills previously unseen, such as kicking a headcrab zombie in a fight. Electric charge is a fundamental conserved property of some subatomic particles, which determines their electromagnetic interaction. ... 1 example. ... This is a list of humanoid and synthetic forces employed by the Combine empire in Half-Life 2, a 2004 first-person shooter. ... This is a list of humanoid and synthetic forces employed by the Combine empire in Half-Life 2, a 2004 first-person shooter. ... A Browning 9 millimeter Hi-Power Ordnance pistol of the French Navy, 19th century, using a Percussion cap mechanism Derringers were small and easily hidden. ... For other uses, see Shotgun (disambiguation). ... The M40, United States Army standard-issue sniper rifle. ... Hawaiian State Grappling Championships. ... Left: A headcrab from Half-Life. ...

Despite Alyx's friendly nature she shows some hostility towards Dr. Mossman because of Mossman's somewhat patronizing attitude towards her, as well as Mossman's interest in her father. At the end of Half-Life 2, this hostility has seemingly vanished, when Dr. Mossman helps to free Alyx and her father from the clutches of Dr. Breen.

At several points during Half-Life 2 it is suggested that there is a growing relationship developing between Gordon Freeman and Alyx. It is important for the player to keep in mind that Gordon is still effectively 27 in Half-Life 2 just like in the original (as stated at the opening tram ride) due to being kept in stasis by the G-Man for 20 years at the end, so there should be no massive age difference between Gordon and Alyx. It is first witnessed during the chapter, Black Mesa East, when her father literally tells her, "There is nothing Gordon can't handle...with the possible exception of you". She replies by saying "Dad" in an embarrassed tone. Continuing this theme, Episode One contains many situations where this relationship is developed. Alyx hugs Gordon when her robot, Dog, finds him (and becomes clearly embarrassed afterwards), and at one point she jokingly asks Gordon if there is room for two in Gordon's H.E.V. suit. Barney Calhoun additionally mentions that Gordon is a "lucky dog" to travel alongside Alyx. The game commentary that is given during the "elevator scene," in which Gordon waits for the elevator that would take him down to the core, verifies that such a relationship was intended. Alyx also has a good sense of humor evidenced by the jokes she makes about the Combine or Gordon's silence. An example of this can be seen in the Lowlife chapter of Episode 1 when she begins to make noises like a zombie to scare the player, upon finding out it's her she will say "Haha, gotcha." Half-Life For a quantity subject to exponential decay, the half-life is the time required for the quantity to fall to half of its initial value. ... The G-Man, voiced by Michael Shapiro, is a recurring character in the Half-Life series of first-person shooter computer games. ... Doctor Eli Vances lab in Black Mesa East Black Mesa East is a fictional location from Valve Softwares 2004 first-person shooter computer game Half-Life 2. ... Doctor Eli Vance is a fictional character from the computer games Half-Life (1998) and Half-Life 2 (2004) by Valve Software. ... Alyx introduces Dog to Gordon in Black Mesa East. ... Gordon Freeman, Ph. ... Barney Calhoun is a fictional character in the Half-Life series of first-person shooter computer games by Valve Software. ...

Appearances

Alyx helps Freeman more frequently and directly than any other character in Half-Life 2. In the first chapter (Point Insertion), Alyx saves Gordon from Civil Protection forces when he is unarmed and not yet wearing his protective HEV suit. Later, in Black Mesa East, she gives Gordon a gravity gun and demonstrates its use. During the chapter titled Entanglement, she helps search Nova Prospekt for her captured father. She fights alongside Gordon through a section of City 17 during the armed uprising in Anticitizen One, and provides indirect assistance to Gordon during the final confrontation with Dr. Breen in the final areas of the Citadel in Dark Energy. Gordon Freeman, Ph. ... The beach and cliffs on Nova Prospekts Eastern flank, before Gordons advance into the facility. ...

In Black Mesa East, Alyx argues heatedly with Dr. Judith Mossman. Alyx's hostility towards Mossman is seemingly justified: Freeman and Alyx learn in Entanglement that Mossman has betrayed the resistance and given away the location of their hidden facility. Nevertheless, in Dark Energy, Dr. Mossman explains her actions and the two women finally make peace.

In the ending scene of Half-Life 2, Alyx is with Gordon Freeman at the time of the dark energy explosion. While the G-Man saves Gordon from the enormous blast, Alyx is apparently left behind, frozen in time with one arm shielding her eyes. In physical cosmology, dark energy is a hypothetical form of energy that permeates all of space and tends to increase the rate of expansion of the universe. ... The G-Man, voiced by Michael Shapiro, is a recurring character in the Half-Life series of first-person shooter computer games. ...

Alyx manages to survive, being rescued by Vortigaunts, who also free Gordon from the influence of his employer, the G-Man; after being teleported away to just outside the Citadel and briefly revisiting it, Alyx and Gordon stick together for most of Episode One, finally getting to the exit from City 17 and jumping on the last resistance train wagon heading out of the City just as the Citadel explodes. A group of Vortigaunts in Half-Life. ...

Weapons

In Half-Life 2 and most of Episode One, Alyx is seen with her unique weapon, an automatic pistol (resembling a Glock 18C machine pistol), known simply as "Alyx's Gun" (from its entity name, weapon_alyxgun). Originally, it was intended to be an assault rifle, submachine gun and a pistol in one, becoming a given weapon by extending its body and barrel, and forward grip. This feature was scrapped before release, though. This gun is not available to Freeman, although the player can obtain it via the cheat console, and it is also an available weapon to the player in the Japanese made Half Life 2 modification "Smod". The GLOCK 18 is a handgun manufactured by GLOCK. It is much like a GLOCK 17 with a fire selector switch on its slide that enables it to fire in semi-automatic or fully automatic modes. ...

Late in Episode One, Alyx grabs a shotgun (identical to the one available to the player, which resembles a Franchi SPAS-12) and wields it throughout the hospital in Chapter 4. At one point, she also uses an Overwatch sniper rifle, although she is not actually seen when sniping (neither are Combine snipers), and twice in the game she uses mounted Combine machine guns to provide cover fire for Gordon. The SPAS-12 is a combat shotgun manufactured by the Italian company Franchi S.p. ...

Alyx's fate

Alyx hanging on for her life (top), and later (bottom), a Vortigaunt carrying a limp, unconscious (or possibly dead) Alyx.

Although the official teaser trailer for Episode Two shows Alyx hanging above a cliff and calling on Gordon for help, before presumably losing her grip, it has been confirmed^[1] that she will at least play a part in the episode. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (600x671, 70 KB) Summary Compressed version of Image:Alyxfate. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (600x671, 70 KB) Summary Compressed version of Image:Alyxfate. ...

Later in the teaser, a Vortigaunt is seen carrying Alyx while a vortigaunt is heard saying "This is more than anyone can bear, but we will persevere" (which is also a random piece of Vortigaunt speech in Half-Life 2). Her body, however, is free of any injuries consistent with a traumatic fall from a cliff; aside from being limp and unresponsive in the Vortigaunt's arms, there is no apparent sign of any trauma whatsoever. Therefore, two possibilities are most likely: either Valve is not revealing some key information about the form of Alyx's death, or that Alyx is not dead but merely unconscious.(Note: The second trailer showed similar footage of Alyx, and different footage of Hunters and environments). A group of Vortigaunts in Half-Life. ...

Whether she suffers any serious injury from her fall or was actually killed and is then revived is currently unknown. However, according to the Episode Two preview article in the August 2006 issue of PC Gamer magazine, Alyx will be available as a gunner in a new vehicle, which suggests that she survives. PC Gamer is a magazine founded in 1993 devoted to PC gaming and published monthly by Future Publishing. ...

In a new trailer for Episode Two released recently, we see Alyx, presumably unconscious, lying in the darkness; the G-Man walks to her and says "You're not supposed to be here", bending to take a look at her and continuing his speech telling Alyx (or possibly the viewer, which is the same as to say Gordon Freeman) to "forget about all this". The G-Man, voiced by Michael Shapiro, is a recurring character in the Half-Life series of first-person shooter computer games. ...

In the new Gamespot article^[2] (April 23rd) that featuring an interview with Erik Johnson, Alyx is seen in one of the two new screenshots, looking a little worse for wear; her chest appears to be bleeding, and her jeans and knees look worse than they did in Episode One. However, she does appear to be fit and healthy in spite of these injuries.

Notes

Actress Merle Dandridge provides Alyx's voice, while her face and body are modeled after Jamil Mullen. At the beginning of Episode One, Alyx gains a small scar above her right eyebrow; presumably inflicted from the blast of Half-Life 2 and having been dug "out of the rubble". Merle Dandridge is an American actress who was born in Okinawa, Japan. ... We dont have an article called Jamil Mullen Start this article Search for Jamil Mullen in. ... Half-Life 2 (HL2) is a science fiction first-person shooter computer game that is the sequel to Half-Life. ...

It is worth noting Alyx's appearance, importance to the story, and mannerisms in comparison to those of NPCs in the original game. All Half-Life NPCs (except bosses, Gina's hologram and the G-Man) were interchangeable within their "class" (e.g., scientist, guard, soldier) and most were completely expendable. Every guard looked, sounded, and acted exactly like every other one; there were a few different "scientist" models, but they all shared the same voice files. It is quite likely, however, that this was attributable to limitations inherent in the Quake engine used rather than a deliberate design decision. In Half-Life 2, there are several unique NPCs including Alyx, Dr. Eli Vance, Barney Calhoun and Dr. Isaac Kleiner. An NPC from the video game The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. ... Half-Life For a quantity subject to exponential decay, the half-life is the time required for the quantity to fall to half of its initial value. ... Flag Ship from the video game Gorf In video games, a boss (sometimes called a guardian) is a particularly large or difficult computer-controlled character that must be defeated at the end of a segment of a game, whether it be for a level, an episode, or the very end... Zombies attacking the player at the starting of Episode 1, Mission 3: The Necropolis. ... A game engine is the core software component of a computer or video game or other interactive application with real-time graphics. ... Doctor Eli Vance is a fictional character from the computer games Half-Life (1998) and Half-Life 2 (2004) by Valve Software. ... Barney Calhoun is a fictional character in the Half-Life series of first-person shooter computer games by Valve Software. ... Doctor Isaac Kleiner is a fictional character from the video games Half-Life and Half-Life 2. ...

Unlike other games which feature extremely vulnerable mission-critical characters, Half-Life 2 gives Alyx the ability to absorb a large amount of damage before death (due to the fact that her health regenerates extremely rapidly). It is still possible for her to die during combat however, and at several points the player is required to protect her from taking damage.

While it is possible for Gordon Freeman to fire on friendly NPCs, this causes no visible reactions (However, immediately after exiting the train in Point Insertion, the citizens will become annoyed if the player throws objects at them.) and it appears that it is impossible to injure Alyx even indirectly with the Gravity Gun. This applies for all "friendly" characters. The only exception is during parts of Highway 17 and Sandtraps where it is possible to kill friendly NPCs by placing an object in front of them and then firing a charged Gauss Gun at the object. This causes the object to slam in to the NPC at a high speed, thereby killing it indirectly. This is a switch from Half-Life, in which any and all NPCs (except the G-Man) could be easily killed by the player. It is mentioned in Half Life 2: Raising the Bar that friendly NPCs could be killed at one point, but this was removed because an NPC needed for an important trigger could be killed. The G-Man, voiced by Michael Shapiro, is a recurring character in the Half-Life series of first-person shooter computer games. ...

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