Along the way, Gordon catches a glimpse of the Citadel looming in the distance. After a bit of discussion, they decide to send Gordon over to Kleiner's Lab, though he must find his own way there as Barney cannot abandon his post without raising Civil Protection's suspicions. Gordon is ordered away from the rest of the citizens into a small interrogation room in which he meets former Black Mesa security guard Barney Calhoun, now undercover as a Civil Protection officer.
Wallace Breen who is broadcasting a message on a large screen welcoming the new arrivals to City 17. He witnesses armed police officers known as Civil Protection and is greeted by the image of Dr. Arriving at the station, Gordon exits the train to find the world under the control of a vast interdimensional empire known as the Combine. A couple of citizens in the same car talk about city life and the process of being transferred.
The player learns this information through the characters he meets as well as hints from the environment.Ībout twenty years after the Black Mesa Incident, the G-Man removes Gordon Freeman from stasis and inserts him into a train on the way to City 17.
Here, the player begins to learn of the events that took place and what the Earth has become in the intervening time period between Half-Life and Half-Life 2. Half-Life 2 begins with the chapter Point Insertion which serves as an introduction to the game world.
