Apeture Science Handheld Portal Device = Adrian Shepard?

[RomeoJGuy]

A.SHPD = A. Shepard. = Adrian Shepard.

Get It.

[bbson john]

I guess what I am holding is not the spirit of Shepard.
But Valve uses "H"andheld in stead of portable, sounds tricky.

[Adrik_Senturu]

It might just be an easter egg :| just because its a portal gun, or Valve hates Shephard fans.

[RomeoJGuy]

Or maybe because Gordan Freeman is similar to Gman this will mean that you play adrian shepard who had a portal gun in OpForce.

[Adrik_Senturu]

Or your looking into this way too much :|

[Samon]

Shephard sucks. Bad news if it is. :p

[bigburpco]

Shephard sucks. Bad news if it is. :p

QFT.

[Smoke]

Shephard sucks. Bad news if it is. :p

Tbh, whats wrong with shepard?

[jimmyjam]

shephard took samon's lolly

[Absinthe]

People hold an irrational grudge against Shephard even though he's pretty much identical to Freeman for all intents and purposes.

Why? I don't know. Ask God, because I have yet to find a decent rationale on this plane of existence.

[99.vikram]

Shephard is a faceless marine.

Freeman survived because of his HEV.
Why did Shephard survive? Because he is Jesus incarnate?

[Xune]

Jesus was Jesus incarnate surely.

[Hyperion2010]

Look, the player model is going bald, for some reason I dont think its shepard....

[clarky003]

Strangely I hope it's shepard. For starters it would put an end to all those shepard theory threads D: and finally tie the knot.

[Ennui]

I get the vague notion that it's just an easter egg.. or maybe that's the tie in to the HL universe that Portal has - the G-Man sells Shepard to the company that made the Portal technology as a tester.

[Absinthe]

Look, the player model is going bald, for some reason I dont think its shepard....

I've watched the trailer quite a few times now, and it doesn't look like the PC is going bald. It looks more like a buzzcut, TBH. And Shephard was a marine, after all.

[jimmyjam]

I've watched the trailer quite a few times now, and it doesn't look like the PC is going bald. It looks more like a buzzcut, TBH. And Shephard was a marine, after all.

um, dude has a baldspot

[Absinthe]

um, dude has a baldspot

Argh, you're right. I froze it on just the right frame and now see it. :(

[DigiQ8]

i want Shephard ...

[Naudian]

Would be quite a coincidence if it had nothing to do with Shepard, humm...

[Top Secret]

I think it would be great if it was Shephard. =)

[Samon]

I think Shephard would suck ass.

[Darkside55]

Hey, I'd gladly accept that the Portal guy was Shephard if this was his appearance that Valve said they'd get around to. Explanations be damned, call this guy Shephard to appease fans and let him never set foot in the Half-Life universe again.

[dekstar]

Honestly, I don't think I'd like portal to be in the hl universe. It's a franchise VALVe should expand from.

[Absinthe]

I think Shephard would suck ass.

Why?

[Wally_Breen]

NO Shepard, & enough of these Adrain threads.

[bbson john]

Valve made the character in portal called Shepard so as to piss off you Adrian fans.

[Geogaddi]

Seriously Samon, why do you hate Shephard so much?

[Ipwnthenoobs]

Shephard IS BACK

[DannyC.]

I don't think Shephard should just be left to rot. I think he should come back, in one of two ways.

1. The G-Man sends him to recover Gordon.
2. He's the dude in Portal.

[TheMastahC]

Please someone who hates Adrian Shepard tell me why they hate him.

[Zephos]

I don't see what's wrong with Shepard. Would be great if he was featured in this.

[Apocalypse89]

I don't love nor hate Shepard(and I don't see how anyone can do either, considering that he is a "blank" character with no personality just like Freeman. You don't even see his face, unlike Freeman.), but I'd like to at least see his plot thread resolved for the sake of completion.

[Samon]

Why?

Ironically, I don't have a problem with Shephard himself. I didn't mind playing as him. But now it is time to move on, and for new characters to be introduced - Shephard got his resolution. But no, the Shephard 'fanbase' hammer their fists on the table demanding his return. What difference would it make? What is quite so special about Shephard? It has come to the point that if Valve do bring him back, it is just for the pure sake of it. Why bring him back. He's pretty much just a name. Don't tell me Gordon is just a name as well, because he's a little more fleshed out.

Keep him in the past. Time for someone new. He is not pivotal to the story and never will be. The end.

[bbson john]

Ironically, I don't have a problem with Shephard himself. I didn't mind playing as him. But now it is time to move on, and for new characters to be introduced - Shephard got his resolution. But no, the Shephard 'fanbase' hammer their fists on the table demanding his return. What difference would it make? What is quite so special about Shephard? It has come to the point that if Valve do bring him back, it is just for the pure sake of it. Why bring him back. He's pretty much just a name. Don't tell me Gordon is just a name as well, because he's a little more fleshed out.
.

Yes, I don't know why people actually want Shephard while they have never even seen his face.

[Absinthe]

Yes, I don't know why people actually want Shephard while they have never even seen his face.

I don't know why people want Gordon when they have never heard his voice.

How you can see his plot thread is resolved as beyond me. If you had swapped Gordon in his place, you'd be screaming about how there's no resolution. Hell, just look at the endings for HL1 and HL2. Do either of these give you the feeling of a complete ending? Full disclosure? Or do they leave you wanting to know more?

Welcome to the same boat as Shephard "fans". But from everything I've read from your posts regarding this matter so far, it appears that your main issue is with Gearbox and its narrative treatment of the Half-Life universe. That's understandable. But now Gearbox is out of the picture and it's all under the direct control of Valve, who assumedly have a far greater understanding of their creation and the direction it's headed. If they implement Shephard, wouldn't it be fair to think they'd have a practical reason for doing so and would be able to pull it off well? Forget keeping characters in the past. That same argument could have easily kept Eli, Kleiner, and Barney out of the sequel.

[AHA-Lambda]

Ironically, I don't have a problem with Shephard himself. I didn't mind playing as him. But now it is time to move on, and for new characters to be introduced - Shephard got his resolution. But no, the Shephard 'fanbase' hammer their fists on the table demanding his return. What difference would it make? What is quite so special about Shephard? It has come to the point that if Valve do bring him back, it is just for the pure sake of it. Why bring him back. He's pretty much just a name. Don't tell me Gordon is just a name as well, because he's a little more fleshed out.
.
agreed.

[Samon]

But from everything I've read from your posts regarding this matter so far, it appears that your main issue is with Gearbox and its narrative treatment of the Half-Life universe.

Correct. :p

But I feel Shephard got closure. The Gman preserved him, and decided to keep him there until he was needed. Adrian has no connection to anyone - Earth is ruined, and he's got no mistakes to resolve. Unlike Gordon, who's to blame for the state the Earth is. (Well, not completely, but you know.) I'd just rather see someone new.

[bbson john]

I don't know why people want Gordon when they have never heard his voice.

At least I hear Alyx, Barney and scientists keep on saying "Gordon", "Gordon". As for Shephard, his name is called probably just when he is riding the carrier at the very beginning and the final confrontation. I didn't say Adrian should not re-appear. I am just stating that he is not so highly demanded.

[Sulkdodds]

If Valve bring Shepherd back, I'm confident they'll do it well.
If not, it'll likely be because doing it well wasn't possible.

Simple as that.

[Inyssius Grey]

Forget keeping characters in the past. That same argument could have easily kept Eli, Kleiner, and Barney out of the sequel.

Actually, we never met Eli or Kleiner in the first three games.

EDIT: Actually, we did meet Eli; he used an eye scanner and told you to get to the surface...

[Sulkdodds]

Actually, Eli is apparently the black guy who tells you to get to the surface right after the Cascade.

[spf18]

I think shepard should come back for a brief few seconds, and the get steped on by a strider. That way, everybody wins!

[AKIRA]

Ok, this is bugging me...WHO IS ADRIAN SHEPARD??

[eraser]

Ok, this is bugging me...WHO IS ADRIAN SHEPARD??

G-Man's father.

[Samon]

Ok, this is bugging me...WHO IS ADRIAN SHEPARD??

Your mam.

[A True Canadian]

Maybe the acronym has a different meaning, and it's just a way for Valve to tell us what's happened to Adrian without much effort.

ASHPD = Adrian Shephard Has Probably Died

:P

[Shippi]

I want to see Shephard back.. I don't understand the Shephard hate. He deserves another place in the HL universe :D

Though I'm not sure Portal is the right place. I think this is just an easter egg. I mean, why would they name the device after one of the testers? :P

[we11er]

Ok, this is bugging me...WHO IS ADRIAN SHEPARD??

He's the guy you play in Half-Life: Opposing Force.

[AHA-Lambda]

ASHPD = Adrian Shephard Has Probably Died

XD :) :thumbs:

[eber]

one question , is portal the name of episode 2 ?? if yes then i dont understand all those discussions about it :\

Your mam.

he's your granny from the future :hmph:

[Tamer17]

I don't know , it seems now it would be the perfect time to insert back Adrian.
G-man lost control of Gordon , he hasn't been seen in Ep1. It would make alot of sense for the G-man to bring back Adrian and finally use him someway in purpose to regain control over Gordon.

It would be cool if the ending of Ep2 would include Shephard in some way. That would be a good cliff-hanger ending.

[Wally_Breen]

WTF is so great about Adrain.....Every time I see an adrian shepard thread I just want to to shoot the Creator.

[Adrik_Senturu]

I never liked the ending for Opposing Force..which might be one of the reasons I'd like to see him back in some shape or form (Hell even if we didn't play as im). Atleast with gordon, even though it wasn't complete closure in HL1, you knew he was hired for something, and would be perfoming jobs for the gman, with adrian....this is the ending:

Gman: Well.um...I like you and all...but
Adrian:..What?
Gman:..Well..w...we gotta put you in a box :|
Adrian: WTFBBQ
Gman: Yeah we figured you'd react that way..um..well yeah I gotta go. Bye.

[Sulkdodds]

WTF is so great about Adrain.....Every time I see an adrian shepard thread I just want to to shoot the Creator.You may find it is exceedingly difficult to kill God.

This may be because, as a certain German smartypants posited out, God is dead.

Do report back, will you?

[DannyC.]

I don't see why he shouldn't come back. He got just as much closure as Gordon did in Half-Life 1, even if Gordon is the main guy and is a tad more fleshed out. They both just got pulled out and put in stasis after the big boss.

I figure the G-man would look at Adrian as his Gordon backup, and Gordon is now loose and of his own free will. It would be perfect for the G-Man to send his second finest (and possibly a little support) to recover Gordon. Why not? WHY?

[Samon]

I want to see Shephard back.. I don't understand the Shephard hate. He deserves another place in the HL universe :D

Boo! Shippi, think about what you are saying for goodness sake! Silly girl. :p

[Darkside55]

ASHPD = Adrian Shephard Has Probably Died
You get my seal of approval. Listen to this man! ADRIAN SHEPHARD HAS PROBABLY DIED! It's like I've been saying, he probably starved, or his osprey crashed into a mountain, or at the very least he went insane-o.

[Que-Ever]

:rolleyes: Any reason why? or is it "just because"?

[Flyingdebris]

I'm going to pretend portal guy is adrian shephard whether he turns out to be or not.

I'll sleep easier that way

[bigburpco]

Reason why Shepherd Sucks (Well, at least for me anyway)

Adrian Shephard stared in an expansion of HL, name Opposing Force. It was... just fine as an expansion in the past but wouldn't cut the line for a game.

Let's see... bad level design, bad story, no objectives whatsoever, random destinations and places seen from HL. Erm, well... Opposing Force is the freaking worst game in the HL series. Blue Shift is better, IMO. Seriously. Screw Shephard and his lame-ass teleportation gun.

You don't generally like a character in a game that sucks.

[AHA-Lambda]

:thumbs::thumbs::thumbs::thumbs::thumbs::thumbs::thumbs::thumbs::thumbs::thumbs::thumbs::thumbs::thumbs::thumbs::thumbs::thumbs:

[we11er]

I must admit I'm a Shepherd fan, but I really see no point in having him in Portal. It's just a lame idea.

[nutcrackr]

Reason why Shepherd Sucks
Let's see... bad level design, bad story, no objectives whatsoever, random destinations and places seen from HL. Erm, well... Opposing Force is the freaking worst game in the HL series. Blue Shift is better, IMO. Seriously. Screw Shephard and his lame-ass teleportation gun.

You don't generally like a character in a game that sucks.

You must be kidding not only was it a great expansion pack but Opposing force is many times better than Blue Shift. :sniper:

[Samon]

Opposing force sucked here there and everywhere. Some bits were ok though.

[Absinthe]

Opposing Force was one of the best expansions at its time. Not quite Half-Life quality, but damn good. How people can say it sucked is beyond me, but I'll leave people to their opinions.

Blue Shift was utter shit in comparison.

[Sulkdodds]

I agree with Absinthe, actually.

Opposing Force was interesting, fun, often matched Valve's opus for level design, scripted events (e.g. the opening osprey ride) and set-pieces (e.g. the beach-head assault). Some of its new weapons were rubbish, but some - the human ones, such as the machinegun or the sniper rifle - were excellent. The enemies could have been better, but as expansion packs go OpFor was really bloody good.

Blue Shift, meanwhile, had some very cool moments and was generally solid but didn't do anything new or interesting or astounding (unlike Episode 1 which does these things without even adding that much new content). It was fun, but pretty stale.

[Absinthe]

Sulk got it right with Blue Shift.

The issue wasn't with the lack of new content, but that it didn't make twists on the existing gameplay or open up new possibilities. Episode 1 didn't have much in the way of new content, but having Alyx as a constant partner changed the dynamic, and it had just enough tweaks to its gameplay to make it feel fresh (ie. flashlight/zombies, antlion holes, escorting, etc).

[Samon]

Opposing force was never really Half-life quality in my opinion. It was so hit and miss, with some lackluster sections and some horrible scenes. It screamed 'B-movie' sci fi. From the trash compactor to the Pit worm, to the Bio-dome facility to quite frankly the worst boss in FPS gaming - it just couldn't nail it down. It had some flashes of deceny though. The exploding walkway sequence, or the closing chapter in the warehouse. Also, I really enjoyed fighting the chopper.

Blue shift was simply a more consistent experience. Whilst it didn't add anything new, and had this...sewer section...thing, it proved itself by not throwing something retarded into the mix, or adding any B-movie conventions. Plus, 'Power up' and the Rosenburg character make up for most of its shortcomings. All in all, I found Blue Shift more enjoyable because it didn't **** up Half-life at it's core. It wasn't Half-life quality though, the gameplay was..somewhat lacking in places, and the design wasn't omfgwtf out there. But it was consistent. Consistent!

[Absinthe]

I don't see how any additions made in Opposing Force were any more B-movie than what already existed in the original Half-Life. But yah, I'll end there. :|

Valve owns all of the IP and if they wish to utilize any OpFor content, I'm sure they can do it well.

[Samon]

The Pit worm :|
A sort of lame attempt to recreate Blast pit, wherein you had to defeat this cheesy-ass, one-eyeballed enemy that shot a big green laser at you. For an alien that just appeared on Earth, it looked awfully at home in the trash compacter.

Gearbox approached it with B-movie science-fiction IMO, and it was really crappy. I loved Half-life because it wasn't that, and Valve were able to execute it perfectly. That's generally the feeling I get throughout Opposing force, and I just don't like it because of that.

But, Valve have already confirmed Race-X won't be continued. Which is good, not because I don't like them, but because we don't need to see them again anyway.

[Flyingdebris]

wow, if adrian shephard ever does come back i bet that Samon is going to have a brain aneurysm of biblical proportions

Gabe- And today we are announcing that in portal you play as none other than Adrian shephard!
Samon-...
Gabe- Adrian Shephard!
Samon-...
Gabe- Adri-
Samon- *Head explodes* like in Scanners

[Loke]

Gabe: It's Adrian Shephard! Adriaaaan Shephard!

[MultiVaC]

Gabe: It's Adrian Shephard! Adriaaaan Shephard!
lol

"And here we have this giant enemy worm. And Shephard attacks its eyes... for massive damage."

[Sulkdodds]

I agree that the pit worm wasn't great.

However it was quite cool how you had to attend to a valve and a gearbox to defeat it.

[riomhaire]

Opposing force was never really Half-life quality in my opinion. It was so hit and miss, with some lackluster sections and some horrible scenes. It screamed 'B-movie' sci fi. From the trash compactor to the Pit worm, to the Bio-dome facility to quite frankly the worst boss in FPS gaming - it just couldn't nail it down. It had some flashes of deceny though. The exploding walkway sequence, or the closing chapter in the warehouse. Also, I really enjoyed fighting the chopper.

Blue shift was simply a more consistent experience. Whilst it didn't add anything new, and had this...sewer section...thing, it proved itself by not throwing something retarded into the mix, or adding any B-movie conventions. Plus, 'Power up' and the Rosenburg character make up for most of its shortcomings. All in all, I found Blue Shift more enjoyable because it didn't **** up Half-life at it's core. It wasn't Half-life quality though, the gameplay was..somewhat lacking in places, and the design wasn't omfgwtf out there. But it was consistent. Consistent!
What about the trash compacter in HL1?

I agree that the pit worm wasn't great.

However it was quite cool how you had to attend to a valve and a gearbox to defeat it.
Gearbox flush Valve D:

[Dan]

portable portal device is just hard to pronounce

[A True Canadian]

Zero Point Energy Field Manipulator
Apeture Science Handheld Portal Device

...can I assume that the next experimental weapon will consist of a name with 5 words?

[Sufferin-rebel]

A Huge Bigass Abnormal Machine (AH BAM)

[Samon]

What about the trash compacter in HL1?

I think the difference is very, very obvious.

[riomhaire]

I think the difference is very, very obvious.
In OP4 it is used to solve a puzzel and in HL some soldiers drop you into it like some stupid bond movie and for some reason you're able to control it just by standing on top of it?

[Samon]

In OP4 it is used to solve a puzzel and in HL some soldiers drop you into it like some stupid bond movie and for some reason you're able to control it just by standing on top of it?

The sarcasm doesn't work. The difference being that the one in Half-life is a plausible trash compactor. The one in Opposing force is ever so clearly a Star wars replica, in some dank sewage place (and looks crap to boot) where the Pit Worm thankfully managed to teleport perfectly in.

[riomhaire]

The sarcasm doesn't work. The difference being that the one in Half-life is a plausible trash compactor. The one in Opposing force is ever so clearly a Star wars replica, in some dank sewage place (and looks crap to boot) where the Pit Worm thankfully managed to teleport perfectly in.
Just like the Tentacle managed to teleport perfectly into a rocket test area.

[Samon]

Which it didn't, because it ground it's way straight up into it. And because the blast pit itself is actually a fitting home for the tentacle. :rolleyes:

[Absinthe]

I'm not seeing a difference between the two in all practicality.

[jimmyjam]

butbutbutbut the pit worm is in op4, and samon doesn't like op4

THUS IT SUCKS

[L3adCannon]

I`d like to see Adrian back

[stemot]

butbutbutbut the pit worm is in op4, and samon doesn't like op4

THUS IT SUCKS

So.....so true

[riomhaire]

butbutbutbut the pit worm is in op4, and samon doesn't like op4

THUS IT SUCKS
I'd say that sums up Samon's logic.



Adrian Shephard sucks because he needed the g-man to save his ass.

[Betelgeuze]

Maybe its a training camp for a new type of combines ;)

[Flyingdebris]

Adrian does not forgive

http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/3418/shephardox0.th.jpg (http://img222.imageshack.us/my.php?image=shephardox0.jpg)

[Samon]

I loled.

[XIII]

I think Shephard would suck ass.
wuts wrong w/ Shephard.. just becaause you dont like him doesnt mean everyone hates him

[Samon]

That would be where the 'I THINK' came from, wouldn't it? :rolleyes:

[Wally_Breen]

The Shepard theorys are getting alittle annoying.

Its like the G-man IS Gordon theorys, all over again.

[L3adCannon]

Annoying or not I want shephard CAUSE HES LIKE A MROAINE AND MARINES KKCI KASS ANSLINEZ

[jimmyjam]

http://www.stealthhouse.net/grunt.gif
I JUST WANNA BE YOUR PAL, SAMON


LET'S SMOOCH

[Samon]

This thread gets better, and better. I love you guys. I really do.

[A True Canadian]

Last night I decided to play through Opposing Force because of this thread. :P

I'm up to the part where you get the Barnacle. So many weird weapons in that game...

[Adrik_Senturu]

The Shepard theorys are getting alittle annoying.

Its like the G-man IS Gordon theorys, all over again.

Nah. Those theories are mind bogglingly stupid :| I mean its not like people are saying "BREEN HAS AN R IN HIS NAME...er..um..SO DOES ADRIAN :| THEY ARE THE SAME PERSON!"

[Samon]

Last night I decided to play through Opposing Force because of this thread. :P

I'm up to the part where you get the Barnacle. So many shit weapons in that game...

Fixed!
lololol

[Tamer17]

I think it's the perfect time ro re-introduce Shephard , this time of course w\o a mask.

He can just pop out with the help of the G-man while keeping his intentions mysterious and by that keep the question if the G-man is good or a bad guy , in the air.

Plus , having another character can't be bad and I think if they gonna defeat the combine on all the fronts , they need all the help they can get.

[RandomX]

All the help they can get? Adrian is the fail-safe. As long as Gordon survives, there's no point in bringing him out (unless it is to bring Gordon back into the control of the G-Man.)

I highly doubt that even if you do play as Shepard in Portal, that the incidental acronym of the weapon title has anything to do with it. Sure, there was a portal gun in Opposing Force, and the one in Portal could have been modified by combine technology, but surely the G-Man would place him someplace other than a testing facility.

[Geogaddi]

Are you guys forgetting that you can see the character you play as during the running in circles scene?

[Flyingdebris]

so? you never got to see adrian in OP4 thanks to the gasmask

for all we know that could be him

[Geogaddi]

Adrian didn't have a baldspot.

[Flyingdebris]

how do you know for sure?

[UltimaApocalypse]

Whoops.

[bigburpco]

wuts wrong w/ Shephard.. just becaause you dont like him doesnt mean everyone hates him

OMG YA wutsss WROng WiTH SHeparrd SAMOOOOOOM!11!!!1!!!!!

he r liek dmn kickbass and lyk proshti lolx i want be mandrin to shot bup lyk baddies lol

omg ya! lub shebarp fgor lufe!

zomg u suxxorz die in bell, bumbass

omg ya elibody lubs him

WUT IS LONG WITH EUU

WUT?

[Sulkdodds]

Adrian didn't have a baldspot.Radiation? :p

The Shepard theorys are getting alittle annoying.

Its like the G-man IS Gordon theorys, all over again.Except those were infinitely more stupid.

[Flyingdebris]

Until Laidlaw finally unleashes the big secret next episode by having Dr. Breen pop out from behind a bush and say "YUO ARE TEH GMAN AND THE COMBIEN WERE ON ZEN, LOL"

[hot564231]

Samon, can you be truthful? did you sit on one of the corner ends of the OP4 box? if so, is that why you hate shephard, because he hurt you're bum bum?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d0/Shephard.jpg

"Let me kiss it all better for you"

[A Big Fat CoW]

http://img98.imageshack.us/my.php?image=roflhlqp3.jpg

(note: I didn't make this)

[Steven]

A.SHPD = A. Shepard. = Adrian Shepard.

Get It.

I doubt it...

[jimmyjam]

check the monocle, bros, adrian is a classy mother****er

[esplin]

Wow.

Samon is right, all this "Shephard should be in the next HL!!!!" is really getting annoying. Can't you guys give it a rest.

Even Doomguy would fit better into the next Half Life than Shephard would.

[Samon]

Wow.

Samon is right, all this "Shephard should be in the next HL!!!!" is really getting annoying. Can't you guys give it a rest.

Even Doomguy would fit better into the next Half Life than Shephard would.


My reasoning exactly.

[Flyingdebris]

We annoy you with The Shephard because if we don't, then who will?

Speaking of The Shephard, I remember this one time when Samon was like totally hitting on this girl, and then outta nowhere Adrian shows up, flexes his muscles, and just like that the girl totally ignored Samon and walked off with Adrian. Then Adrian pops back a little while later and was all like"DENIED YA, BRO" And then Samon swore revenge.

[Samon]

Har har. :p

[DeusExMachina]

Wow.

Samon is right, all this "Shephard should be in the next HL!!!!" is really getting annoying. Can't you guys give it a rest.

Even Doomguy would fit better into the next Half Life than Shephard would.

That makes absolutely no sense :|. Doomguy would not fit better into the next Half-Life, that's a horrible example. You could've just said Gina or whatever the other chick's name was in Decay. No, you use a character from an entirely different game universe.

The most likely character for Portal is at the moment Shephard. That likeliness is what, 10%? The other 90% is its an original character. Possibly a rebel or a regular civilian. Everyone needs to shut up about the entire thing. Just wait till Valve announces who the goddamn character is :|.

[Flyingdebris]

actually, i wouldn't mind knowing what the hell happened to gina and colette. It'd be nice if that got mentioned at some point in the hl saga. Like maybe if like Barney or Alyx, they had their own roles in the resistance and still wore beatup patchwork versions of their own hazard suits