He is returned to Earth, but at an undetermined future time where few remember him.
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At the last minute, the Vortigaunts part reality and pluck Freeman away. Freeman is left alone on the ship, but realises it will not do nearly enough damage to the Combine. G-Man appears and whisks Alex Vance away. They argue, fight, and Alex Vance shoots Judith Mossman, killing her.įreeman and Vance commit to a suicide plunge in the Borealis, steering it towards the Combine’s command center. Vance is committed to destroying it, as she promised her father. Mossman wants to save the Borealis and deliver it to the resistance. The team battle the Combine down the length of the ship, through paradoxical time-loops. It transpires that the Borealis is stretched out through time, from its point of launch at the Aperture Science labs (where the panicking researchers, assaulted by the Combine, decided to launch it rather than let it fall into enemy hands), through the Antarctic, and forwards into the future. Freeman, Vance, and Mossman get on board during a brief period of coherence. The Borealis is located, oscillating in and out of time. They escape from Breen and find Mossman being held captive by the Combine nearby. The Combine had stored an earlier version of Breen and put his memories inside a giant Grub. Their craft is shot down and they’re captured by minions loyal to the re-configured Dr.
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In brief: Freeman and Alex Vance head to Antarctica in search of the Borealis vessel (following Judith Mossman’s co-ordinates).
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If I had to guess, I’d say It’s most likely an amalgamation of how he thought the series should end. Whether this is the absolute canon plot-line, or Marc’s preferred version, or something he’s just put together recently, is not clear. Whichever direction Valve might have taken. The point is, it’s very clearly a possible Half-Life 3 plot. You can read a fully ‘translated’ version below. That might be some sort of copyright dodge, or Laidlaw is being a trickster, I don’t know. You’ll notice that the names are quite … odd (Eli Vance is ‘Elly Vaunt’ for example). That will confirm that this is, indeed, posted on Marc Laidlaw’s own site. Former Valve employee and Half-Life writer Marc Laidlaw has posted an ‘Epistle 3’ on his site today, which looks an awful lot like a plausible resolution to Gordon Freeman’s adventures.įirst of all, the site is being battered right now, so you’ll probably be better off reading it through this Wayback Machine link. While I doubt this will bring complete closure to Half-Life 3 (or Half-Life 2 Episode 3, take your pick), it’s a very interesting development.