Hello everyone,

For those of you who have not met me (or maybe have read one of my guides a few years back) Am returning to Catalyst Gaming. I know my sudden disappearance 3 years ago was not my intention but I cannot refuse a call to service, so in that regards what happened to me? Simply stated I was deployed multiple times and had no time for games. In fact I almost forgot I even had an account on here until I received an email a few days ago thanking me for my guide on HL2 Roleplay. after trying out hundreds of password combos from 3 years ago I have returned to finish the job. Im looking to get back into HL2RP and hope to see you soon.

Best wishes,
Don aka A.Soldier
USA, SSG (Ret.)
Military Police.

Im online, ive been doing army combatives level three. im back now from fort benning.

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Welcome to the Combine (or extended the Universal Union),

Being a member of the combine forces, weather it be the Legions of uniformed Combine Civil Authority (Metro-police) members ; The Stalkers (Not implemented yet) ; The AI Dispatch System (Controlled by scanners and DvL's and up) and many of the other forces under the combine control (Vortigaunts [Captured] etc). Being a member of the combine is a busy and exhausting task that may not sometimes be fun but in the end it has great rewards. It all starts with being a good role-player in general and a relatively good person in your Civilian (Citizen) life and a well written application to enroll as a CCA officer on your local forums (Which is located here: http://www.catalyst-gaming.net/index.php?topic=1991.0) at most times applying for a CCA application can be a daunting task and requires lots of thinking time and space. BUT DO NOT WORRY By reading the basic timeline on part one of this guide you too can make a somewhat decent application and have common knowledge to make a proficient back-story.

The Civil Protection, was created in 2011 by the Universal Union and the world administrator Dr. Wallace Breen, they mainly comprise of loyalists and or brainwashed individuals from certain ranks among their division.The rank structure of the combine Currently is as follows from the bottom up:
Enslaved Creatures (Vortigaunts and Humans)
Combine Civil Authority Recruit
Combine Civil Authority 04 Unit
Combine Civil Authority 03 Unit
Combine Civil Authority 02 Unit
Combine Civil Authority 01 Unit
Combine Civil Authority Elite Patrol Unit (EpU) <Note this is a still debated rank and is not currently in use here>
Combine Civil Authority Officer (Ofc)
Combine Civil Authority Division Leader (DvL)
Combine Civil Authority Commander (CmD)
Combine Civil Authority Sectoral Commander (SeC)

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Each rank is described as follows and has the following mannerisms and what their rank has authority to do:

Enslaved Creatures:
Nothing they have no authority, they are treated like dirt.

Combine Civil Authority Recruit:
The stepping stone of the CCA's broad and expansive control force, The recruit is in all terms a Civilian (Citizen) who has the basic equipment of a officer. They have and are normally issued a Recruit Uniform, a baton, some zip-ties, a radio, and shiny black boots (Trust me women dig the boots). Being a recruit does not make you robo cop, you are just a human with some gear and a pocket full of "Authority" to manage and enforce the laws and standards of the Universal Union. It is a recruits job to learn as much as possible during his recruit phase about standard laws, city ordnance s, learning how to Shoot, learning how to move, and learning how to communicate as a team to achieve the Combine goal. But what is the combine goal? Simple, the goal of the CCA is to provide "Security" within the city walls to the populace and bring society to a more civilized state of mind through forces of intimidation, physical punishment, and manual labor. As a recruit it would be wise to stick with a "Battle Buddy" preferably a unit with a 04 rank or higher, watch what they do and copy and paste their actions on top of your characters personality. If you do not conform within a week or so you may be deemed for amputation for failure to adapt.

Combine Civil Authority 04 Unit
Congratulations! you passed your recruitment phase and are a fully commissioned CCA Officer! On top of your promotion you also get some new equipment and authority as well; You get a regular officers uniform, a Nine Millimeter handgun, and on top of that more responsibility (Like you didn't have enough already?!?!). As an 04 Unit you are now considered past your recruitment phase and you will not be harassed (As Much) as you were probably as a recruit. As an 04 you now get to join a Unit within the CCA, The main units that typically run the CCA are a Mechanized Unit (Computer/Mechanics), a Law Unit (Patrol), A Medical Unit (Healing/Augments), A Interrogation Unit (Prison management), and a Assault Unit (SWAT). In order for you to join a unit normally you are either added, or you have to apply within your recruitment process. The authority that the 04 has is slightly higher then a recruit, but has no real impact on the CCA itself. The only ability you have is to call Ration distribution and Level 3 verdicts.

Combine Civil Authority 03 Unit
Congratulations on your promotion! As an 03 you have the same equipment as before but a new addition the MP7 Sub Machine-gun, and Medium grade body armor. You also have MORE responsibility!!! and the ability to Administer Level two verdicts.

Combine Civil Authority 02 Unit
You are now a veteran officer on your unit, you have Judiciary power inside your unit now and on top of that even more responsibility. with a brand new Heavy body armor you feel even more tough. Keep working hard to get the 01 Rank!

Combine Civil Authority 01 Unit
Its too far to turn back now, your fully in control of by the combine and you have the right to administer all three verdicts, remove citizenship rights, and bestow judiciary power. you also get a fancy trench cloak and elite body armor.

Combine Civil Authority Officer (OfC)
This is were life gets good for you, you are in control of your Unit, VIA being the second in command. you can organize your unit how you wish and make any changes to your own unit as you deem fit as long as it is approved by higher. you are also issued flash grenades and a Spaz-12 shotgun.

Combine Civil Authority Divisional Leader (DvL)
The head honcho of any Unit, what he says-goes no questions asked. He answers to no one other then the Commander and the Sectoral commander or those given judiciary power over him. You also have tyhe power to manage ranks in other squads and have command authority to administer Judgement waivers, request synthetic support (SYNTH) and Overwatch Support. On top of that you also get access to the AR2 the combine pulse rifle and fragmentation grenades.

Combine Civil Authority Commander (CmD)
The second of command for the CCA forces of the sector, all complaints reach him before they even consider reaching the head honcho the Sectoral commander. This individual has command over all units and acts as the leader when the Sectoral commander is away on other business, He demands utmost respect and should be treated as such.

Combine Civil Authority Sectoral Commander (SeC)
As stated on another site, you start getting into some Darth Vader shit here, you are in full control of the sector, you are on equal playing grounds as a city administrator (Who still is nervous about you sometimes). you decorate your desk with the skulls of your enemies and manage the legion of CCA officers within your sector, you ahve full command authority over everything under your powers. You can remove any officer you see unfit for the job, amputate at will, the city is your project, experiment at your will with the guidelines of the union.

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Escalation of force:

This is a very controversial subject, As a CCA officer you have the right to administer Verdicts within your discretion. But when it comes to resistance and or aggression make sure you have proper permission to do things such as drawing your weapon and opening fire. Always be ready to articulate your reasons for doing everything that you do at any given time.

Technology and Weaponry:
The combine have mastered a vast majority of armaments through their world travels and expanded their technology base. On earth very few off worldly weapons make it to the surfaces of earth but there are few dominant ones that every can notice and see Most weapon systems that are in use are of the projectile catagory (bullets) and offer extreme versatility:

Weapons
The Electro-shock stun baton - The main deterrence force of the CCA.

The Nine millimeter pistol - Invented by humans, it is used to enforce the law in extreme circumstances.

The MP7 Sub-Machine gun - Invented by Humans, it is used to enforce the law in very dire and extreme circumstances.

The Spaz-12 Combat Shotgun - Invented by Humans, it is used for crowd control scenarios and Close quarters combat operations.

The AR2 Combine Pulse Rifle - Invented by the combine, This weapon harnessed dark energy rather then bullets and uses them for projectiles,
 the primary fire emits a short burst of energy while the secondary launches a dark energy sphere that can obliterate most objects in its path and
 is used in close quarters combat.

The HE Fragmentation Grenade - Invented by many, This device offers a short range explosive to be lobbed at enemies.

The Flash Grenade - Invented by Humans, This device emits a loud sound causing temporary deafness and emits
a blinding light to close the human iris to make one temporarily blind.

Technology:
The combine AI system - a System that determines strategic and informative updates for the CCA and Overwatch. it also can
place alerts to civilian populaces and is a controlled form of media by the combine.

Augments - The combine have experiments with mechanical augments that promote better then nature effects. these can be from limbs,
Eyesight, organ function, and a multitude of other applications.

The Synth - Combine Bio-weapons that have powerful applications when used for military purposes. beings like the Gunship and the Strider
are both a remembrance of the seven hour war and the technology that the combine posses.

The nexus - a combine relay station that is intertwined with the global Entanglement device connected to City 18. Here the combine troops can
resupply, reenforce, and call massive armies within minutes. The nexus is the central deposition of all combine activity in a sector.


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Common Role play Scenarios:

Among all the tasks a CCA officer has to carry out, there are a few common tasks that all officers must carry out, some of them include but are not limited to, Civil identification checks, Area deterrence, Law enforcement, call response, pre-shift checks, Correctional punishments, Verdict issuance, Detainment, and many more.

Civil identification Checks:
You as a CCA officer have the right to stop any citizen and check their civil status, you may do this under any circumstances and involves 80% of all your RP. Ask the civilian to stop and Apply, meaning they should present their civil identification. Once they have given their civil identification you may check the identification by typing /viewdata <Name>, you can see all their infractions if any apply and if their civil status is valid. Once you find everything satisfactory you can tell them to continue or escalate the check to a higher plane and do a contraband sweep and or querying process for any answers that don't make sense.

Area Deterrence:
A fancy word for guard duty, this can also mean clamping. The point of guard duty is to prevent access to an area or a room being searched or pretty much anywhere you dont want anyone to go. Your presence alone is a minor deterrent and sends most away anyways.

Call response:
Looks like you received a request call! before you go hopping along to the call make sure you tell someone on your radio first. depending on the situation you decide how you want to inject to a situation, ie Guns drawn, low profile, etc.

Verdict and Correctional punishments:
Verdicts can be very severe or very light, there are three different types of verdicts (And a verbal warning). Normally you should attempt to verbal warning the first time, then you bump it up to a Verdict 3 (a beating), with a verdict three make sure to not just beat people in the city streets make sure to drag them off somewhere quiet and do it with your stun stick. A verdict two is a more severe beating and has a possibility for detainment for a period of time. A verdict one is of course the final punishment, Death, Only 01's and higher can give this verdict.

Hello Everyone!

I've decided to take upon myself the daunting task of writing a COMPLETE, Half-Life Two Roleplayer's Guide. Reasons be for this post or quest of self salvation is to reduce and or deter the amount of so called mingebaggery on the server for all known factions that populate this server; I will be double-posting, Getting pictures, and of course breaking everything down barney style as best as i can. At any given moment if you feel something should be added to this guide feel free to toss me a PM and we can debate the change, But as for now Let us take a journey!

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-> Chapter One - A Brave new world.
- The Half-Life Timeline
- The World as it was
- The Black Mesa Incident
- The Aperture Science Timeline
- The Portal Storm War
- The Seven Hour War
- The Fall of Humanity
- The Rise of Dr. Wallace Breen and the Combine
- The Introduction to Cities.

-> Chapter Two - Basic Guidelines and Definitions
- Faction Definitions and Descriptions
- Roles of the factions
- Basic Terminology
- Advanced Terminology
- Currency
- The Attribute System
- Kuroscript and you
- The Do's and Dont's of HL2RP (Half-Life Two Roleplay)

-> Chapter Three - The Civilians
- Description
- Roles
- Communication
- Intercommunication with other factions
- Weapons (Very Short chapter)
- Citizen Technology

-> Chapter Four - The Combine
- Civil Protection
- Rank Structure
- Roles in Units
- Escalation of Force
- Intercommunication with other factions
- Weapon systems
- Common technology

-> Chapter Five - The Universal Union
- Higher Command of the Civil Protection
- Roles of the high command
- The Overwatch Trans-Human Arm
- Common Tasks
- Roleplay types
- Weapon systems
- Common Technology
-Intercommunication Between Factions

-> Chapter Six - The City Administration
- Description of faction
- Roles
- Do's and Donts
- Intercommunication between factions

-> Chapter Seven - The Rebels
- Description
- Roles
- Roleplay types
- Weapon Systems
- Common technology

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Welcome to the world of Half-Life,

The half life timeline all begins roughly around the year 1995, During the premier years of the Black Mesa Research Facility stationed in New Mexico, During this time between 1995 and 200- (200- The unknown date of the actual black mesa incident) Black mesa secured huge military contracts and funding through applications in experimental portal technology along with its Sister corporation Aperture Science working at a abandoned salt mine complex in upper Michigan. During this time were the Black Mesa facility was securing massive funding and building its complex underground structure the Half-Life protagonist "Gordon Freeman" was attending his MIT education. In the Year 2000 Gordon freeman was added to the Black Mesa research facility staff under the Anomalous Materials division as a Theoretical Physicist. During this time another Antagonist in the Half life series is introduced also known as "The G-Man"; The G-man is considered on equal playing field when discussing who is the main character in the Half-Life Saga, The GMan single-handedly orchestrated the Resonance Cascade, Which will bring the world to an almost near end. 

During this time The Combine Empire invades and takes control of the Vortigaunts' homeworld (which we have never seen), and attempt to enslave them, including their leader, Nihilianth (who is not necessarily a Vortigaunt). A long and bitter struggle ensues, as the Vortigaunts flee from planet to planet, battling and evading the Combine forces. With their backs against the wall, they flee to the border world Xen, where they wait their demise. Xen is sort of like a "subway station" of the universe in that it can be used to cross dimensions.The Combine attempt to hybridize the dominant species of the planet (In Xen's case, the Vortigaunts) with their own technology to create a "Super soldier" that is adapted to Xen's environment and uses powerful Combine technology.

Long story short, The Resonance Cascade happens due to Gordons involvement and the Gmans involvement by bringing the Xen crystal to earth. The resonance cascade rips open space-time and forms a portal between Earth and Xen. Nihilanth's race sees the dimensional fissure as an escape route. Of course headcrabs and other life trapped on Xen decide to hitch a ride to Earth, for the fun of it. Black Mesa becomes chaos, as the Hazardous Environment Combat Unit, a United States Marine Corps Special Forces division, is brought in to quell the results of the Resonance Cascade, including the elimination of all humans caught in the cross-fire. This resonance cascade is so immense in nature, that the Combine Empire notices it, turning their interest to what is happening on Earth. The resonance cascade rips open space-time and forms a portal between Earth and Xen. Nihilanth's race sees the dimensional fissure as an escape route. Of course headcrabs and other life trapped on Xen decide to hitch a ride to Earth, for the fun of it. Black Mesa becomes chaos, as the Hazardous Environment Combat Unit, a United States Marine Corps Special Forces division, is brought in to quell the results of the Resonance Cascade, including the elimination of all humans caught in the cross-fire.

Eventually Black Mesa is destroyed by nuclear detonation (noted in Opposing Fronts). Several survivors exist, including Wallace Breen, Black Mesa's former administrator; Barney Calhoun, a security guard; Dr Issac Kleiner, a prominent scientist at Black Mesa; Dr. Arne Magnusson; Dr. Eli Vance; and of course, Alyx Vance, Eli's daughter.

The Portal Storms

In 2010, unfortunately, though Black Mesa has been obliterated, Earth has yet to feel the brunt of this disaster. "Portal Storms", a seeming side-effect from the resonance cascade, form a dimensional rift between Xen and Earth. These Portal Storms spread outside the confines of what is left of Black Mesa and throughout all of Earth, providing temporary, chaotic, and destructive links between Xen and Earth. Aliens (from Xen) of all types are teleported into suburbs. Headcrabs crawl along the aisles of grocery stores while others teleport into swimming pools and homes. Utter chaos erupts on Earth. The freed Vortigaunts use these storms as a ticket out of Xen and onto Earth, fleeing from the Combine. A huge population shift occurs as people move into the cities, protected by soldiers and barbed wire fences, to escape the monsters. A feeling of safety comes over the people of Earth, as they can once again live normal lives within the confines of the cities, as the alien species continue to infest the outside world. Vast networks of ant-lion nests are formed throughout the Earth's crust, housing millions of new species.

The Combine, who have been keeping an eye on Earth since the resonance cascade, finally decide to take action. They plan on taking the Portal Storms to their advantage and use them as a method to mount an invasion on Earth. Now that Nihilanth's race have fled from the border-world to Earth, the Combine can forget about Xen and enslave both Mankind and Nihilanth's race in one fell swoop, on Earth.

The Seven Hour War

In 2015, forcing space-time and the portal storms wider open, the Combine launches a multi-pronged, all-out assault on the entire earth. They teleport troops as well as drop-ships, gun-ships, and striders from Combine off-world outposts through the Portal Storms, and onto Earth. Once there, the Combine uses the same technique that they used on Xen on the humans, building a super-army out of the combination of the DNA of the most dominant species on Earth (the humans) and Combine technology.

The primary Citadel is established in City 17. This enormous structure is home to the Earth based Combine control center. Combine armies are produced here as well as vehicles and armaments. Combine presences are established in other cities around the world. (It is hinted that there may be other secondary Citadels around the world, linked by a network.) While fighting each other, the humans and Combine also have the threat of Nihilianth's race. The freed Vortigaunts ally with the rebel forces, wanting revenge against the Combine. The headcrabs, being headcrabs, just attack anyone they can find. Other monsters find their place assaulting both Man and Combine.

The next stage of the Combine's plan takes root. Wallace Breen, "made" optimistic about the Combine takeover, is appointed the Administrator of Earth, acting as a puppet for the Combine. How he is selected for this role is unknown at this time. Breen's first act is to surrender Earth to the Combine, explaining that the Combine have arrived for good, to immortalize humanity, convinced by the Combine that the loss of life is inevitable in this transition period as Earth joins the Universal Union. Breen formally "surrenders" Earth after 7 hours of combat between Mankind and the Combine. Breen being a human helps the Combine, too. He is a species-specific leader - this helps propagate the lie that the enslavement of humans is a positive step forward, and humans, seeing a human in power, can be more readily coerced into their new lives.

Most of the major population centers of Earth are destroyed. Those still alive move into the country, spreading out to avoid Combine capture. Small pockets of rebel fighters surface, but have to establish bases in un-safe areas in the country, where the Xenians have manifested themselves, finding niches in Earth's ecosystem. Still under the spell of the Combine, and ignoring the massive genocide, Breen views the building rebel force as a group of short-sighted troublemakers. The remaining populated areas are named City 1, City 2... City 17, City 27, etc and are placed under control of the Combine, who are establishing a huge presence on Earth. The United Nations in New York City is taken over and destroyed. Meanwhile, all scientists have evacuated their facilities at Aperture Science, including their main enrichment center. The events of Portal take place[/b ]and The 'Aperture Science Hand-Held Portal Device' is inadvertently released into the wild, however, it is not known what becomes of it.

Rise of the Combine Overwatch

Wallace Breen takes residence in the top floor of the City 17 Citadel, under the close counsel of the Combine, attempting to quell the rebels. Breen attempts to console humanity by permanently making a connection between himself and it. He does by controlling the media. Huge television screens are erected in city centers. Newspapers, television, and other forms of communication are censored and their content is controlled.Breen's message is simple: That humanity should not attempt in any way to cause friction in the transition period as mankind integrates itself with the Combine. He believes in order to join this Universal Union, Man will have to sacrifice a lot, but he still believes that the ends justify the means. He truly believes that joining the Combine will be positive to humanity, and tries to convert the rest of it to his point of view. After The Portal Storms, mankind are in such disorder that they can and will believe something like this.

Ruling by fear, the Overwatch assure to continue to protect human city centers from the outside aliens, and thus fearful humans continue to live in the cities out of fear for their families and themselves. The Overwatch's brutal reign begins. The Combine's purpose with Breen is also simple. His purpose now is to prepare Earth for an eventual total Combine migration. His job is to eliminate any resistance to the Combine. Using controlled raids and a "civil-protection" force, Breen captures and converts any resistance to stalkers, human slaves. Additionally, the Overwatch attempt to re-enslave the Vortigaunts, with some success. The Combine's ultimate purpose is to convert all of humanity into stalkers, and all of the vortigaunts into the slaves they were before Gordon freed them .More important minds are taken to Nova Prospekt, where they are stored in containment and experimented on - the Combine want to get as much knowledge out of humanity as they can before they destroy it. All of these things are leading to a drastic change in the purpose of humanity - it is about to become a slave race.

The Combine Overlord orders some transitional tasks, above and beyond Breen's power. First of all, the Overwatch enact a Suppression Field to prevent humans from procreating. (In particular, protein chains important to the development of an embryo were specifically blocked.) They do this so no new humans can be born, and that the humans left on Earth will be the final generation of them. They also put a biochemical in the water supply to make people gradually forget the past, and so they can more easily comply with Breen and the Combine - to forget why they hate them. Finally, the Combine begin to drain Earth's oceans. These tasks show that the Combine are preparing Earth for new residents.

And now the Year is 2016, Still in the transitional phase of the Combine overlords plan and it still is in full swing. But humans are beginning to band together seeing the horror of this plan, With the aid of the Vortigaunts Humans slowly lie in wait for the perfect chance to strike. They wait in Silence, Shadow, and solitude.

A.Soldier 's City Administrator application

What is your CA's name? (All CAs' names start with Dr.) (This is any name, Not citizens name)
If allowed i would like to have Consul Rudolf Ferdinand Höss. if not Dr. Rudolf Ferdinand Höss would be fine.

Age: (IRL)
21 years of age, still ticking and ass kicking.

Do you have past experience? If so then where?
I was a role-player at Kuromeku's server(s) long ago, i have over 6 years of HL2 RP experience from possibly the most debated strictest RP server Nazi ever. I was a city administrator for three months before Kuromeku decided to shut down his HL2 Role-play server in 2009. As a city administrator i was in charge of Off-world relations and logistics. But since the city administrators were never on a majority of the time I played four roles wich included Off-world relations, Civil administrations, Logistics, and disciplinary actions.
How long have you played Catalyst-Gaming: Half-life 2 role-play?
Recently i just started, but i plan to be here for awhile when time permits between my Army life and when i have time off.
How many hours do you spend a day on the server? (When it is up)
As much as i can provide.
Are you available on weekends and in American time and early/late European time?
I am available on weekends and sometimes during the weekday, depends on my army schedule. but i used to be a private server gm on wow so i can stay up if necessary.

Do people consider you a good role-player?
I consider myself a good role-player, and i follow more rules then most others follow themselves. Im a big role-playing fan so i prefer the attempts methods but i always wait for a response before i do anything. Role-play goes both ways, its not just one sided.
Are you a good listener?
As stated before, being a good role-player involves both being a good listener and a good giver. Role-play is based on equal opportunity to both take and receive role-play as long as it follows main guidelines.
Do you have good grammar?
Look at my application, if i have any grammatical issues please address them.
Have you ever been banned?
Nope.
Do you know HL canon inside and out.
I know both cut and implemented Half-Life cannon, i also know a developer who works on the maps and storyboard for half-life and can ask him questions if necessary. I also have the Over-wiki on speed dial and the HL2 Timeline as well in case of sudden surprises.
Write a 5 paragraph story one why you want this job? (One paragraph = 4 sentences)
Preface(OOC): This story was developed with information regarding the HL2 Timeline, The Over-wiki, and Posts found in these forum boards. The story is Original with parallel acquaintances with prominent characters and does not create new/branching story-lines with the HL/HL2/Valve Cannon, I enjoyed writing the story and hope you do as well!

Rudolf Ferdinand Höss, born 1976 to a loving mother and father in the sleepy town of Baden-Baden. His name gifted to him by his late great grandfather who died serving the proud people of Germany and successfully defending those he loved and cared for through the corrections facility during the second world war. Höss, was a primarily curious individual, from the age of four Höss was constantly harassed and teased for his family heritage throughout basic schooling. Anyone from his neighbors, the religious devout, and those affected by the war knew his family name and what it represented. In fear of Höss's safety due to the harassment getting physical time to time, Höss's mother and father both agreed that a more secure environment for his education would be beneficiary to both his education and well being. At the age of 8 Höss was moved to Dresden and attended the cadet program for Offizierschule des Heeres, for eight years Höss attended school and graduated with a diploma in general education and military sciences. Höss now 16 years of age and a full grown individual in his parents eyes received a scholarship to University Of Freiburg - Faculty Of Engineering and continued his education until he received his PHD in Algorithms and data structures in artificial intelligence and synthetic organism research.

After Höss's graduation in the year 2000 the dawn of a new millennium Höss was approached by a woman wearing a read scarf and a white washed dress and stilettos. She addressed Rudolph by name and introduced herself as Caroline Johnson and she wished to offer Höss an opportunity that matched his skill-set. Eager to test his new-found ability's he agrees to go with Ms. Johnson and away he went to a facility to begin his new job, Ms. Johnson instructed Höss that he was to have unlimited resources and funding with a full staff team. Höss unnerved by such and offer asked what his project would be Caroline simply stated that he would be working on a method to put a organic beings entire memory, decision making process, and personality into a life form and disk operating system. Armed with a team of employees including a senior technician Doug Rattmann they spent the entire year developing the programing and algorithms to spark synthetic artificial intelligence and developed a baseline program that could possibly support the goals of the project. In 2001 Höss and Rattmann presented the program to Ms. Johnson acting CEO of the company and tested the theory with a small project that involved putting a synthetic AI into a area suppression device, Pleased and grateful of the time and effort put into the presentation Caroline approved the funding and construction of the new Genetic life-form and disc operating system.

Construction began immediately and a new member of the team was added, his name was Henry and he was a apprentice to Rattmann in personality AI and a very intelligent individual, within a year the team of three developed the Genetic Life-Form and Disc Operating System a device that could hold a single mind and be technically suspended forever and never aging cheating death. At the end of project completion December 2003 the acting CEO of the facility was becoming very ill with some type of mercury poisoning, with a standing order from the formal founder of the facility Cave Johnson. Caroline was taken to a transfer device that would save her life and transfer her current self into the Genetic Life-form and Disc Operating System and keep her alive. She objected throughout the entire process stating that it was unnatural and she pleaded to not have us do it, but her contract was clear with the company and for her own safety and the safety of the company she was placed in the transfer system and the transfer process began. Awaiting a long waited test run Doug entered the office with Henry and told Höss that he has worked long and hard on this project and he should take the night off for new years. Höss objecting to the idea and wanting to see the project through was convinced into taking the night off and he left the facility to his home back in the main city 20 miles away.

Höss slept hard through the new year, but he didn't wake up to the sounds of a cheery new year. Instead he awoke to the sounds of evacuation sirens and distant helicopters, Höss looked out the windows and saw the military directing hundreds of people into choppers and Höss took no time to think on what was happening. Still in his laboratory coat he jolted down the stairs and was herded into a crowd of people onto a helicopter to a so called safe zone, as Höss looked around he noticed flashing lights in the sky. But this was no mere weather pattern it looked as if holes were opening through the sky and as Höss looked closer he saw beings appearing through the holes, Höss pushing through the evacuation center located the command center for the evacuation and began asking questions on what was happening. From another table a man stood up and greeted Höss with a warm welcome and stated that he was with the company and began explaining the current events in great detail. His name was Mark Chandell and he worked in the theoretical physics division of the company and stated that portals were opening all over the nullosphere and organisms from a different race were coming through and attacking en mass. Höss identified himself and Mark knew that Höss was part of the senior development team that made the Genetic Life form and disc operating system and congratulated him on a job well done that earlier that morning the system was turned on and the project was a complete success, but a stroke of worry hit marks tone as he also stated that the facility went dark within hours after its activation and no one has herd from them since.

Mark and Höss worked alongside with the military intelligence division and together they developed a portal warning system based on algorithms and some sensor information with weather patterns which aided the military in quickly setting up defenses and quarantining areas of the city. Over five years Höss and Mark developed a announcement system based on Artificial intelligence and synthetic probability that made life somewhat easier. But that day finally came to and end when the alert system broke into a class 17 warning, the system itself was registered to 10 levels of warning on severity of portals based on size and bio-masses entering the portals, an extra seven programmed levels made Mark and Höss shutter about the thought and looked up to the skies. The day was 12 August 2009, and as Mark and Höss looked at the sky the warning system shot alarms that could be heard for over 40 miles and a blinding blue and orange portal began to open in the sky, the portal was nothing that they had ever seen before and covered a majority of the continent . As Höss witnessed the military mobilizing for battle a huge roar emitted from the opening and hundreds of thousands of objects began emerging through the portal and as they exited the opening they immediately began engaging troops that weren't even ready for a fight. Beams of light, plasma, and creatures made of metal and organ relentlessly assaulted the evacuation safety zone, Troops that stood over several feet tall easily overtook four soldiers and the assaults were brutal and violent. Mark and Höss retreated to a underground bunker that they had built to house the AI alert system and waited for six hours holed in a bunker with a spare handgun they had kept for their own protection, After hours of wondering when the end would come there was nothing but silence in the area outside the bunker. Mark began to look out the shielded slits of the bunker and turned to Höss and stated that there's nothing but wasteland and death outside, Suddenly there were bangs on the bunkers hardened door. Mark grabbed the spare firearm and aimed at the door awating to shoot whatever came through it, "BANG, BANG, BANG!" the door went, either something wanted in or we were going to be saved. Suddenly the door slammed open and four beings entered the room and before i could even tell mark to not shoot he opened fire and the beings shot mark with a blast of energy that burned his body into nothing but black and white particles. The beings looked at Höss in his well worn and dirty lab coat with the massive computer with the AI system behind Höss and as one of them approached, Höss knew the end was near his life's work flashed before his eyes and he thought about everything he had ever done and his last memory was of his mother and his father. The being reached out and grabbed him by the collar and lifted Höss two feet above the ground, One of the beings began speaking in a odd dialect and suddenly the AI computer Höss and Mark constructed began speaking a very coarse translated version: "Individual.......intelligence.......significance......Isolate......Query....Detain..." As Höss looked back at the computers monotone voice the creature sprayed Höss with an aerosol and everything went black.

Höss awoke in a cold room, there were bright lights everywhere, and he was wearing a odd uniform along with a few others who seemed to be older in age. As he looked around the room a screen flickered on in the main room and a human appeared on the screen, The man declared himself as Wallace Breen and his title was the Administrator of planet Earth and our new rulers were the "Universal Union or common word the Combine". He stated that we were selected through a mind symbiosis to be possible candidates for city administration and leadership for the human race. As Höss looked around everyone seemed nervous and scared and another door opened up and Dr. Breen stated that more information and education would be through the following door, and those that were reluctant to enter would be submitted to" recycling". Höss looked at the door and weighed his options and figured that the door was proably a better chance and he stepped inside along with a few others, And as the door closed he saw the few that stayed behind and before the door closed fully he saw platforms raise above the floor and began to gun down those who stayed in the room. The door shut and the lift took Höss and the others to another floor were there were chairs and a monitor and Höss took a seat like the others, a device encompassed his head and began forcing information into Höss's memory and memories of positive nature towards the combine flowed through his mind. As the machine finished Höss looked around and saw that a few others were dead with blood emitting from their orphaces and Höss stood up with a headache and surprisingly a vast knowledge of information about the combine, all of good nature of course.

 As another door opened up a AI speaker began to speak stating "Let the Testing process continue, All individuals please continue through the door." As Höss entered the door, Flashbacks of the Company, Caroline, Doug, Henry, and a quote he heard long ago:

"When life gives you lemons, don't make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back! I don't want your damn lemons, what am I supposed to do with these? Make life rue the day it thought it could give you those lemons! Do they even know who I am? I'm the man who's gonna burn their house down with the lemons!"

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ACCEPTED- Welcome City Administrator -A.Soldier

Hello,

My Name is Donald and I'm a proud member of the 101st Airborne Division (Air-Assault) and I'm registering here to possibly pass the time here while at majestic Fort Campbell, I am an old...OLD HL2 role-player. In fact i believe i started the HL2 Role play with Kuromeku and all his clown staff during his script Alpha/Beta/Final release way back in 2005-2010. As for me RP wise ive been around for a tad and have pretty much played CCA/MPF (Union.7464/Union.2173) COTA/OTA (OTA.6878/COTA.9978) and was a City Administrator for about 3-4 months ( Consul Rudolph Hoss). Ive been out of the picture due to a couple of Army situation and im looking to get back into the scene while stationed here, Ive read the rules for all factions (Server/Citizen/CCA/COTA Guidelines Including the FearRP rules you have set-forth) and updated myself of the current timeline of your server/story. As of now im updating my GMOD with all my old spawn-lists/commands ETC and looking into some new tools possibly, and am downloading the new map. I look forward to playing with you all and ill see you shortly.

Best wishes,

D Ciota
101st Airborne Div MP