Genuine game plot (Half-Life)

And I was hoping that some new questions would appear ...
As I thought, everything that caused you doubts has direct evidence, namely, the statements of Mark Laidlaw, already cited by me on this forum. Yes, and on Wikipedia with recent under this is also written.
But I will give them one more time.

These are official statements in their original quality. I hope there will be no problems with the translation.

"NIHILANTH / COMBINE
Capture of vorts is fairly common. That particular Nihilanth was the
last of its kind, and never captured, but some of its predecessors might have been."

NIHILANTH / XEN - CONTROLLERS
The Xen Controllers were part of the Nihilanth's support network , and
they relied on the Nihilanth to throw them around where it wanted them
to go, so if there are any left, they are probably stranded in what
would not have been their natural native environment (nothing's native
to Xen). However, without access to a steady food supply (whatever it
is they eat), they may well have simply died out.

NIHILANTH / COMBINE
Yes, that's fairly accurate, and I'm pretty sure Doug was restating something I'd told him; I [am not] clarifying it, since it's the foundation on which the series continues. What we saw in HL1 was the very end of a long struggle between the Combine and the last of the Nihilanth's race ... although it's a bit different than the word "prompted" implies. The Nihilanth's "world" (if it could be said to have) was long since in the past as far as the Nihilanth was concerned; Xen was their final retreat, and they had their back to the wall, as it were, when the fissure appeared that let them spill into our dimension. Xen itself is sort of a dimensional transit bottleneck - an area of ​​continual contention.

XENANDBEYOND
We had a glimpse of the larger threat when we were working on Half Life 1. In other words we knew that once you cleared out the Nihilanth, you were going to discover something worse beyond it. We knew that some immense threat had chased the Nihilanth and its creatures out of their own world and into Xen, from which location they were all to glad to seize the opportunity to continue on to Earth with suppression through the citadels. But the exact nature of the threat was left to be solved in Half Life 2

Now, specifically from the statements:
Kiber_wolf
"besides, the controllers are very close to him in structure, are they not relatives?"

Yes, I mentioned that they are the closest to Nihilanth in structure, but officially their direct relationship has not been confirmed. Perhaps, although they are relatives, they are no closer than a man and a monkey;)

"It is only officially confirmed that Vortigaunts were slaves on Xen, and not native inhabitants"

I never mentioned that they were indigenous to Xen. And even rather, on the contrary, he said the opposite ... and more than once;)

"Xen - perhaps this world was specially selected by combines, and was used as a prison"

This is outdated information. You can read about the true state of affairs in the quotes above ... or in my presentation of the plot.

"Alien Grant is a harvester-modified alien representative (most likely Vortigaunts, as you correctly noted), as is Gargantua."

The nature of AlinGrants is a deep jungle about which there was not a single official statement. I did not go into details about their origin, but only analytically suggested that he served as the main combat unit like Gargantua.
Although I do not exclude that he could have been a genetically modified Vortigaunt ... it is just that nothing is known about this, and, as I said, I tried to follow the ironclad facts, and in my reasoning did not deviate far from them.

"and in general there was no long war, where did you get that?"

Well, I think the quotes above have already answered this.
If there is anything else to add, I am at your service.

Little prose ... translation))

Oh shit> :) Well OK, here's a tada free translation of

XENANDBEYOND
When we were working on the original Half-Life, we a little bit revealed some big impending threat. In other words, we knew that once the player had destroyed Nihilanth, they had to discover something more terrible. We knew that some serious threat drove Nihilanth and his creatures from their homeworld to Xen, from where they were happy to cross to Earth in fear of the citadels. But the true nature of this threat was only to be revealed in Half-Life 2.

NIHILANTH / COMBINE
In Half-Life, we witnessed the end of a long confrontation between the Alliance and the last of the Nihilanth race. The "world" of Nihilanth, in which he lived earlier, remained far in the past, as far as he himself was interested. Xen was the last line of retreat (refuge), and there they were backed up against the wall. At one point, the wall cracked, which allowed them to seep into our dimension. Zen, in itself, is a transit corridor between dimensions, a place of constant confrontation of forces.

NIHILANTH / COMBINE
The (Alliance) capture of the Vortigaunts was fairly commonplace. And that unusual Nihilanth was the last of his kind, and he himself was never captured, although some of his predecessors may have been.

NIHILANTH / XEN - CONTROLLERS
The Xen dispatchers were part of Nihilanth's support network, and
they relied on him to move (move) wherever needed. On their own, when traveling, they probably had significant difficulty outside their native natural environment (Xen was not their home).
After the death of Nihilanth, without access to a steady supply of "food" (no matter what they eat), they probably just died out.

Remember the flying aliens shooting fireballs?
The Nihiliant is like them.
I think he is something like their Patron

. Nihiliant also said that "Not a man. He is not a man." I think he is about G-Men. Then WHO IS G-MEN?

Oh my God...

"WHO IS G-MEN?"

We recently learned this ... it's G (nome) -man. Kommersant

Not human ... He's not human ... He ... Oooh ... GNOME! * ominous music playing *

Some users consider him Gordon from the future :)))

In the topic * Discussion HL2EP3 * at the very beginning I read the post *** Gordon Freeman is the son of Vortigaunt and Gman, and Gman is Freeman's mother **** never laughed so much. xD

Yhhhh !!! Laughing XDDDDDDDDDD

xD

"NIHILANTH / the COMBINE
the Capture of vorts is Fairly common all. That Particular Nihilanth WAS the
for last of ITS kind, and by never Captured, But some of ITS predecessors of might have Been."

I wonder if the words of developers Nihilanth never got to combines, where does he have scars then?

1. Perhaps all Nihilants are like that.
2. He could change himself (or he was changed) to be like the Vorts or gain their abilities.
3. Perhaps he suffered somewhere, and his vorts were "repaired" in their own way, for themselves.
4. Your option
:))

Olmer223
When did Gmen side with Ayans?
What makes you think that the death of Nihaliant led to the continuation of the resonance? Why didn't Boreas start the Combine invasion? Or an explosion of black mass?

But it is quite possible. Assuming that initially G-man had a deal with the Alliance to eliminate Nihilanth (but nothing more), then this deal was completed. There was no talk of the Alliance coming to Earth.
But nevertheless, I will state my version:
I will not run far on the topic of where they came from, what they wanted, when they decided, and who planned everything? And I will proceed from what we have in the game itself. So, let's go:
1. Pay attention when you get to the Lambda complex. Scientists ask Gordon to teleport to the world of Zen and destroy Nihilant and everything will be normal. I think initially Gordon did not set himself such a task. But he agreed. And now the question:
- Did Gordon have a return "ticket" to Earth in case of success? (failure sobsno death)
- If he didn't exist, then Gordon agreed to sacrifice himself for the sake of saving the world?
This was not a whim or ardent zeal of Gordon, it was a reasonable request from scientists. Not even Gman himself. The version that G-man foresaw all the events is unlikely, since he would not have been screwed at the beginning of EP1. No? The development of events of the first (the action of the game itself) part is an incredible luck and skill of Freeman's survival in critical conditions.
2. Why did the soldiers knock out and not put a bullet in the forehead (for sure) Freeman. Thrown into the trash press and didn't bother to leave at least one soldier to make sure of Freeman's death?
On this I will end (but that's not all) I'm waiting for your posts)