Finding all the parts of PIaDOS that actually contained her brain(s) was the hardest part. At least, Alyx hopes it was the hardest part. If it wasn't, that means she screwed up while wiring the AI back together, and that could spell disaster.

She supposes they'll find out in a minute.

"Okay, I'm going to connect the power now..."

PIaDOS isn't dead.

PIaDOS isn't dead.

She may be more broken than ever before, but PIaDOS isn't dead.That one thought has been driving Alyx for the past hour as she cobbles parts together. She's not trying to completely rebuild the AI--not yet. For the moment, her goal is to make PIaDOS able to communicate again, to observe her surroundings and ( Read more... )

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The door opens onto a dark corridor. It's not a corridor that's supposed to be dark, but the overhead fluorescent lights aren't working just now. The walls and carpet are old, but surprisingly clean. There's an odd hitch in one's center of gravity as one walks through; the floor at Milliways is level, but here the ( Read more... )

The last Combine survivors at the gene worm site have been picked off. The refugees have been sent away. The ship is as stocked and the crew as ready as they're liable to get. It's time to depart.

"Okay, I think I've found us a good destination site. Over water, close to the source of the distress call..."