Operation Touchdown sees the United States move to retake Southern California, meaning everyone now has to deal with increased military activaty (which also makes the 75th Ranger Battalion more active). It also results in several civilian groups refusing to join up with the player factions, now that they might be able to apply for Search and Rescue. Morality Kitchen Sink: The various player factions range from the Cygnus Fleet, who genuinely want to do the right thing, to ADVENT, who regularly execute civilians. This trope is certainly in effect. Due to circumstances, the majority of the battle for the Fitzgerald boils down to this trope - while Flashpoint and the Damned Brigade are undeniably evil, the Cygnus Fleet doesn't want to use the nukes but also wants to make sure they don't fall into the wrong hands, GDI has similar motives but is willing to claim the nukes by force from the Cygnus Fleet due to believing Claude's claims of peace to be insincere, the Conclave wants to avoid being the target of the nukes on the ship (Flashpoint wants the nukes to destroy the Shrine, who are allied with the Conclave) and the Grey Death Detachment don't want to use the nukes either, but aid the Cygnus Fleet becuase they know that less well intentioned people will want to use them. Adaptation Expansion: In Half-Life canon, it's established that antlion grubs can heal people and are the basis of Combine medical terminals. The RP expands this by making it so that adult antlion flesh has minor regenerative properties, and since antlions are biologically compatible with humans, they can be used as healing rations.

Main Character of the Day This Malaysian island offers endless stories and inspiration. Just ask Tan Twan Eng TVTropes is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Fantastic Racism: In general, military forces (or rather, solely military forces) in the Zone (namely the Rangers and the Damned Brigade) have this toward aliens, who they understandably want removed from their homeland and will use force to do so. While there are obvious reasons for this, both organizations are also hostile to The Shrine, even though the Survivalists and NAC have proven that coexistence is possible.

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Mitchell ends up costing Flashpoint numerous men and resources trying to pursue personal vendettas even when doing so is counterproductive. Furthermore, his callous treatment of his followers eventually leads to several deserting in the middle of a battle because they are tired of his abuse. Evil Will Fail: Ultimately, much of the hardships that the "evil" player factions suffer are entirely their a result of their own tactics. The Star Union Expedition has access to laser guns, psychic powers, and Quantum Mechanics Can Do Anything, as well as giant bug men. Their player has quite literally begged to allow them to be Nerfed so that he doesn't have to make a new sheet. Wake up and smell the coffee’ sounds like and is a stimulating introduction to the importance of teamwork.The subject smells enticing with exercises and suggestions much adding to the attraction. Dr Meredith Belbin, Belbin Associates In an alternate timeline where the Combine never invaded Earth, the portal storms generated by the Resonance Cascade have gotten out of hand, resulting in several factions getting sent into the Half Life universe. Those now stranded here, be they new arrivals or natives, must now figure out how to survive.

ADVENT finishing their cloning facilities, as this would allow ADVENT to create a new army of soldiers without relying upon searching and rescuing humans in the wastes.

Alas, as Grant laconically remarks, “loss of consciousness is not compatible with driving”. When Christopher passes his driving test (“God failed my mother”), it is Grant who reluctantly obeys her wordless entreaty and – after failing to reason with his brother – accompanies him on a road trip. As they drive along the motorway, Grant’s pleas grow “increasingly desperate, like a jilted lover”. It is almost a relief to the reader when Christopher’s eyes start to go blank, the seizure unfolds and the car “slides across the motorway as if on ice”. When Christopher’s episode of fainting as a choirboy is followed by a longer faint in the bathroom as an adolescent, it seems unimportant. But slowly, realisation settles on the family. Grant, then a medical student, has the painful task of naming what has hitherto only been a fear. His mother reacts with biblical grief: “Anybody see my cross? Anybody see my cross? … Yes, Lord!”