The G-Man appears to take an interest in Shephard's movements, even before the Black Mesa Incident occurs: as early as three months prior, Shephard spots him in his training base. This also occurs if Adrian attempts to kill Freeman). Doing so will produce the message "Evaluation terminated: Subject attempted to create a temporal paradox." and end the game (it actually allows Shephard to enter Freeman's timeline, that is, the original Half-Life, thus the paradox. However, upon doing so Shephard will find himself teleported several meters away from Gordon, before falling through space. It should be noted that while Shephard witnesses Gordon Freeman's transportation to Xen, he has the option to follow him through the teleporter before it collapses. Shephard and Freeman do cross paths during the game, but at that point Shephard is merely an observer to Gordon's travel to Xen - they never fight against each other at any moment. It should be noted that not all scientists were killed on sight, as there is at least one scientist being held prisoner at the site of the evacuation. Later still, Shephard sees a scientist who begs him for mercy. Later, a surviving scientist informs him that he isn't sure what is worse to encounter, the military assigned to silence all witnesses or the invading aliens. When he first wakes up, the security guard who opens the door for him tells the Corporal that he heard rumors about the marines not being here to rescue them. However, he has seen several hints to this. Unlike the other Marines, Shephard works with the increasingly distrustful scientists and guards in order to make it out of Black Mesa alive, as he was unaware of the HECU's objectives. When he arrives at the extraction point however, the G-Man prevents him from catching the last Osprey, forcing Shephard to leave the facility by other means and going through parts of the facilities not seen in Half-Life and dealing with the Race X aliens and the Black Ops to finally defeat the Gene Worm. Shephard must then make his way through Black Mesa to be evacuated. When the nearby Osprey, Goose 3, and his are attacked by Alien Aircrafts, it crashes in Black Mesa, killing most of the passengers, including the commander, before Goose 7 is briefed on their mission. With him were other Marines such as Tower and Jackson. Shephard, 22 years old at the time, was to reach Black Mesa aboard a V-22 Osprey designated Goose 7. I'd rather hold out for something with more likelihood of combat." I kind of hope it doesn't happen the mission doesn't seem to have much excitement potential. I don't know what "it" is, but the whole thing is a little strange. We were told today to be ready in case it happens tomorrow. I can't imagine what we would be needed for. All I know is that the place is being used by scientists who are doing some kind of new research. We are being trained for a mission at the Black Mesa Facility. " May 15 - The rumor has been confirmed.The rumors are that some top-secret research is going on there. I have heard the name Black Mesa Facility thrown around a lot, but I have no information about the place. Most of my peers are convinced that we are being primed for a mission. " May 12 - The rumors have been flying since our indoor combat training began.What I want to know is if this is to test our ability to adapt or if we are being readied for a specific mission? Time will tell." As far as I know this is a specialized training not taught in boot camp. We will be spending every day this week at the combat simulation facility. Today we assemble for the morning run and our drill instructor tells us we have one week to become experts at indoor strategic combat. " May 9 - For weeks our drills have been the same crap day after day.Several times throughout the day I spotted him just watching me during training. He looked more like a lawyer or insurance agent to me. I am not sure he is a g-man, but he was wearing a really uptight suit and carrying a briefcase. " May 7 - I finally saw the government guy today. It would be cool just for the change and the adventure." Rumor is he's from some government branch looking to recruit others say he's with some secret research group. There has been this really weird civie spotted at the base. I'll be glad when this is over and I can finally can get assigned a mission. " May 3 - Another typically hellish day at base camp.Since May was incorrectly changed to March, it is corrected here. The Opposing Force instruction manual features several diary entries made by Adrian Shephard prior to the Black Mesa Incident, giving some insight of his Advanced Training before the disaster and G-Man's interest in him. Biography Background Shephard's diary entries
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