He then contacts Isaac Kleiner, they have a brief chat about how Gordon could get to his lab safely, then Barney lets Gordon escape through a back way. A security camera rejects Gordon's identity and Barney is able to 'take him away for questioning', saving him from boarding the train to Nova Prospekt and meeting a horrible fate in the depths of the complex. Barney claims to have persistent nightmares about the cat and even mistakes a distant Strider roar as a meow late.īy a twist of fate, probably orchestrated by the G-Man, Gordon Freeman is released from stasis into the City 17 Train Station where Barney happens to be having his shift of Civil Protection duty. On one memorable occasion, Barney was assisting with Kleiner's teleport experiments where Kleiner attempted to transport a cat as a test experiment and something traumatizing happened to it. At some point before or after his relocation, he also came back into contact with Isaac Kleiner and Eli Vance who had also apparently been relocated to City 17 prior to Half-Life 2 and participated in their Resistance movement. This would have been valuable to gain inside information and distribute warnings about upcoming raids or provide misleading intelligence to the Combine though it was likely quite risky to his own safety. In the next frame, what appears to be Barney is briefly seen jumping into the portal teleporting him from the alien homeworld Xen, as seen in the Blue Shift chapter Focal Point.Īfter the Portal Storms, the Seven Hour War, and the subsequent Combine takeover, Barney was presumably relocated to City 17 where he signed up for Civil Protection. Rosenberg saying 'Calhoun, you must hurry! We can't keep the portal open much longer!'. In the ending sequence of Half-Life: Decay, two heroes, Gina Cross and Colette Green, are caught in a harmonic reflex. At the end of the game Barney, along with Rosenberg and his two colleagues, Simmons and Walter, manages to escape from the Black Mesa Research Facility, and he is described as being 'out of range' by the textual summary, as compared to Gordon Freeman, listed as 'hired,' and Adrian Shephard, listed as 'detained'. Barney then locates, charges and delivers a spare power battery to Doctor Rosenberg. He first travels to the homeworld Xen, where he activates a device needed for teleport's correct work. Calhoun helps Rosenberg to prepare everything for successful teleportation. Rosenberg reveals to Barney his plan of escaping by using an old teleport model. Rosenberg, who had been captured by the HECU troops. He arrives there some time before 9:00.Īfter the Resonance Cascade occurs (at around 9:00), Barney becomes determined to escape from the Black Mesa facility. On May 16, 200-, at 8:42, Barney starts his tram ride from the Area 8 Topside Dormitories at Black Mesa, to start his second Blue Shift day at Area 3 Medium Security Facilities in Sector C. He is not seen for the remainder of the game.Īlthough not seen, Calhoun is also present when Gordon is knocked unconscious by HECU soldiers during the Apprehension chapter. His shift is to last until August 15.īarney is seen at the very start of Gordon Freeman's tram ride to Sector C, knocking on the Area 3 Security Facilities door. On May 15, Barney is assigned to a 09:00 - 22:00 Blue Shift assignment and reports to Area 3 Medium Security Facilities in Sector C, at 09:00. On May 12 (the Blue Shift Hazard Course) and May 13, at 08:00, Barney undergoes a two-day Security Guard Training under the Miller-based holographic instructor.

His two-day Security Guard Training is scheduled. about his May 15 reassignment to Blue Shift.īefore May 12, 200-, Barney is performing a retinal scan and has his salary increased. On May 9, 200-, Barney receives a letter from L.M. His 'Disaster Response Priority' is to protect the Black Mesa facility and its equipment in the event of an emergency, with secondary priority to safeguard members of the science team whilst his own personal safety is of relatively low importance. He is friends with Gordon Freeman and Isaac Kleiner, who are also employees of Black Mesa.Īs a Black Mesa security guard, he is tasked with duties including guarding assigned sections, performing general maintenance, and assisting the science team when required. Barney Calhoun, an undecided major after two years at Martinson College, is employed as a mid-level security officer at the Black Mesa Research Facility, with Level 3 security clearance and is accommodated in the Area 8 Topside Dormitories.

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