

It's hard to say how much of it might have survived intact, or whether there's anything remaining that could compromise our work. I'm fairly sure I've pinned down the location of the Project. While the nature of the secret hidden within the Borealis is unknown, one of the blueprints indicates the presence of at least a Material Emancipation Grill and an Unstationary Scaffold within the ship. Given the attack upon Mossman's forces, the interception of her message and the death of Eli Vance, it seems very likely. It is not clear whether the Combine know of the Borealis, and consequently if they themselves have some interest in the ship's contents. Kleiner believes the technology the Borealis contains could be used by the Resistance against the Combine to aid them in The Uprising Eli, haunted by memories of the Black Mesa Incident and not wanting a second Seven Hour War, believes that the Borealis has to be destroyed at all costs. Once Eli Vance and Isaac Kleiner have decoded these and realize the full significance of the transmission, a rift opens between the two Resistance leaders.

This is intercepted by the Combine, and in turn stolen back by Gordon Freeman and Alyx Vance from the Citadel Core during their flight from City 17.Īfter safely reaching White Forest, Alyx and Gordon deliver the data to the Resistance, which reveals that Mossman was cunning enough to encrypt Borealis photographs, coordinates, blueprints and hailing frequencies within her message. She is attacked by Combine forces soon after, and is only able to send an incomplete transmission of her discovery to White Forest. Many years after the Combine invasion of Earth, Judith Mossman, Resistance operative, finds the Borealis in an Arctic location. Mossman sharing her discovery with the Resistance. It also gives the Combine ample reasons to investigate the vehicle, as they have yet to perfect localized teleportation technology, and with it, they could reconnect back to the Combine Overworld to flood the planet with their large and powerful armies. It is assumed that the Borealis contained an immensely powerful and dangerous secret, most likely involving portals and teleportation on a larger scale than that of a handheld portal device, which explains how it is able to teleport away from an Aperture Science facility.
