Due to the Superportal formed, sporadic Portal Storms originating from the Superportal devastate the surrounding landscape imposing grave damage to multiple buildings and bridges. In the aftermath of the Citadel core's meltdown at the end of Episode One, it forms a Superportal at the Citadel ruins in an attempt to reinstate a connection to the Combine Overworld. With time they became more infrequent, meaning that they have not stopped entirely and are still happening erratically. This line suggests that Portal Storms were most frequent in the first few years after the Black Mesa Incident or during the Combine invasion. Shortly after experiencing one, Alyx Vance remarks that it was " like the first days all over again." This entry is next to a paper about the Seven Hour War, leading to the belief that the Combine Empire exploited these storms to invade Earth.ĭuring the Uprising, a series of Portal Storms originating from the Superportal at the Citadel ruins ravage the surrounding landscape. As a result, any object in its path would suffer damage from the brief weightlessness effect.Īt Black Mesa East, Eli Vance kept a corkboard with several newspaper cut-outs, one of the features the header "Portal" Storm Continues. This peculiar phenomenon is generally capable of inflicting severe structural damage to objects, such as buildings and bridges.Ī Portal Storm consists of a blue "wave," which either resonates from a Superportal or by a Resonance Cascade, and it moves across a landscape, negating gravity as it goes. In the aftermath of the Resonance Cascade at the Black Mesa Research Facility, Portal Storms occurred across Earth, bringing forth life forms from Xen.
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