Half Life: Hazard Course
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Tit! Tit! Tit! Tit! Tit! Tit!
"Mmmmm, just a few more minutes mom...."
"Skimmers! You will be late for your Hazard Course!" Said A Voice...
"Yeah...yeah....Hazard Cour- what?!" Skimmer suddenly jumped out of his bed. "Why didn't you wake me up earlier!"
He rushed for the closet, grabbed a crumbled lab Coat and put it on his singlet. He splashed his face with water, brushed his teeth, and ran out of his dormitory. He ran into Danny, The Dormitory Security Guard.
"So....Who woke up late eah?" He Grinned. "You better get moving....I've already set the coordinates for the Tram.."
Skimmers fumed inside him. He was angry at Danny for no reason at all, but also glad that he took the initiative to wake him up on time.
"God.....you really are working for that promotion..."He mused, as he ran towards the Tram Station.
"Yeah, so you better nominate me for Security Guard of the Month..."
"I'll remember that...."
He ran down the path leading to the Black Mesa Surface Tram Station. He admired the Blue Clear sky and the dusty landscape around him because once he took the Tram, he would not see nature for hours. The Black Mesa Research Facility was a Government Funded Research Centre. It was build Underground.
Security was one of the tightest in this facility. Everything was on a need to know basis. No contact with the outside world was allowed. The Location of the facility was one of the most remote. In the middle of the deserts of New Mexico. The Base was made like a fortress. It had hundreds of security system. Turrets covered high security areas. Most parts of the base were connected by Trams. Its impossible to get from one sector to another on foot.
Under the rocks were dozens and dozens or test labs. Each test lab filled with objects from 'Star Wars'. It held secrets after secrets behind every door. Unknown experiments took place behind every door. Rumours about out of this world aliens or a alien dimension were the talk of the cafeteria. Of course, none of the scientist revealed much about their own work and experiments to their fellow colleague.
His Job was to be a Research Associate for Dr Keller...one of the leading scientist in the facility. He was the head of the Weapons Research sector. He cooked up new Laser Guns or Plasma Rifle every week. Skimmers was to test out the weapon to it's max, find out the weapon abilities. He once fired A laser rifle on an living creature, though after that he was made to swear not to say anything of what it looked like. It's boring work. Just fire a weapon, go for some test and shoot holograms Aliens from another dimension. It was boring and tiring also.
But he got his own fair share of enjoyment. He earned Fifty Thousand a month by firing bean weapons from Star Trek. Or going head to head in Black Mesa Holoroom with a Five foot tall blue Giant. But best of all, he didn't need to give weekly reports to the Administrator. He had heard rumours that scientist unable to come up with any progress were fired on the spot.
Anyway, there was a course all scientist had to go though during their stay in Black Mesa. It was the Hazard Course. A Training Course to test your abilities to survive in a hazardous environment with only you and your Hazard Suit. Why they made scientist do it? Nobody knew. Most scientist took the course lightly, never taking in the advice of the hologram Gina.
So today was his turn. His turn to go for the Course, the course that prepares you for events that would never happen. For example, most parts of Hazard Course made you jump and duck under and over pipes. They even make you jump from 3 stories up! Of course, the Hazard Suit absorb most of the impact so you wouldn't die. The weirdest thing was the shooting range. Why make employees shoot practise targets when there were already Security Guards?
It was a waste of time actually. But after the course, he was to be given a day off. Free to do whatever he liked. It's hard to find a day without things to do. Everyday you would be called to test out a new weapon improvement. Than scanned for any hazardous effects. Than give an opinion of the weapon it' self, than testing it out in the Holoroom and fight imaginary Aliens from mars and so on. By the time it was over, more than half the day was wasted. It was boring but easy work.
Skimmer rushed into the Tram just as it pulled up onto the platform. He let himself rest on the seat, as the voice of Gina filled his ears....he closed his eyes…and dozed off....
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Tit! Tit! Tit! Tit! Tit! Tit!
"Mmmmm, just a few more minutes mom...."
"Skimmers! You will be late for your Hazard Course!" Said A Voice...
"Yeah...yeah....Hazard Cour- what?!" Skimmer suddenly jumped out of his bed. "Why didn't you wake me up earlier!"
He rushed for the closet, grabbed a crumbled lab Coat and put it on his singlet. He splashed his face with water, brushed his teeth, and ran out of his dormitory. He ran into Danny, The Dormitory Security Guard.
"So....Who woke up late eah?" He Grinned. "You better get moving....I've already set the coordinates for the Tram.."
Skimmers fumed inside him. He was angry at Danny for no reason at all, but also glad that he took the initiative to wake him up on time.
"God.....you really are working for that promotion..."He mused, as he ran towards the Tram Station.
"Yeah, so you better nominate me for Security Guard of the Month..."
"I'll remember that...."
He ran down the path leading to the Black Mesa Surface Tram Station. He admired the Blue Clear sky and the dusty landscape around him because once he took the Tram, he would not see nature for hours. The Black Mesa Research Facility was a Government Funded Research Centre. It was build Underground.
Security was one of the tightest in this facility. Everything was on a need to know basis. No contact with the outside world was allowed. The Location of the facility was one of the most remote. In the middle of the deserts of New Mexico. The Base was made like a fortress. It had hundreds of security system. Turrets covered high security areas. Most parts of the base were connected by Trams. Its impossible to get from one sector to another on foot.
Under the rocks were dozens and dozens or test labs. Each test lab filled with objects from 'Star Wars'. It held secrets after secrets behind every door. Unknown experiments took place behind every door. Rumours about out of this world aliens or a alien dimension were the talk of the cafeteria. Of course, none of the scientist revealed much about their own work and experiments to their fellow colleague.
His Job was to be a Research Associate for Dr Keller...one of the leading scientist in the facility. He was the head of the Weapons Research sector. He cooked up new Laser Guns or Plasma Rifle every week. Skimmers was to test out the weapon to it's max, find out the weapon abilities. He once fired A laser rifle on an living creature, though after that he was made to swear not to say anything of what it looked like. It's boring work. Just fire a weapon, go for some test and shoot holograms Aliens from another dimension. It was boring and tiring also.
But he got his own fair share of enjoyment. He earned Fifty Thousand a month by firing bean weapons from Star Trek. Or going head to head in Black Mesa Holoroom with a Five foot tall blue Giant. But best of all, he didn't need to give weekly reports to the Administrator. He had heard rumours that scientist unable to come up with any progress were fired on the spot.
Anyway, there was a course all scientist had to go though during their stay in Black Mesa. It was the Hazard Course. A Training Course to test your abilities to survive in a hazardous environment with only you and your Hazard Suit. Why they made scientist do it? Nobody knew. Most scientist took the course lightly, never taking in the advice of the hologram Gina.
So today was his turn. His turn to go for the Course, the course that prepares you for events that would never happen. For example, most parts of Hazard Course made you jump and duck under and over pipes. They even make you jump from 3 stories up! Of course, the Hazard Suit absorb most of the impact so you wouldn't die. The weirdest thing was the shooting range. Why make employees shoot practise targets when there were already Security Guards?
It was a waste of time actually. But after the course, he was to be given a day off. Free to do whatever he liked. It's hard to find a day without things to do. Everyday you would be called to test out a new weapon improvement. Than scanned for any hazardous effects. Than give an opinion of the weapon it' self, than testing it out in the Holoroom and fight imaginary Aliens from mars and so on. By the time it was over, more than half the day was wasted. It was boring but easy work.
Skimmer rushed into the Tram just as it pulled up onto the platform. He let himself rest on the seat, as the voice of Gina filled his ears....he closed his eyes…and dozed off....