Smithers



Smithers was a scientist who worked in the Black Mesa Research Facility. He only appears in the level Blast Pit of Half-Life.

Some time after the Black Mesa Incident, the rocket engine's power generator cut out and Smithers was sent to restart it. It's likely he encountered some Xen aliens on the way there, because instead of restarting the generator, Smithers decided to hide on top of the generator until the crisis ended. Having failed to start the generator and failed to return, Smithers' colleague assumed he'd been killed and didn't attempt to restart the generator himself.

Later, Gordon Freeman came down to restart the generator. Upon stepping onto the generator, he encountered Smithers, who refused to move until the situation grew better. Freeman restarted the generator and left, while Smither's fate remains unknown.