Station Twelve

Station Twelve, often referred to simply as Main Station, was the largest resistance outpost along the Underground Railroad, a safe route that citizens took to escape City 17.

Location
Station Twelve was located in the dank, dark canals and sewers of City 17. The resistance had created a small base in a large room in the sewers, wherein resistance members could dine and rest in relative comfort, or use the radio.

Features
Station Twelve was mostly one room with some furniture for resting, some medical supplies, and a radio. However there was also an explosive-triggered bridge that the personnel there could use to escape quickly if confronted by the Combine.

History
Station Twelve was attacked first in the Combine's crackdown on the Underground Railroad. Several members were lined up and gunned down by a turret set up by Civil Protection as Gordon Freeman approached their base from Joe's safe haven. Seeing him, one man in a nearby tunnel approached and begged for help but was shot by a nearby Civil Protection officer before Gordon could help him. Gordon cleansed the base of Combine and heard on the radio that the Combine were using manhacks in their attacks, and then fended off Combine APCs, City Scanners, and Civil Protection cops with the turret used to massacre the resistance troops, but was forced out when the Combine APCs began to use rockets on his position and destroyed the turret. There was one survivor of Station Twelve, who Gordon found hiding in a pipe nearby. She urged him to continue through the canals despite the loss of Station Twelve.