Aperture Science Military Android

"Well done, android. The Enrichment Center once again reminds you that android hell is a real place where you will be sent at the first sign of defiance."

- GLaDOS

It appears that Aperture Science used to manufacture military androids. They are however never seen and mentioned only once, in Test Chamber 16.

Overview
During her series of tests, Chell is told by GLaDOS that the appropriate Test Chamber 16 is currently unavailable due to mandatory scheduled maintenance and that it has been replaced with "a live-fire course designed for military androids". While the chamber is highly dangerous and improper for human test subjects, GLaDOS merely apologies "for the inconvenience" and wishes Chell "the best of luck". In the chamber, Chell is first confronted to the Aperture Science Sentry Guns and must defeat them with Weighted Storage Cubes sent through portals she creates with her gun. After the test is over, GLaDOS' message seems to be automatic, as she addresses Chell as she was an android herself while she congratulates her for succeeding. GLaDOS also reminds that the Enrichment Center's "android hell", where androids are sent "at the first sign of defiance", "is a real place". If actually real, knowing GLaDOS for lying from time to time, this is probably an area where androids are punished, tortured, or partially (or fully) destroyed. As GLaDOS' message is rather menacing, Aperture Science androids must probably fear pain or fear for the message and the so-called "android hell" to have a purpose.

Trivia

 * The track "Android Hell" in the Portal soundtrack is a reference to the Military Android and its "hell".


 * The two robots set to appear in Portal 2 are likely unrelated robots, as they are build from scraps, and appear several hundred years later.

List of appearances

 * Portal