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Powers was a member of the HECU expedition into the Black Mesa facility during the Black Mesa Incident. He rode on the V-22 Osprey designated Goose 3 with Corporal Adrian Shephard and Jackson. He carried their squad's squad automatic weapon.

In Black Mesa
As Goose 3 travelled to Black Mesa, Jackson and Powers started flinging insults at each other after Jackson made a remark about Powers's mother, and they soon got into a heated argument. As Jackson tried to draw Shephard into the argument, the Osprey flying alongside them, Goose 7, got shot down, and shortly afterwards theirs did as well.

Powers was killed in the crash and thrown clear of the wreckage.