Relaxation Vault

"We hope your brief detention in the Relaxation Vault has been a pleasant one."

- GLaDOS

The Relaxation Vault is a sealed room where the Test Subjects of the Aperture Science computer-aided Enrichment Center stay while not undergoing tests.

Overview

 * At the start of Portal, Chell wakes up in a Relaxation Vault in Test Chamber 00, where she was apparently staying into stasis in a sealed off bed.


 * A sealed room with transparent glass walls set within a Test Chamber (and thus with no privacy at all), a Relaxation Vault typically contains a bed (also apparently sealed with a transparent cover, and two gas cylinders), a small table with a radio on it, a lavatory bowl saying "Your business is appreciated" after being flushed, an IV stand, a wall-mounted portal generator, and a countdown to show when the portal opens. It is also watched by several security cameras. Chell's Vault in Test Chamber 00 also contains on the small table a "Portal Test Sequence - Hazard Identification Card" clipboard, and an empty cup.


 * The Relaxation Vault has not direct door to the outside. To enter it or come out of it, GLaDOS must activate a portal connected to another set outside the vault.


 * The Relaxation Vault first appeared on ApertureScience.com. When entering, one has access to a message left by what is most likely either a Test Subject or a former employee who seems to have hacked the system, with the view of Test Chamber 00's Relaxation Vault through a security camera browsing from right to left (with placeholder Half-Life 2 models). In the message, the hacker expresses their concern about their freedom, among other things. In the message, the Relaxation Vault is mentioned: "Whatever the hell a 'relaxation vault' is, it doesn't have any doors."

List of appearances

 * ApertureScience.com
 * Portal