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The armor vest and helmet, or Security vest, is a protective vest and helmet worn by the Security guards in Black Mesa.
Overview
Security Guard with Armor vest and Helmet
An armor vest is standard equipment worn by all Security Guards in Black Mesa. The armor vest is capable of absorbing and deflecting low-caliber rounds and it protects users from explosives and other types weaponry.
The Helmet, like the Security vest, is also standard equipment. The Helmet protects a security guard from damage to the head, but only low-caliber rounds from either a Glock 17, MP5, or shotgun pellets. The helmet does not protect the face, meaning a guard is still vulnerable to bullets. The Helmet also cannot protect users from high-caliber rounds such as a .357 Magnum, Desert Eagle, or the Crossbow. These bullets penetrate through the Helmet, killing the guard instantly.
The Security Vest, Helmet, and Glock 17 or Desert Eagle are important pieces of equipment for all security guards. It necessary to wear the vest in order to pass a secured area.
Unlike the HEV Suit and Powered Combat Vest, the battery cannot be used for increasing the armor points. Instead, picking up a fresh vest is required to increase the armor points. In Half-Life: Blue Shift, picking up the Helmet will gain 40 Armor points while picking up an Armor Vest will gain 60 Armor points.
Behind the scenes
- The Security Guard's Helmet in the alpha version of Half-Life have the abbreviations "MP" (Military Police) on the helmet.
- The Opposing Force "Otis" security guards were originally supposed to wear helmets, like their "Barney" counterparts. While removed in the main game, it is still present in the multiplayer model.
- In the playable Half-Life 2 Beta, a model of a Helmet can be found, suggesting that Barney Calhoun was to wear this Helmet.
Trivia
- The Helmet in GoldSrc versions of Half-Life will protect security guards from damage inflicted by bullets and the Crowbar. However, in Source, the helmet won't protect the guard and a headshot can kill the guard instantly (provided the guard is not attacking the player when attempting to kill the guard with headshot, otherwise the guard can survive the first shot).
- Though the helmet will protect guards from taking damage from low caliber rounds, if the player use cheats and shoot the guard's helmet sufficiently, it is possible to kill the guard. For every 50 bullet of 9mm rounds and 10 shotgun shells, it will cause the guard to lose 1 health point.
Gallery
Pre-release
Half-Life
Opposing Force
Half-Life 2 Beta
Retail
List of appearances
- Half-Life: Day One (Security Guard only) (Non-canonical appearance)
- Half-Life (Security Guard only)
- Opposing Force (Security Guard only)
- Blue Shift (Usable by player and Security Guard)
- Decay (Security Guard only)
- Half-Life 2 Beta (Files only) (Non-canonical appearance)
