- "I'm sorry, Corporal. This is a restricted area!"
- ―MP[src]
The Military Police, commonly abbreviated as MP, consists of members of the United States armed forces who guard the Hazardous Environment Combat Unit's training base, Santego. They are charged with guarding areas that need security clearance to enter, and taking and storing the weapons that a member of the HECU uses during his training exercises.
Each soldier is armed with a MP5 (Colt Model 727 in the HD Pack) and appear to wear a Powered Combat Vest. Unlike regular soldiers, however, MPs bear red and white sashes and the letters "MP" on their metal hard helmets, as well as an armband with "MP" on it. If talked to, they will utter only two phrases: "I'm sorry, Corporal, this is a restricted area!" and "This is a restricted area, soldier!".
Behind the scenes[]
- In Half-Life, the Black Mesa security guards were originally also members of the Military Police.[3] They were eventually cut from Half-Life.
- There is an unused audio file in which a scientist mistakes Gordon Freeman as one and remarks them as the "The Administrator's" men. This suggests that the Military Police were to be originally under command of the aforementioned character who was later retconned as Wallace Breen.
- In one scene, an MP unit kills a scientist who looks like a security guard but it may have been a guard that betrayed them and was killed later by the MP soldier.
- The MP were also supposed to say ''Don't confuse your rank with my authority, Corporal'' when they are interacted with.
Trivia[]
- Similar to Drill Instructors, if the MP were provoked with weapons, the game will end.
- As with most new content introduced in Opposing Force, they have not appeared beyond said game.
- If spawned using the console, They will appear as the gasmask HECUs without a weapon, But playing the animations as if they have one and with yellow particles floating around them, With their voice lines of that of the Medics. If near enemies, They will run towards them and melee them to death.
Gallery[]
List of appearances[]
- Half-life Alpha (Early design - Non-canonical appearance)
- Half-Life: Opposing Force (First appearance)
References[]
- ↑ Stephen Bahl MobyGames profile
- ↑ Stephen Bahl as quoted on Marc Laidlaw Vault on the HalfLife2.net Forums
- ↑ Half-Life Beta
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Characters | Dwight T. Barnes • Sharpe • Adrian Shephard • Minor HECU members |
Weapons | Combat Knife • Desert Eagle • Dam Turret • Double Turret • Dynamite • Glock 17 • Land Mine • Laser Tripmine • M198 Howitzer • M2 Browning Machine Gun • M202A1 FLASH • M249 Squad Automatic Weapon • M40A1 Sniper Rifle • Minigun (cut) • Mk 2 Grenade • MP5 • RPG • Satchel Charge • Sentry Gun • SPAS-12 |
Vehicles | AH-64 Apache • F-117 Nighthawk (cut) • F-16 Fighting Falcon • M1A1 Abrams • M2A3 Bradley • M35 cargo truck • V-22 Osprey |
Classes | HECU Engineer • HECU Medic • HECU Sniper • Human Sergeant (cut) • Robot Grunt (cut) |
Technology | Powered Combat Vest • Radio • Tactical Map • Welding Torch • Robot Grunt (cut) |
Other | Military Police • Santego Military Base |