Where are the prisoners in Nova Prospekt?

[sj543210]

Why are all the cells empty in Nova Prospekt?

 

[Ravioli]

because they are in the pods, the Jail is old, so they doesnt use it, they use the Pods.

 

[CREMATOR666]

In fact,I was expecting to see some stalkers in the levels

 

[el Chi]

Well, you see one or two Stalkers on video screens and there's one person apparently in the middle of being altered to become a Transhuman.
I reckon we'll be seeing more of that in the expansions.

 

[Asknoone]

Despite the prison enviroment, they don't use it to detain people, they use it as an isolated base to stage the stalker ops and so on.

 

[sfc_hoot]

Nova Prospekt used to be a prison, until the Combine invaded and took over. The Combine now turned it into a twisted research facility, where Combine scientists turn humans into Stalkers and Overwatch units.

I would've loved to see the Combine scientists in action, operating on some helpless person - at least on one of the security cams. Would've been a nice little feature.

PS. Some of you might say: "Combine scientists? WTF?", but Valve did actually mention them in Raising the Bar, so it's not something I just made up to make this post sound very cool.

 

[Asknoone]

Yes, they were mentioned in Raising the Bar, come to think of it, they sound intruiging. I wonder, are they actual combine...

 

[rpgprog]

prolly not, they are prolly humans modded to be smarter and to not require food, sleep or any breaks of any kind. They are more efficent that way. We should do that to our scis we would then def find a cure for cancer and the common cold

 

[Venmoch]

It also seemed to be a much more sinister place in the initial Raising The Bar concept art.

 

[Blakeb155]

The music made it really sinister. I remember hearing somewhere that you were supposed to be able to fight stalkers but Valve scrapped it :| . Is that true?

 

[Great Grizzly]

probably

 

[sfc_hoot]

I remember hearing somewhere that you were supposed to be able to fight stalkers but Valve scrapped it. Is that true?

Yeah, there's even in-game pictures from the leak. They had all weird lasers and weapons attached to their arms. These Stalkers were scrapped, and replaced with the ones we see in the Citadel. If you got to fight Stalkers, it wouldn't make sense, really. Because why would the Combine send these withered, amputated humans to fight when they have better forces like the Overwatch, or Synths for example. It would be just like the Roman Empire sending slaves to war, instead of their magnificent army.

I think Stalkers fit in well where they are now: slaves in the Citadel.

 

[Blakeb155]

Excuse me for bring a bit lazy, but do Stalkers have any attack animations? Or if you put them in gmod to they attack you?

 

[rpgprog]

if you spawn then and make them hate you, they attack, and i beilve they are quite good at it. maybe its cause i jacked their stats up the wazoo. but yes they can attack

 

[FireCrack]

If you got to fight Stalkers, it wouldn't make sense, really. Because why would the Combine send these withered, amputated humans to fight when they have better forces like the Overwatch, or Synths for example. It would be just like the Roman Empire sending slaves to war, instead of their magnificent army.

Heres a reason, they've got big freakin lasers in their eyes!!!!

 

[Asknoone]

If you spawn a stalker in game, it will sit and look at you. If you attack it, it will crash the game.

 

[DoctorWeeTodd]

Stalkers are non combatants. They're simply slaves of the Combine that were tortured and brainwashed by the regime into a submissive shell, so they can do slave labour.

They originally were supposed to be a "jump out of the shadows" type enemy, but I don't think it would've been practical because:

1: How is this cripple supposed to do me sufficent harm if any?
2. How fast can this poor starved thing move on stilts?
3. Why would the Combine deploy these into their ranks for fighting?

 

[ríomhaire]

If you spawn a stalker in game, it will sit and look at you. If you attack it, it will crash the game.

Mine dosn't . If I kill them they stand up straght and "hologram". The laser is from their legs.
I can also pick up the airboat and certain APCs without a crash!

 

[Defpotec22]

i'd hate to fight stalkers, that'd be sadder than lighting the poor zombies on fire.. poor human amputee castrated slaves

 

[CREMATOR666]

There are no prisoners around because they're all having a good time at a "combined" starbucks

 

[Asknoone]

Mine dosn't . If I kill them they stand up straght and "hologram". The laser is from their legs.
I can also pick up the airboat and certain APCs without a crash!

Woot now i'm jealous.

 

[AJ Rimmer]

If you spawn a stalker in game, it will sit and look at you. If you attack it, it will crash the game.

Now THERE'S a defense mechanism!

 

[Sieg]

Now THERE'S a defense mechanism!

Very nice thought ! :cheers:

 

[Asknoone]

Now THERE'S a defense mechanism!

Muhahaha, you attempt to kill me...and i will crash your computer !

 

[AJ Rimmer]

Muhahaha, you attempt to kill me...and i will crash your computer !

That same defense is used in windows I believe, to prevent people from... well... doing anything with it.

 

[ríomhaire]

Now THERE'S a defense mechanism!

I can bypass it

 

[Pai-Mei]

if you spawn then and make them hate you, they attack, and i beilve they are quite good at it. maybe its cause i jacked their stats up the wazoo. but yes they can attack

How do they attack? Do they have lasers in their eyes or just swing at you with their 'clubs?'

If you got to fight Stalkers, it wouldn't make sense, really.

I don't think the idea was that the Combine would be sending them into battle, its that you would be in the citadel and some of the Stalker 'workers' would come after you if you entered their area, attacking you with whatever tools they were supposed to have had on their arms. That woulda been freaky because you wouldn't really want to kill them... they are completely innocent, they've just been turned into that hideous creation against their will... and so there's a dilemma every time you have to kill one. At least, that's what valve was hoping would have happened.

 

[Asknoone]

That same defense is used in windows I believe, to prevent people from... well... doing anything with it.