
What remains is only the small door to enter the hangar, while its inside was completely removed.
As seen in an early Decay screenshot, the players were to enter the blue hangar in front of which the HECU soldiers are offloaded by an Osprey in the Black Mesa Air Control, where a dismantled Osprey was to be found. The Black Ops Apache, which was not cut, features similar black coloring. However, it was used in several mods, such as Sven Co-op and Residual Point. The Opposing Force model files feature what appears to be a Black Ops version of the Osprey, though it never appears in-game. In the final version, this part only features an Apache. An early screenshot of the Half-Life chapter Surface Tension featuring an Osprey offloading troops along the cliff. HECU soldiers attacking the player in an early Surface Tension screenshot. This tactic, however, must be used in Decay, as the player does not have rockets when it appears. The Osprey can also be destroyed through sustained fire aimed at the rotors, though this is generally not advised, being a waste of ammo. In a similar way Osprey can be takedown entering Central Ventilation: when deploying of troopers begins, step backward to ladder to trigger artillery bombardment. In the end of the chapter "We've Got Hostiles" on the surface of Sector D, despite not having necessary weapons, Freeman can takedown Osprey (if he want to do so, instead of simply avoiding it) by triggering artillery bombardment, running up under Osprey when it finished deploying HECU troopers and begin to fly out (if all 4 troopers already deployed, kill some to start deploying again). In such cases, the RPG or the Tau Cannon can be used to defeat it. The Osprey is unarmed and thus cannot harm the player, though it will sometimes endlessly deploy soldiers until destroyed. #HALF LIFE OPPOSING FORCE ENDING CODE#
In Decay, an Osprey is encountered in Black Mesa Air Control in chapter six, Code Green, where it constantly unloads HECU troops until it is destroyed or the player proceeds further. At the end of the game, Shephard is teleported to a similar craft for the G-Man ending sequence.
Half-Life: Opposing ForceĪt the beginning of Opposing Force, Shephard is transported in Goose 7, a V-22 Osprey, through a canyon along with his squad towards the Black Mesa Research Facility until it is attacked by Alien Aircraft and shot down, along with Goose 3. HECU soldiers pulling out without Shephard. It continually deploys two soldiers every so often.
It can also be seen in the Topside Motorpool in the chapter Surface Tension, where HECU troops are unloaded and fight Alien Grunts. As Freeman has no access to any explosive weapons at this point, he has to evade it. The Osprey makes its first appearance near the end of the chapter "We've Got Hostiles" (this appearance marks the ending of Half-Life's first demo, Half-Life: Day One), on the surface of Sector D.