Cave Johnson purchased a large, abandoned salt mine in Upper Michigan in which Aperture Science's Enrichment Center would be built; however, there was at least one alternate location in Cleveland, Ohio. Throughout the late s and the s, Aperture Science would begin its comprehensive testing and research practices.
All of this was not done legally, going by the posters telling workers to alarm if they were to see any sort of journalist, police or workplace controlant. The best possible test subjects, the likes of Olympians, astronauts and war heroes were first chosen. They were also the second largest contractor after Black Mesa for the Department of Defense from to In , Cave Johnson attending court hearings regarding Aperture Science's involvement with the disappearances of astronauts, likely due to many of them not returning from testing.
By the s, Aperture Science was financially unstable. Aperture Science would continue its research and created Propulsion Gel. In the s, test participation became mandatory for all staff, raising the quality of the test subjects, but diminishing employee retention. Aperture's financial problems were severe at this time, but development continued. Moon rocks were used to create Conversion Gel , an efficient portal conductor. It has a set-in cover stitched neck and double-needle stitching on the sleeves and hem.
Do not iron decoration. Previous Product. Chell finds the facility showing clear signs of decay and neglect, with GLaDOS showing signs of instability. Chell later comes across hidden alcoves in the chamber walls, where desperate messages are written on the walls by Doug Rattmann, who seemed to have gone slightly mad during his testing. At the conclusion of Chell's testing, instead of the cake that was promised, she is met with an incinerator, which she narrowly escapes.
It is here that GLaDOS reveals her true murderous nature, but attempts to convince Chell to return to the testing area and wait for the planned " party associate ". Chell ignores her, and makes her way through the decaying maintenance areas of the facility, where none have clearly been for years.
After destroying GLaDOS's Morality Core, the robot, now free of her murderous restraints, begins to once again flood the building with neurotoxins. However, Chell manages to incinerate the A. Despite her apparent destruction, however, GLaDOS files a letter to Chell, claiming to be "still alive" and that she is not angry with her.
Wiki Content. Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account? Aperture Laboratories. At the conclusion of Chell's testing, instead of the cake that was promised, she is met with an incinerator, from which she narrowly escapes. It is here that GLaDOS reveals her true murderous nature, but attempts to convince Chell to return to the testing area and wait for the planned " party associate ". Chell ignores her, and makes her way through the decaying maintenance areas of the facility, where none have clearly been for years.
After destroying GLaDOS' Morality Core, the robot, now free of her murderous restraints, begins to once again flood the building with neurotoxins. However, Chell manages to incinerate the A. Despite her apparent destruction however, GLaDOS files a letter to Chell, claiming to be "still alive" and that she is not angry with her. Decades pass while the facility is falling apart, with Test Chambers crumbling and foliage rampant throughout. The Personality Cores become restless, showing concern for the ruined state of the complex, and new Test Chambers are built.
One such core, Wheatley , awakens Chell from stasis, and convinces her to escape the facility, bringing Wheatley with her. Chell agrees, and the two set out across the building complex.
After navigating through the maintenance areas, with Wheatley babbling incessantly, the pair find an elevator, which the core attempts to activate. It begins to ascend however, and before Wheatley can stop it, the two find themselves facing GLaDOS, who sits in ruin in the remains of her chamber. At the same time, GLaDOS begins rebuilding the facility, restoring it to nearly pristine condition by the time Chell can break free of the Test Chambers.
Following a Core Transfer with Wheatley, GLaDOS is transferred into a potato-powered chip with only enough processing power for the simplest of functions, while Wheatley takes control of the facility in her place. In the meantime, Wheatley sets about producing freakish mishmashes of objects and poorly-built Test Chambers, destroying vast chunks of the facility and causing the main reactor to begin melting down. The Enrichment Center is made of the main testing facilities where can be found the Test Chambers , administration offices, and maintenance areas that link together most parts of the facility.
The Enrichment Center is extremely large, even by the standards set by facilities such as the Black Mesa Research Facility , which is dwarfed in comparison. The salt mine is composed of nine vertical shafts, each at least meters deep and hundreds of meters wide.
Within the cavernous shafts is a large abundance of space that remains unused by Aperture, and installations are often suspended above huge drops that extend deep into the mines. Between the Enrichment Center and the Test Shafts is a large hatch that, when open, allows an elevator to connect the original facility to the modern one. The Mobility Gel pipe system also flows through this connecting hatch.
The modern facility is supported by large springs, likely to balance the weight between the two facilities to prevent it from collapsing into the mines. Like Black Mesa, the facility is also equipped by a public address system, the Aperture Science Announcement System , used in both the original and modern parts of the facility.
The several testing areas are used to test one of Aperture Science's most successful achievements, the Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device. Aperture Science scientists can watch the tests in small offices spread around the test chambers.
Each Test Subject is accommodated in a Relaxation Vault with no privacy, set within a Test Chamber, with transparent walls, and connected to the outside with a portal.
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