In this chapter, Adrian Shephard finds himself in underwater laboratories where several Ichthyosaurs are being held.

After making his way through the labs and freeing a scientist who provides him with information on the area, Shephard is again forced to teleport to Xen and back again to reach a new part of Black Mesa.

Author’s Note: “Climb your way up the ladder of waves of enemies as the city crumbles around you.

The map is highly destructible and will crumble before your very eyes leaving nothing but the skeletons of buildings behind.”

It serves as a short interlude in the game with reminders of events from the original Half-Life.

Having arrived at the Lambda complex, Adrian Shephard sees Gordon Freeman teleported to Xen.

Shephard is also forced to travel through Xen to find a way out of the Lambda complex.

After Emo had released Typical Disaster I thought about having an interview with him, but we delayed organizing it until the release Typical Disaster: The Lost Levels.

We chat about his modding history and the mods themselves.

He mentions Dave Johnston’s editing tips. I have received permission form Dave to host them here but until I do that, you can find them on the Wayback MaAchine Archive.

Details Adrian Shephard and other HECU soldier’s attempt to find and use an old transit system to escape to the Lambda Core, after battling through an office complex filled with aliens.

It is also the chapter in which the Black Ops are first introduced. Shephard comes across them in a hangar where they are loading a nuclear warhead into the back of a truck.

This is where the player learns that the Black Ops soldiers have been sent to kill the remaining HECU Marines and cover up the Black Mesa incident.

Shephard meets up with several other surviving marines and fights the Black Ops, eventually reaching an underground railway system that leads to the Lambda complex.

Details Adrian Shephard’s continued journey through Black Mesa in search of both his comrades and an alternative escape route after being abandoned at the extraction point.

After travelling through a zombie-infested blast furnace, Shephard meets several other Marines from his company who have also been left behind.

He joins forces with them as they try to escape from the facility.

As the battle begins to favor the Xen aliens, Shephard realizes the military forces have been ordered to pull out.

This chapter details Adrian Shephard’s attempt to reach the HECU’s extraction point to escape Black Mesa.

He has first eye contact with the mysterious Race X that seems to be collecting humans for study on their world.

Shephard reaches the extraction point, but is deliberately left behind due to the G-Man’s actions

After the crash of his V-22 Osprey, Adrian Shephard regains consciousness completely in an infirmary, not too far off from the crash site.

He leaves the infirmary, learning that the other Marines who had survived the crash had been killed by the aliens.

He makes his way towards the extraction point, where he is told via radio that the military forces are pulling out of the facility.

Welcome to the sixth and LAST mapping competition in the 6×10 series.

For this competition I want you to use the shapes of the English alphabet as the basis for the map.

Some clarification: