Dr. Howard

"I'm here to teach new Surveyors things I wasn't during the start of my career"

## Biography

Dr. Howard was born on September 21st, 1979 in Detroit. In his early days at the University of Mercy Libraries, he was often bullied for the study of teleportation and a fascination interest in the alien topic and concept. One day Howard overheard that a man in a blue suit decided to fund the rest of his years at the university. Surprisingly Howard hid this from his family since they wouldn't even believe it but would be concerned about who the man in the blue suit was.

During his eighth year, he was given an invitation to work as a Surveyor for Black Mesa, Howard accepted knowing that his brother and mother were deathly ill and needed the money for the bills. Shortly after a year started to get fond of his new surroundings and capabilities. After his first few weeks of getting lost in Sectors F and A he memorized most of the Facilities sectors and rooms and met Gina for the first time during an introductory meeting.

## During Black Mesa

Dr. Howard was months late on his HEV Training and already late to work more than twelve times in 5 months, however, his supervisors still allowed him to participate rather than firing him. Although after his training he was one step closer to seeing his future work up close. But something odd happened, the administrator told him he had a new choice, to stay with the Survey Team, or work with Gina in Hazard Environments since they were more understaffed than his current team, Howard still aimed for becoming a Surveyor.

After his first trip to Xen, he was shocked by what he saw, and made him want to examine Xen even more. He often brings back little objects such as a patch of its grass, or a few of its rocky materials to study. He even came in contact with multiple Xenian lifeforms for the first time, at first glance he almost gave away his location but held it together and gather information on how they behave in their natural habitat.

Dr. Howard slowly grew attached to his team and decided to run for supervisory since his old supervisor has mysteriously vanished in 1995, after he had become Head Surveyor and Supervisor of his Survey Team, he sought to fight a goal to aid any new Surveyors that don't understand what they got into, Dr. Howard also loves to meet new staff in general and still try to help in whatever way he can.

## Appearance

Dr. Howard is equipped with a Hazardous Environment Mark-III Suit while being paired with an arsenal of multiple Tau Cannons, 3 Displacer cannons, 2 Gluon Guns, and a gravity gun. As well as a Medkit in his back pouch with a radio and a Crystal Scanner on his hip. Also equipped with two stun grenades to help with the hostile Xenians and finally a shotgun. Dr. Howard is mostly seen with his HEV Helmet off but sometimes in rare conditions outside of Xen he will use his Helmet. Two images here are the versions.

## Miscellaneous

* Dr. Howard has attempted to be the Manager of his Survey Team since 2000.
	+ Howard knows there is a Mark-4, but he refuses to give up his Mark-3, and says "too many memories". - Dr. Copperman
	+ Known to have the third biggest Xen Operational Base (Expanding from Xen to Lambda Core + Max Prop Limit)
	+ One Surveyor claims that Dr. Howard has a secret location in Xen used purely for harsh Xenian testing.
	+ Mutual to 26% of Security
	+ Mutual to 87% of Surveyors
	+ Mutual to 64% of Maintenance Personnel
	+ Mutual to 58% of Research Personnel
	+ Top ten most experienced Operators of Lower AMS
	+ Owns 5% of Lambda Core