Rory Freeman

Rory Freeman was a disgraced particle physicist and inventor who was fascinated with the long-lost civilizations of old. He was the younger (and Estranged) brother of Gordon Freeman.

## Education

Rory Freeman suffered from chronic heart disease and as such was exempt from the draft during the Great META War. As such, he was able to get an actual fucking education. attended MIT and graduated MAGA Cum Laude. This was Grand, and he went on to apply for jobs around the country. He applied to work in numerous prolific laboratories; including but not limited to the Max Clot Dignitarium, the Rochester Institute of Technology, and the Black Mesa Research Facility. In 1 BB, he was hired as an engineer at Black Mesa, working on a top secret research project, the details of which he really wasn't at liberty to say.

## World's Best Boss

Rory Freeman was one of many scientists employed under head scientist and resident drunkard Tyren White. The crew, 200 strong, worked on a controversial Research Project- MOMAES (Or mechanized Orbital Movement Amplifying Exploration Suit). This suit was designed to be able to strongly withstand high-radiation environments. However, it also housed capabilities of teleportation and dimension-shifting- something which was, to say the least, controversial at the time.
It was one fateful sunny day in 0 AB that, while Rory was working on the Penis Cup of the MOMAES, Tyren's crew was visited by an "Osha Inspector". This 'Inspector', clearly the Auditor with a fake mustache and nose, strode around the laboratory, admiring the many works of Tyren's team.

"Quite a nasty piece of work you've managed over here, buddy," said the Auditor, turning toward the MOMAES prototype.

"Thanks, fuckface," Tyren replied.

The Auditor, under the guise of OSHA Inspector Pharell McEnany, was rather displeased at this comment. He took a swig from his not-at-all sugary flask and stepped toward the prototype. He explained to Tyren that time-travel was strictly forbidden in the Omniverse, and all those who attempted to do it would face 'The Court of Time, where the judge will kill you with Boredom'. Tyren laughed and punched the Auditor in the face.

The Auditor found this amusing, and examined the suit.

"I'm going to have to destroy this, you know, Tyren," He explained, shaking his head, "What a shame. Especially after you've come all this way."

The Auditor stepped toward MOMAES and placed a finger on the armor. This, however, proved to be a Grand Blunder on his part, as fourteen Combine Laser Turrets swung out of the ceiling and trained on the Employer. He knew in this second his choices were few- teleport away, and leave the science team confused, or stand there and watch the ammunition bounce off of him, revealing then his Divine Nature. The Auditor chose the former, and dissipated into a mist. He never returned for the suit, and he confirmed to us that he forgot about the MOMAES altogether when he returned to subjugating Kragdrys slaves.

## Unforeseenations

Rory viewed all of this from behind a refrigator, and became greatly disturbed. Viewing teleportation began to fuck with his logic-based head. He began seeing visions of other worlds; vortiguants danced above his sleeping mind. He wrote pages upon pages in his journal about his delusional visions, and came into work hungover and sleep-deprived. This all came to a head when, in August of 0 AB, Rory witnessed his own brother being placed into a Stasis Chamber, indefinitely. While the two were estranged due to an argument over a Beaver Pelt, this was still greatly upsetting to Rory, and he began experiencing a psychological breakdown.

He stormed down the hallway and exploded into the MOMAES research laboratory. He stepped into the suit, and took a deep breath. Rory’s finger hovered above the Activation Button as he looked around the lab, one last time.

Rory smiled faintly to himself, and pressed it. Rory Freeman slipped through the cracks of spacetime, off into some unknown realm or dimension. He was never seen On Earth again.