Lore

## Introduction

### What is an event?

An event is a special, controlled experience created by the event team for the players. They will normally involve a large map change happening, or the signal for something to come. So far we have had **3** Events.
Chapter 1: Volatile Elements (VE)
Chapter 2: Infestation (IS)
Chapter 2: Uncontrolled Variables (UV)

VE was the first ever event, sparking the map change from City 17 to the long awaited City 8.

IS was an experimentation event, testing out the new capabilities of the event controller. It is also the only event to not have a map change/update involved.

UV is an upcoming event, and will be written about when it comes to pass.

## Story-line events: Season 1

### Episode 1: Volatile elements

The first event in the impulse community. This event took place on the map rp\_city17\_build210.

Live director: Vin

Editors: Vin, StrangerThanYou

#### Summary

The overwatch voice announces that all citizens in city 17 are to come to the plaza for Civil inspection. Meanwhile, a rebel group in the sewers prepares to attack the combine forces operating. The combine forces strip and search the civil populace. After a few minutes of being detained, a rebel force attacks from Sector C, attacking the civil protection units and overwatch transhuman arm. Headcrab canisters are launched from the citadel into sector C to repel the rebels. After the attack is repelled, a judgement waiver is sounded, And the overwatch transhuman arm march to sector C to quell the rebellion. Meanwhile, the civil protection teams are left to enforce the citizens detainment, But not shortly before being assaulted by a swarm of zombies. The headcrabs had managed to enslave the remaining citizens and began to assault the nexus. The overwatch transhuman arm were not able to help the Civil protection, and so the CP's had to fend for themselves. During the assault on the nexus, a group of rebels made headway into the nexus, and had managed to gain access to the upper citadel. They breached into the citadels core reactor, and managed to activate the reactor's meltdown sequence. The City administrator was killed, and the civil protection tried to flee the city. The overwatch also started to flee, but not before the reactor could detonate, Killing everyone within the blast radius, with the survivors watching on.

Volatile Elements introduced the city 8 map and patch 1.14. It was also the FIRST event, and was an introduction to how impulse HL2RP events would go in the future.

### Episode 2: Uncontrolled Variables

The third event in the impulse community. This event takes place on the map rp\_city8\_v2c.

#### Summary

NOT YET KNOWN

This event marks the change from City 8 to Industrial 17, And one of the biggest impulse patches to date, patch 1.18

## Minor events

### Infestation

The second event in the impulse community. This event took place on the map rp\_city8\_v2c

Live Directors: Vin, Lefton

Editors: Vin, StrangerThanYou

#### Summary

The Combine scanners operating within the outlands picked up some new activity and movement, and the combine forces split to deal with it. The overwatch transhuman arm head to the outlands wall to find out what was going on, and civil protection resumed normal duties.The rebels fired upon the combine's thumper devices in order to let more antlions into the city, Whilst another group of rebels raided the nexus, breaking into the overwatch armoury and looting all their weaponry and ammo. The main rebel group fled to the outlands, before a massive antlion swarm invaded the outlands. The overwatch managed to hold off the first wave, but the second wave manages to push back the combine forces. Antlions start to dig into the city, as the citadels thumpers remain inactive. Autonomous judgement is sounded as the antlions and rebels overrun the city. Combine forces dig into the nexus and hold off the antlions, until the thumpers are re-activated. When they are, the city returns to normal.

This event marks the first testing of the new event capabilities on impulse, and was similar to that of a tech demo. No updates or map changes were introduced before or after the event.