Surface Tension (Black Mesa)

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Surface Tension is the twelfth chapter of Black Mesa.

It takes place on the surface of the Black Mesa Research Facility.

Overview

Surface Tension happens near the middle of the game when the military still has control over the facility.

NPCs

The player will encounter largely the same enemies as the previous chapters, such as Human Grunts, Vortigaunts, Headcrabs, and occasionally Scientists or Security Guards.

Plot

During Surface Tension, Gordon Freeman starts his journey to the lambda labs while the military hunts him down.

Maps

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Gallery

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  The Hydro-Electric Power Facility

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  Cliffside view of the mesa

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  A minefield

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  A tank

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  A room filled with tripmines

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  Area where Gordon must use a tactical map to take down a Gargantua

Image Credits: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1920599249

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Black Mesa Inbound bm_c0a0a	Anomalous Materials bm_c1a0a	Unforeseen Consequences bm_c1a1a	Office Complex bm_c1a2a
"We've Got Hostiles!" bm_c1a3a	Blast Pit bm_c1a4a	Power Up bm_c2a1a	On a Rail bm_c2a2a
Apprehension bm_c2a3a	Residue Processing bm_c2a4a	Questionable Ethics bm_c2a4e	Surface Tension bm_c2a5a
"Forget About Freeman!" bm_c3a1a	Lambda Core bm_c3a2a	Xen bm_c4a1a	Gonarch's Lair bm_c4a2a
Interloper bm_c4a3a	Nihilanth bm_c4a4a	Endgame bm_c5a1a