Upon reaching the top of the cliff, the player finds the church and its courtyard unguarded. As he proceeds up the cliff, a launcher based in the church at the top begins bombarding the nearby town with headcrab shells. The player soon encounters resistance in the form of Overwatch Soldiers, some of whom rappel from the cliffs above. The gate leads to a winding path along the side of the outcrop the church is located. He lets Gordon through a gate and tells him to 'take out that gun'. Olga (a loud splash can be heard shortly before Gordon awakes).Īn unnamed man (referred to in the commentary as ' The Fisherman') standing on a dock recognizes the player as Gordon, although he cannot accurately remember his name, and tells him that the Combine have made a base in the area. The level begins with Gordon Freeman waking up, after having apparently fallen close to several decaying piers underneath the shadow of a large Byzantine-style church set up on a large outcrop of rock overlooking the coastal town of St.
