


One of the Black Mesa employees, Gordon Freeman, began to fight back against the soldiers and killed any who stood in his way.Īs the soldiers were failing in their mission, the government sent in a highly trained black operations unit to kill the employees as well as the soldiers themselves, with the endgame being to nuke the entire facility. Black Mesa employees initially believed the military were there to help them until it became clear it was a cover operation as soldiers began massacring scientists and security guards. Following the resonance cascade in which alien beings had began to infiltrate the facility under the orders of their leader Nihilanth, the United States Government planned to cover up the incident by sending in the military to kill the hostile aliens, as well as those employed at the facility who were witnesses to the incident.
