Shephard battled his way to the top, only to be abandoned as his fellow troops pulled out. He and other marines that had been left behind battled the aliens of Xen and Race-X as well as black-ops troops trying to kill every remaining thing in Black Mesa. Shephard alone survived these battles and single-handedly stopped Geneworm (the leader of Race-X) from entering the Earth Dimension. When Shephard awoke, his fellow officers had been killed in combat. Furthermore, orders had come down to “neutralize” the civilians. He declined the orders, and suggested that the civilians remain hidden behind their barricades while he went topside and found out was going on.

Shephard himself was rendered unconscious in the crash. His team, separated from the other elements of the responding force, linked up with Black Mesa security and holed up inside the facility. Merely days after HECQB declared operational the team was deployed with USMC Force Recon to Black Mesa in response to the dimensional incursion from Xen. The troops were not adequately informed as to the level of threat. As a result, many of the Osprey troop transports were shot down on approach, including Shephard’s. This was a unit trained to conduct tactical operations in urban environments with environmental dangers due to such incidents as industrial accidents and terrorist operations. Marine Corp that summer and worked his way into Force Recon. The brass noted his outstanding service there and his education in biology. As a result, Shephard was transferred to the newly established Special Operations Command (SOCOM) Hazardous Environment Close-Quarters Battle team (HECQB). He is still familiar with many high-level government security procedures and is thus still able to penetrate said security to some degree (hence the Low Security Clearance) as time passes these procedures will change and his Clearance will become completely useless.Įven before the Black Mesa Research Facility incident, Adrian Shephard’s history was somewhat distinguished. After graduating high school, Shephard entered college and began working toward a degree in biology, an interest stemming from his recreational activities as an avid outdoorsman.ĭuring his sophomore year, Shephard enrolled in a ROTC class. It was just supposed to be an entertaining elective class, but he discovered that he had both a talent and a love for military operations. In addition to his extensive military training, Adrian Shephard is an avid naturalist and amateur biologist. He is in excellent shape and has a very sharp mind.Īs part of his service in HECQB, he has received extensive inoculations against various toxins and diseases, rendering him unusually resistant to such measures.ĭuring his captivity in Xen he has learned a great deal about the life forms of Xen, and is adept with Xen biotechnology.

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