Ground State mod for Half-Life 2

Ground State is a modification for Half life 2. It is being developed by Device Creations and has been since its conceptualization in the summer of 2002. Ground State is primarily a single player modification however will also incorporate multi player support of undefined specification.

Ground State is set in the near future, the world may seem very similar, technology moving on 30 years, design styles relatively unchanged, the appearance of civilization is similar to today. But the real developments cannot be seen in day to day life. The differences are beneath peoples skin, peoples feelings, peoples worries, peoples fears. The political situation throughout the world has become a more tense situation, a single world superpower dominates the economy, the rest of the world pressed back into a submitting, divided powerless situation. Military power has become more dominant in politics, and the defense budgets of almost all countries has increased. The individual has become weak, the corporation has become strong. Terrorism is wide spread. A global confrontation is becoming inevitable, similar to the Cold War in the late twentieth century.

Could war be a product of civilization? A naturally and inevitably occurring force to control humanity, a component of evolution? On the other hand it could be a handle of control used by governments, threatening, conquering, advancing. Mans will to achieve greatness, develop and further himself is seen everywhere. Speculation is a dangerous occupation of time, in a world of such tension, when so little controls are left. Civilization is showing its limitations, while world powers push each other for a better hold on control, the weak powerless individuals find themselves uncovered, exposed to the reality of modern structure. The truth is clear, everyone wants power. Corporations strive for more useful holds, more powerful economies, forcing governments dependencies to them to grow. Governments also strive in the same manner.

Terrorism is widening,some individuals taking the choice to influence the outcome of larger occurrences, others reaching for power. The unnatural feeling of society seems daunting, the array of terrorist sects becoming wide, the word 'terrorism' has grown a new meaning.

Ground State is set at a small focal point from this scale of events. Where several people, several events all meet at a single place and time, Ground State portrays these events from the view of Yames Harrison, a man who used to be employed by a large powerful corporation, discovered the reality of situations between the corporation and the government, became a wanted man, his knowledge very dangerous, he became involved with a terrorist group, helping him maintain his freedom. Ironically, Ground State is set in an old cold war bunker, built during times similar as these, it is now a manufacturing and research facility owned by a government contractor. While the events involved in Ground State are significant and important to the larger story, it is clear the world is too far intertwined in conflicting arguments to be able to undo the past thirty years of decay.