Hostile Contact mod for Half-Life 2

Overview

The end of the 21st century marked a time of strife for all of the inhabitants of Earth. Wealth loving corporations became the power figures in every day living, and not an aspect of life remained untouched by their cold and greedy hands. Governments, united under a single group known as “The Scarlet Eye”, controlled all forms of media and living. Order, Discipline, Conformity – these were words to describe this dark page in history.

Resistance groups began to form to combat the oppressive government and the corporatization of every day life. These groups hungered for times of the past, and like so many reactionaries, desired the extremes. One such group, known as “the Mogantra” developed biological and electromagnetic weaponry that they believed could put an end to all forms of organized government, restoring humanity to what it once was in days long ago. In the year 2105, they unleashed their weapons upon the operation centers of countries all across Earth, throwing the world into a state of chaos. All of existence teetered on the brink of destruction as bodies tainted the once clean streets and all forms of electronic communications ceased to be useful.

By a chance of fate, however, a small space shuttle manned by a human known as Jarxis Telvis came upon an alien vessel in the year 2106 AD. Humans made contact with a new and benevolent species, known as “the Greys’ on this date. Willing to help the humans out technologically, and eager to gain an ally by prying them out of their plight, the Greys quickly introduced vaccines that put an end to the Mogantra’s virus. They implemented newer, better forms of communication, and provided replication devices that put an end to the need for the mining and coveting of raw resources. Corporations ceased to exist, and humanity began to rise to new ethical heights.

The Greys warned the humans of the time that a hostile race known as the Rhatizans also lurked in nearby space. Genetically engineered for battlefield skills, they stated the “Rhats” conquered every planet they came across in their sickening obsession with their own superiority. The danger was well noted, but as the years passed, humans began to ease up about the threat about them. Life was good, and the Greys were fair and respected allies.

Eventually, the year 2129 AD descended upon time, it was the dawn of a new conflict.

The forces of Earth cringed beneath tremendous resistance as battle erupted within their borders. The Rhatizans, having intercepted and killed all passengers of a human space vessel, found the planet’s coordinates and wasted no time in preparing a violent and unexpected assault. When Earth refused to unconditionally surrender to the Rhatizan forces, war erupted.

For the first time in decades, the streets of Earth dripped with blood and gore. Life was tossed aside with callous disregard as thousands of Rhatizan vehicles demolished the unsuspecting Earth forces. Despite the odds, through careful and skilled use of weaponry provided by the Greys, the humans were able to drive back the Rhatizan forces. As billions laid upon the streets critically wounded or dead, a new spark of fire ignited within the collective will of Humanity.
Aided technologically by their allies, the Greys, humanity gathered its defenses and prepared for an assault upon the Planet Vethis, home world of the Rhatizan Empire. There would be no mercy – vengeance would be had.

And thus we arrive at 2130 AD, a time of anger and a time of Hostile Contact.

Human Perspectives

“I wish I could believe that the past is nothing more than its name claims it to be. Alas, how can I ever forget the horrors I have seen? A single, brief moment can bring limitless devastation! Curses! How quickly the world turns upon us when all seems so perfect and wonderful! In only an instant, a proud and strong man can fall endlessly into the engulfing shadows of despair, collapsing to his knees, begging for mercy at the hand of a torturous fiend. In the blink of an eye, all that one has ever lived for may lay in a bloody pile of charred flesh. Beneath the undying eyes of time, I have suffered through the brutal lessons of my life. Within the fires of my own hatred, I know what must be done to put an end to the terror that has usurped the order of my world. And thus both I and many like myself enter this time terror. An era where there is no place for mercy, only revenge.”

Rhatizan Perspectives

“Victory! It is all I have ever heard from the time of my youth. Death to the weak, glory to the Righteous Rhatizan Empire! Why will the foolish races not accept our superiority? Why must they continue to challenge what is so wonderful! To be Rhatizan is to be whole! To join us is to be one with the glory of conquest, the joy of battle! Proud blood courses through my veins, and I’ll not let some foolish humans destroy my honor! We shall grow, we shall expand, and the pathetic humans will learn to show us the proper respect.
It is our destiny.”