So we can safely say the rooms would still be there. What's interesting in the silo pictures is that the structural beams for the catwalks are mostly steel beams (some of which show some rust already), but the main structure of the rooms themselves are concrete, and the beams close to them are either in concrete or thickly covered in some type of water-resistant and temperature-resistant material (I've been told this is a multi-layer substance with kevlar at one point, but don't ask me how I know that. Depending on where the water table is, water leaking through the concrete after five hundred years could get onto structural beams and start to rust them. The control for temperature is much better, but water is a significant issue underground. Unlike this house however, the Black Mesa facility is underground - just like the silo. Notice anything? The main supports are all similar to the main supports in the silo, just with padded with concrete (to prevent temperature and water differences). what would it be like? Take a look at this house built to last 500 years. From what I can find, this is about what you would expect.įast forward not sixty years but five hundred. Also, these things take a long time to build, so even if it had 1990s era computers in it, the structure would have begun earlier. Although this facility was built in the 1960s, the structural integrity is about that of what I would expect from the 1990s. Many of the structures, ramps, catwalks, etc are all similar to what you see in the Half Life game (or rather vice versa - the developers apparently did their research!). For sake of real-world comparison, I'll have you look at this abandoned nuclear missile silo (which is currently for sale for $4.2M if you really want it). Most (but not all) of the base structure would still be intact. Part One - Assuming the events of half life have not yet occurred that the facility was abandoned before the game's events.
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