#Half life portal timeline series

The fact that Aperture could not exist for 100+ years and be the same it was in Portal, just repaired like it was in the beginning, means that either GLaD0S was able to completely fix Aperture, or that only a small amount of time has passed, since Life Support was in backup mode, according to the LAB RAT comic, and Rattmann had to turn backup support on before he too, went into one of the pods. It is very unlikely that the two games will ever intersect in a meaningful And, yes it states that it takes place 100 or more years later. Valve deliberately set Portal 2 far into the future so as to sever nearly all ties with the Half-Life fiction that aren't purely backstory.

#Half life portal timeline series

And although the story ties exist, the series really should be considered two separate universes. You can find the former holding area of the Borealis in Portal 2 in an old abandoned area of Aperture Science. In Half-Life 2: Episode 2 Judith Mossman discovers the Borealis which an Aperture Science research vessel that is said to hold some extremely powerful secret technology and locating it will most likely be one of the main goals in Episode 3. Portal 1 takes places during or following the Combine invasion of Earth as GLaDOS explains to Chell that she is all that is keeping the Combine from entering the facility. Aperture built GLaDOS for the purpose of rapidly testing new portal technology to keep pace with Mesa, although apparently they built it now so that Cave Johnson could scan his mind onto a disc but whatever, who is switched on and completely locks down the Aperture Science compound on Bring Your Daughter to Work Day just a few days prior to the Black Mesa Incident which is the beginning of Half-Life. Black Mesa was Aperture Science's direct competitor for government funding.