Related Achievements Half-Life: AlyxĪccording to Viktor Antonov, a conceptual artist for Half-Life 2, the Razor Train was one of the first pieces of Combine machinery to be designed. Therefore, they sometimes serve as environmental hazards, specifically during the chapters Route Kanal and Highway 17. Razor trains are unarmed, but are extremely fast and completely unyielding to any objects that may be on their tracks, be it vehicles, people, or even friendly Combine units. In addition, both of these sound effects are occasionally higher than normal, as exhibited in the chapters Route Kanal and Highway 17 in Half-Life 2. This is by no means always the case, though, as several times during Half-Life 2 and its episodes, they emit lower-pitched air horn bellows instead. Perhaps the most disconcerting aspect of the Razor Train is its horn: a distinctive, discordant bellow that announces the train's arrival. Strangely, in Half-Life: Alyx, no locomotives are ever seen, and the Razor Trains seem to be solely comprised of and propelled by compartment cars. As seen in the Combine Depot and in Route Kanal, the trains seem to carry short loads in rapid succession at high speed as opposed to fewer but heavier loads. Razor Train locomotives also bear red markings on its left side, and have what appears to be a driver's cab, though no crew can be spotted. These vehicles' ram-like, razor-thin appearance and black finish further add to their threatening look. Custom-built to work on the existing human rail networks, it accompanies human trains on the same railways, transporting cargo and human prisoners as well as Combine Soldiers and Stalkers, with the former two's destination being Nova Prospekt and the latter two's being the Citadel. This is similar among nurses, referring to the intravenous route as the first choice.

A Razor Train passes by a canal and residential apartments.Īs with much of Combine technology, the Razor Train is large, mostly featureless, and imposing. In relation to the first-choice route to hydrate patients at the end-of-life phase in their homes, 71.32 prefer the intravenous route and only 16.96 has a preference for the subcutaneous route, which is the one recognized and recommended in the CPG guide.

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