Military Police

Military Police
Political information
Type	Military Police
Faction	United States armed forces
Societal information
Armament	MP5
Technology	PCV
Gender	Male
Historical information
Era(s)	Black Mesa Incident
Individual information
Game information
Designer(s)	Stephen Bahl
Voiced by	Jon St. John
Entity	monster_human_grunt_ally

 

"I'm sorry, Corporal, this is a restricted area!"

― MP

The Military Police consists of members of the United States armed forces who guard the Hazardous Environment Combat Unit's training base, Santego. They are charged with guarding areas that need security clearance to enter, and taking and storing the weapons that a member of the HECU uses during his training exercises. Each soldier is armed with a MP5 and appear to wear a Powered Combat Vest. Unlike regular soldiers, however, MPs bear red and white sashes and the letters "MP" on their metal hard helmets, as well as an armband with "MP" on it. If talked to, they will utter only two phrases: "I'm sorry, Corporal. This is a restricted area!" and "This is a restricted area, soldier!".

Behind the scenes

In Half-Life, the Black Mesa security guards were originally to be members of the Military Police.

Trivia

• Firing on any member of the Military Police will end the game. This is also the case for firing upon any of the Drill Instructors.

• An unused sound file suggests that the player was intended to annoy an MP. It is found in the folder "sound/fgrunt/athority" in the game files, saying "Don't confuse your right with my authority, corporal".

• Members of the Military Police can say "This is a restricted area, soldier!", which is notable because it is considered offensive for members of the Marine Corps to be referred to as 'soldiers' and not 'marines'.

Gallery

• Barney MP.jpg

  First known Half-Life MP security guard model.

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  Second known Half-Life MP security guard model.

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  MP in Santego.

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  MP in the the Advanced Training Facility.

List of appearances

• Half-Life: Opposing Force (First appearance)