Gonome
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Mutant Zombie |
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- "Can you imagine what the next stage of mutation looks like?"
- ― Black Mesa scientist[src]
The Gonome is the next stage of mutation for a Zombie infested by a normal type of Headcrab. It appears only in Half-Life: Opposing Force.
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Overview[edit]
The Gonome is the next stage of a headcrab's mutation upon having a host. If not killed, the host increases in size and gains a dangerous ranged attack where it reaches into its chest and throws a poisonous substance. The host's claws also increase in size.
Behavior and skills[edit]
Gonomes generally stay with groups of lesser zombies and Headcrabs. If they observe any threat, they will first use their ranged attack. Should the enemy get closer, they will resort to manually attacking with their claws. They can sprint if they need to.
Behind the scenes[edit]
Being an expansion, Opposing Force briefly demonstrates the continued mutations of a zombie. Various model designs were made by Gearbox in planning the zombie models. It should also be noted that the zombie Marines and Security Guards were also created only by Gearbox.
Trivia[edit]
The Gonome model has an unseen dancing animation named "veryhappy" in the original model, while it is "sohappy" in the Steam version. It was reused for the scientist model under the name "sohappy" in the original model, and "hambone" in the Steam version, for a scientist seen dancing through a security camera at the start of Blue Shift. In Half-Life 2, the Poison Zombie is very similar in comparison to the Gonome. The Gonome uses its gut-throwing attack which is toxic, while the Poison Zombie throws Poison Headcrabs. Gonomes also share a similarity with Fast Zombies from Half-Life 2 as they are both quite fast. In Half-Life 2, no Gonomes are seen in Ravenholm, despite the fact that the Humans there were transformed into Zombies for more than a few hours. The Hunter from Left 4 Dead, also published by Valve, uses a very slightly modified Gonome attack sound for one of his melee attacks. It could be assumed that Gonomes are only critically mutated scientists, since they're only depicted with plain white scientist pants as seen in the standard-definition models. Near the beginning of Opposing Force where Adrian Shephard finds his PCV on a table, two scientists talk about headcrabs, and one of them asks the player, "Can you imagine what the next stage of mutation looks like?" This hints to the Gonome being a natural or artificial mutation not previously witnessed by the Black Mesa Science Team, or that the scientists in the Infirmary were not aware of Headcrabs until the Resonance Cascade.
Gallery[edit]
A Gonome in Black Mesa. Note the outline of eye sockets on the Headcrab.
The Gonome sprints, arms outstretched.
A Gonome in its nest area.
