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Mark IV Thermonuclear Device

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Mark IV Thermonuclear Device
General information
Faction

Black Ops

Type

Thermonuclear warhead

Usage
Used by
Game information
Entity

N/A

"The biggest embarrassment has been Black Mesa facility, but I think that's finally taken care of itself... Quite so."
The G-Man[src]

The Mark IV Thermonuclear Device, nicknamed "The Package", is a thermonuclear explosive device used by the Black Ops to destroy the Black Mesa Research Facility.

Overview[edit]

The G-Man reactivating the bomb.

The bomb is first mentioned by two Male Assassins in a storage area. Later in the game, in the eleventh chapter of Half-Life: Opposing Force, "The Package", Adrian Shephard discovers two other Male Assassins setting up the bomb in an underground parking lot under the large Ordinance (sic) Storage Facility connected to Sector E Materials Transport. After killing the assassins, he deactivates it. Afterwards, he proceeds to a nearby room with a view of the truck, and witnesses the G-Man reactivating it. He cannot return to the truck, making the destruction of Black Mesa inevitable.

The bomb detonates when Shephard is detained by the G-Man aboard an Osprey at the end of the game. He witnesses a white flash from the horizon that blinds him while the G-Man makes a slight pause in his monologue, marking the destruction of the Black Mesa Research Facility.[1]

Instructions[edit]

The following instructions are written inside the bomb's cap:

MANUAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR A:
MARK IV THERMONUCLEAR DEVICE
This device carries a GRADE C plutonium control detonator.
With this device an approximate safe distance of
55 kilometers is recommended.
STEP1:
Indispose the gravatronic rev limiter to 11.
STEP2:
Rotate red knob to the on position.
STEP3:
Press button labeled B.

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List of appearances[edit]

References[edit]

  1. Marc Laidlaw Vault on the ValveTime Forums