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**** I always figured that the advisors used their psychic powers to keep the G-Man and, more importantly, the Vortigaunts from just teleporting in. Once the reactor exploded, they probably focused their powers on protecting themselves instead of the entire citadel.
***** I don't see how their psychic powers, which appear to be quite limited as it is, could stop someone like the G-Man. Plus, if they could have stopped the G-Man from teleporting in, they certainly could have stopped Gordon from ''walking'' in.
****** Not necessarily. If teleporting in (the way G-man does it, anyway) is a mental/mystical thing, then they might be able to block that somehow, like how the Vortigaunts can. A mental/mystical ability is totally different from a physical action, after all. It's like... say you have a facility protected by anti-aircraft guns. Airplanes no longer can attack you. But a ground assault wouldn't have a particularly hard time of it, because AA guns aren't designed to target infantry. Or a different explanation--it's like Sauron in [[The Lord of the Rings]]. The Advisors were so busy focusing on the telepathic stuff that they just plain failed to notice or consider the possibility of a physical infiltration.
* Why did the G-man and his employers even give a crap if Adrian Shepard escaped or not? I mean, doesn't the G-man say that his "employers" were planning on killing Shepard if he hadn't stopped them? This wouldn't be a question for me if they hadn't let Barney go without really fussing over him.
** They gave a crap in a similar vein to why they gave a crap about Gordon; he proved in the G-man's eyes to be a valuable asset or resource, it was either this or he would be a loose end that needed to be tied up. More so given just what he saw during the incident. Beyond that, Given his track record, he's a near-equal in many regards to Gordon freeman, not the least due to his sheer ability to take on a variety of enemies and win, not unlike his scientist counterpart (or security guard, and so on). For one reason or another, other people such as Barney were let off, either because they were not regarded as worthy enough and simply not worth the time, or perhaps due to some other larger goal not unlike what the G-man has in mind (whatever that may be) that is yet to be implemented (assuming one makes the expansion packs canon), G-man was able to convince his employers that Shepard (like Freeman) was more useful to them alive than dead, so there you go. But that's just my take on it. Anyone else?
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