It doesn't make any sense. All he did was push a button and push a cart, that could have been automated, considering the prestige of the said facility.
Why did they need him when they could automate the process?
Jordan Walker
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Colton Gomez
"We're not sure how long we can sustain the sequence. Please, work as quickly as you can. The sample will be here momentarily."
This to me implies Gordon has other responsibilities we don't see. There's also a few computers in the chamber so he probably sits at those and does work there as well.
Alexander Evans
pushing the cart was probably the first thing on his list of shit to do that day.
Nolan Adams
They were doing an unusual, novel experiment using a never-before-seen substance. It would be unusual for them to have everything set up for automation.
Liam Young
They didn’t have the equipment to handle the latest sample they were given and there was an administrative push to get it done (implied by Gman’s presence as well as many of the scientists talking about the admins).
Blake Perry
Yeah, also there wouldn't have been an open fucking aperture looking directly into the reaction. All this shit would have taken place on a micro scale in a vessel with 12 inch titanium walls.
Easton Fisher
Automating costs money. Physicists are dime a dozen.
Christopher Brooks
I thought they were talking to other operators or about the anti-mass spectrometer itself.
I mean the way the scientist is condescending to him after pushing the button by saying "We'll take it from here" in a very dismissive tone tells me his role is fairly limited. Remember, Barney makes fun of him at the start of Half-Life 2 for the exact same thing.
Thomas Collins
Well there's all those dead HEV guys in Xen
Maybe the whole plan was to create a portal, go in and bring something back
Wyatt Diaz
>This to me implies Gordon has other responsibilities we don't see.
I can't think of anything that couldn't have been automated.
Doesn't make sense, if anything they should be even more careful, they were very aware of the dangers.
Yep, its ridiculous.
This is the most prestigious facility and everything is supposed to be perfect.