yeah long thread title. but simple objective what is your head/fan canon for systems and functions in black mesa.
example of mine.
green glowing goop
RL: in real life radioactive material is not glowing instead it generally has no signs that it is radio active unless it is marked some how. this is where my head canon comes in. I think the green goop is actually a radioactive marker used to warn the science team if their is a leak. simply a glowing dye put into it for safty.
lack of iron sight aiming on H.E.V
ok this is one of my bigger head canon or fan theory things. The reason I think Gordon doesn’t use iron sights on the weapons with them is cause of the H.E.V suits build. it is designed to project a hud with an aim point on the helmet (as freeman doesn’t have a helmet guessing he has something similar to google glass) allowing users to hold weapons like the gluon gun with out worrying about their aim point. it also alows for better handling on some weapons like SMG’s which from personal experience are better to fire from the “hip”.
As for why freeman uses the sights on the revolver. my fan theory is the H.E.V suit is not calibrated properly for it, while it does show the aim point well it can be excused that it doesn’t have an accurate aim point meaning Gordon may have to rely on the sights with it and it alone.
The idea behind this is the science teams on xen. they would likely be geared with weapons as such the H.E.V suit is equipped with systems to make combat “easier” for them, as they are still science team members and not trained soldiers.
Gordons hammer space pack
we have seen in the original half life that their are supply packs dropped and carried by H.E.V personnel my head canon for gordon’s hammer space is each suit having several of these packs which by default are packed similar to a collapsing cup. when Gordon needs more room for ammo and supplies he just opens one of these and snaps it onto his back. heavier weapons like the RPG and gluon likely have mounts in the HEV suit. Seeing as the Gluon was likely used by H.E.V personel it is highly likely that the suits are built so both can be equipped comfortingly.
this topic is here for debate on theories like this, post your own and poke holes/add to the ones above. lets see if we can “reasonably” fill in the canon.