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Section 1: City 17 Train Station (d1_trainstation_01)
1 of 9: The game starts with good ol' Briefcase Bastard (whom we'll now refer to as the G-Man) waking up Dr. Gordon Freeman (that's you!) to go on another "assignment" for his ever-mysterious employers.
2 of 9: After the G-Man's through with his carefully phrased intro, you'll appear on a train that's heading into the train station at City 17, one of the major Combine-controlled cities on what's left of Earth.
3 of 9: NOTE: You can use the "Use item" key to talk to the train's other passengers during the remainder of the trip in order to start getting an idea of how things are for people these days. After you leave the train, there'll be more people you can talk to in various places.
4 of 9: After the train stops at the station platform, get off and start exploring.