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Half-Life: Opposing Force Hints
Alien Slaves (Vortigaunts)
You may remember alien slaves from Half-Life. They are relatively fast creatures that discharge a powerful electrical bolt that can quickly cripple whatever it hits. It takes slaves a few seconds to power up, which gives you a chance to disable them. Slaves can also fight up close, hand-to-hand. A single shot from the Desert Eagle will usually down an alien slave with relative ease. Just avoid the electrical bolts and you should be fine.
A note for Difficult-level players is that the slaves' power-up time is cut in half, allowing them to fire much faster.
