Point Insertion

Point Insertion is the first chapter of SMOD: Redux, and serves as an introduction to the game's story.

Plot
The G-Man appears in the eye of Gordon Freeman, telling him to rise and awaken from his deep slumber. He gives Gordon a rather cryptic monologue, telling him that 'the right man in the wrong place can make all the difference in the world', and revealing that Gordon was on a train on it's way to City 17. The G-Man leaves Gordon afterwards.

Gordon walks his way through the train station, occasionally stopping for a chat with the locals, including a rather paranoid man that pleads Gordon not to drink the water, due to a form of amnestic or other drug being present, plaguing one's memory. He then offers Gordon his snack, otherwise leaving him on his way. He walks his way through a line-up leading to Nova Prospekt, but is cut off when a Metrocop steps in and brings him out. The Metrocop leads him into another room, and reveals himself to be Gordon's old friend Barney Calhoun, who shows him to Dr. Kleiner. Barney tells Gordon to make his way to Kleiner's lab, but the other Metrocops seem to catch on to Barney, knocking on the door.

Gordon hurries his way out into the City 17 Plaza, carefully moving his way through the city until he ends up in an old apartment. Not long after his arrival, however, a team of Metrocops arrives at the same apartment due to a citizen miscount being detected, which forces him to hastily make his escape.

As he makes his way out of the apartment, however, he is ambushed by a squad of Metrocops who beat him down, before he is swiftly rescued by Alyx Vance, who mercilessly wails on the Metrocops and beats them all unconscious. She introduces herself to Gordon and brings him down an elevator, later revealing the pathway to Dr. Kleiner's lab.