Office Complex: Convincing scientists to join up?

[Nathan]

Replaying Office Complex I was thinking, would it be possible to convince some of the scientists you run into if you backtrack to them with all the other guards and scientists you've gathered along the way, just for my own personal completionist sake? Would be neat in my opinion if they'd decide to join up, convinced by the numbers you have.

[Lil C]-[ew C]-[ew is ☂д☂]

Some are stuck in the script so you can't save them either way. I remember doing this a lot in the original Half Life when the engine used to be more simple and you could noclip through the map using cheats and then stopping any npc from triggering their scripts so you could save them from dying horribly.

[Nathan]

There are a few scientists who aren't scripted to die in Black Mesa that stay put, one decides to hunker down behind two couch chairs right at the beginning, and he's still there if you go back, another is in the more officy area, when the first scientist (always a lady?) decides to join up with you and the two security guys you've picked up by then, the other guy she had been hiding with still stays back in their hiding spot.
There's also a woman who stays alive in the meat freezer, would have been great to be able to escort her out once you clear the way back to the survivors in the cafeteria.

Oh right, totally forgot about the guy with his makeshift radio who tells you about the soldiers arriving, who's in the small room under the massive stairs that are usually loading areas. I'm assuming he too stays alive in the game (well, not when the soldiers would hypothetically find him, but that's not my problem as the game has me far away by then :v) to the end of office complex.

[Just Chill]

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There is ONE, who opens you a door to a small security office, but those are exceptions.
I try to resuce as much as I can in office complex, but they mostly run around and even jump into the shooting line of security guards. oO

Guess some of them simply can't take it anymore... There is only one scientist who is really badass and that one is played by you.

[Prisoner849]

You should also be able to give Scientists/BM Guards a spare Glock or spare Shotgun but only if your ammo is full of course. You should pick the Gun up like any object and basically move toward the Scientist or BM Guard with the floating gun giving them the gun to use. BM Guards should also be able to use MP5s.

Scientists need to learn how to use Guns anyway because they will eventually become part of the Freedom Fighter Resistance opposing the Combine later on in Half-Life 2.