Aperture Science Extended Relaxation Center - Revision history

AbsoultJD: /* Portal 2 */ undid change. I realised that 50 days is for the mandatory exercise

2025-03-08T13:34:29Z

Portal 2: undid change. I realised that 50 days is for the mandatory exercise

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	{{See also\|Portal 2}}		{{See also\|Portal 2}}

	The Extended Relaxation Center is the first location in the game's single-player campaign. Set 50 ~~years~~ after the events of ''[[Portal]]'', [[Chell]] is awakened by the [[Announcer]] for a mandatory physical and mental awareness exercise. Chell is then asked to return to her sleep, and instead, ended waking up about 50,000 years later.<ref name="P2_finalhours">"One way to further differentiate Portal and Half-Life was to set the game far in the future—at least 50,000 years." — ''[[Portal 2 - The Final Hours]]'', The Power of Paint, page 5</ref> At this time, she meets [[Wheatley]] who came knocking on the door to Chell's Relaxation Chamber.		The Extended Relaxation Center is the first location in the game's single-player campaign. Set 50 days after the events of ''[[Portal]]'', [[Chell]] is awakened by the [[Announcer]] for a mandatory physical and mental awareness exercise. Chell is then asked to return to her sleep, and instead, ended waking up about 50,000 years later.<ref name="P2_finalhours">"One way to further differentiate Portal and Half-Life was to set the game far in the future—at least 50,000 years." — ''[[Portal 2 - The Final Hours]]'', The Power of Paint, page 5</ref> At this time, she meets [[Wheatley]] who came knocking on the door to Chell's Relaxation Chamber.

	When Wheatley enters the premises, he immediately opens a hatch on the ceiling and takes control of the Relaxation Chamber to maneuver it across the Extended Relaxation Center, away from the docking bay. He then mistakes a wall as a testing track docking bay and proceeds to slam the Relaxation Chamber against it, despite a sign on the wall stating that the actual docking bay for the testing track is 500 feet below it.		When Wheatley enters the premises, he immediately opens a hatch on the ceiling and takes control of the Relaxation Chamber to maneuver it across the Extended Relaxation Center, away from the docking bay. He then mistakes a wall as a testing track docking bay and proceeds to slam the Relaxation Chamber against it, despite a sign on the wall stating that the actual docking bay for the testing track is 500 feet below it.

AbsoultJD: /* Portal 2 */ corrected 50 days to 50 years.

2025-03-08T13:33:11Z

Portal 2: corrected 50 days to 50 years.

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	The Extended Relaxation Center is the first location in the game's single-player campaign. Set 50 ~~days~~ after the events of ''[[Portal]]'', [[Chell]] is awakened by the [[Announcer]] for a mandatory physical and mental awareness exercise. Chell is then asked to return to her sleep, and instead, ended waking up about 50,000 years later.<ref name="P2_finalhours">"One way to further differentiate Portal and Half-Life was to set the game far in the future—at least 50,000 years." — ''[[Portal 2 - The Final Hours]]'', The Power of Paint, page 5</ref> At this time, she meets [[Wheatley]] who came knocking on the door to Chell's Relaxation Chamber.		The Extended Relaxation Center is the first location in the game's single-player campaign. Set 50 years after the events of ''[[Portal]]'', [[Chell]] is awakened by the [[Announcer]] for a mandatory physical and mental awareness exercise. Chell is then asked to return to her sleep, and instead, ended waking up about 50,000 years later.<ref name="P2_finalhours">"One way to further differentiate Portal and Half-Life was to set the game far in the future—at least 50,000 years." — ''[[Portal 2 - The Final Hours]]'', The Power of Paint, page 5</ref> At this time, she meets [[Wheatley]] who came knocking on the door to Chell's Relaxation Chamber.

	When Wheatley enters the premises, he immediately opens a hatch on the ceiling and takes control of the Relaxation Chamber to maneuver it across the Extended Relaxation Center, away from the docking bay. He then mistakes a wall as a testing track docking bay and proceeds to slam the Relaxation Chamber against it, despite a sign on the wall stating that the actual docking bay for the testing track is 500 feet below it.		When Wheatley enters the premises, he immediately opens a hatch on the ceiling and takes control of the Relaxation Chamber to maneuver it across the Extended Relaxation Center, away from the docking bay. He then mistakes a wall as a testing track docking bay and proceeds to slam the Relaxation Chamber against it, despite a sign on the wall stating that the actual docking bay for the testing track is 500 feet below it.

Cqf at 11:07, 28 April 2023

2023-04-28T11:07:09Z

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	:''Not to be confused with the [[Relaxation Vault]] in ~~Portal.~~''		:Not to be confused with the ''[[Relaxation Vault]]'' in ''[[Portal (game)\|Portal]]''.
	[[~~File:relaxation chamber.png\|thumb~~\|~~A Extended Relaxation Chamber, as seen in ''~~Portal 2'']]
	{{see also\|Portal 2 Chapter 1 Introduction\|l1=Walkthrough guide for ''The Courtesy Call''}}		{{see also\|Portal 2 Chapter 1 Introduction\|l1=Walkthrough guide for ''The Courtesy Call''}}

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	* [[Extended Relaxation Annex]]		* [[Extended Relaxation Annex]]

	== ~~List of appearances~~ ==		== Appearances ==
	* ''[[Portal 2: Lab Rat]]''		* ''[[Portal 2: Lab Rat]]''
	* ''[[Portal 2]]''		* ''[[Portal 2]]''
	* ''[[Portal 2 - The Final Hours]]''		* ''[[Portal 2 - The Final Hours]]''

			== Gallery ==
			{{Spoiler\|block=yes\|
			{{Gallery
			\|width=192
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			\|File:Sp a1 intro10001.jpg\|alt5=[[Chell]]'s Relaxation Chamber un-dilapidated.\|The [[Aperture Science Extended Relaxation Center]] before degradation (1/3).
			\|File:Sp a1 intro10002.jpg\|alt5=[[Chell]]'s Relaxation Chamber un-dilapidated.\|The [[Aperture Science Extended Relaxation Center]] before degradation (2/3).
			\|File:Sp a1 intro10004.jpg\|alt5=[[Chell]]'s Relaxation Chamber un-dilapidated.\|The [[Aperture Science Extended Relaxation Center]] before degradation (3/3).
			}}
			}}

	== References ==		== References ==
	<references/>		<references/>

Edgar Searle at 06:39, 26 January 2021

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	:''Not to be confused by [[Relaxation Vault]] in Portal''		:''Not to be confused with the [[Relaxation Vault]] in Portal.''
	[[File:relaxation chamber.png\|thumb\|A Extended Relaxation Chamber, as seen in ''Portal 2'']]		[[File:relaxation chamber.png\|thumb\|A Extended Relaxation Chamber, as seen in ''Portal 2'']]
	{{see also\|Portal 2 Chapter 1 Introduction\|l1=Walkthrough guide for ''The Courtesy Call''}}		{{see also\|Portal 2 Chapter 1 Introduction\|l1=Walkthrough guide for ''The Courtesy Call''}}

Headquarter8302 at 03:10, 21 July 2020

2020-07-21T03:10:17Z

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	When Wheatley enters the premises, he immediately opens a hatch on the ceiling and takes control of the Relaxation Chamber to maneuver it across the Extended Relaxation Center, away from the docking bay. He then mistakes a wall as a testing track docking bay and proceeds to slam the Relaxation Chamber against it, despite a sign on the wall stating that the actual docking bay for the testing track is 500 feet below it.		When Wheatley enters the premises, he immediately opens a hatch on the ceiling and takes control of the Relaxation Chamber to maneuver it across the Extended Relaxation Center, away from the docking bay. He then mistakes a wall as a testing track docking bay and proceeds to slam the Relaxation Chamber against it, despite a sign on the wall stating that the actual docking bay for the testing track is 500 feet below it.

			== See Also ==
			* [[Extended Relaxation Annex]]

	== List of appearances ==		== List of appearances ==

Headquarter8302 at 08:08, 20 June 2020

2020-06-20T08:08:39Z

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			:''Not to be confused by [[Relaxation Vault]] in Portal''
	[[File:relaxation chamber.png\|thumb\|A Extended Relaxation Chamber, as seen in ''Portal 2'']]		[[File:relaxation chamber.png\|thumb\|A Extended Relaxation Chamber, as seen in ''Portal 2'']]
	{{see also\|Portal 2 Chapter 1 Introduction\|l1=Walkthrough guide for ''The Courtesy Call''}}		{{see also\|Portal 2 Chapter 1 Introduction\|l1=Walkthrough guide for ''The Courtesy Call''}}

Kgman: /* Overview */

2013-05-04T03:37:13Z

Overview

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	The Relaxation Center serves as a housing bay for dedicated test subjects, where they are put through long-term cryogenic hibernation within their Extended Relaxation Chambers (cargo containers housing a hotel-like room).		The Relaxation Center serves as a housing bay for dedicated test subjects, where they are put through long-term cryogenic hibernation within their Extended Relaxation Chambers (cargo containers housing a hotel-like room).

	In ''[[Portal 2]]'', the Extended Relaxation Center appears to be a large compound with thousands of docked containers housing test subjects in their respective Extended Relaxation Chambers. The Relaxation Chambers consist of life support generators that can be powered entirely by the facility's overseer, [[GLaDOS]]. With the destruction of GLaDOS, these chambers slowly depleted in life support over the years and as a result, thousands of test subjects had died overtime. [[Chell]] was able to last ~~thousands~~ of years in stasis after the events of ''[[Portal]]'' at the ~~hands~~ of [[Doug Rattmann]], who had cut all cryogenic supplies from the entire facility and into Chell's Relaxation Chamber. These Extended Relaxation Chambers possess a hotel-like interior design, meant to comfort test subjects during their years of stay.		In ''[[Portal 2]]'', the Extended Relaxation Center appears to be a large compound with thousands of docked containers housing test subjects in their respective Extended Relaxation Chambers. The Relaxation Chambers consist of life support generators that can be powered entirely by the facility's overseer, [[GLaDOS]]. With the destruction of GLaDOS, these chambers slowly depleted in life support over the years and as a result, thousands of test subjects had died overtime. [[Chell]] was able to last an extensive, unnatural amount of years in stasis after the events of ''[[Portal]]'' due to the intervention of [[Doug Rattmann]], who had cut all cryogenic supplies from the entire facility and re-directed them into Chell's Relaxation Chamber. These Extended Relaxation Chambers possess a hotel-like interior design, meant to comfort test subjects during their years of stay.

	Under protocols, test subjects would regularly be awakened every 50 days in the Relaxation Chamber to prevent physical and mental deterioration. Either GLaDOS or the [[Announcer]] are connected into the Relaxation Chambers to guide test subjects through their rough awakening after a long-term stasis. In ''Portal 2'', due to the lack of GLaDOS' control on the facility, the Announcer will take up the role of awaking test subjects instead. Once test subjects are awake, they are asked to perform physical and mental awareness exercises. In a typical [[Aperture Science]] mindset, posters are made nearby the Relaxation Center in the ''[[Portal 2: Lab Rat]]'' comic to promote usage of cryogenic stasis, claiming it to be "safe & fun". Ironically, a warning label can be found nearby which states that long-term relaxation is not entirely fail-safe, and that test subjects may die in the process.		Under protocols, test subjects would regularly be awakened every 50 days in the Relaxation Chamber to prevent physical and mental deterioration. Either GLaDOS or the [[Announcer]] are connected into the Relaxation Chambers to guide test subjects through their rough awakening after a long-term stasis. In ''Portal 2'', due to the lack of GLaDOS' control on the facility, the Announcer will take up the role of awaking test subjects instead. Once test subjects are awake, they are asked to perform physical and mental awareness exercises. In a typical [[Aperture Science]] mindset, posters are made nearby the Relaxation Center in the ''[[Portal 2: Lab Rat]]'' comic to promote usage of cryogenic stasis, claiming it to be "safe & fun". Ironically, a warning label can be found nearby which states that long-term relaxation is not entirely fail-safe, and that test subjects may die in the process.

DSnWiiRocks at 11:09, 30 March 2013

2013-03-30T11:09:24Z

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			[[File:relaxation chamber.png\|thumb\|A Extended Relaxation Chamber, as seen in ''Portal 2'']]
	{{see also\|Portal 2 Chapter 1 Introduction\|l1=Walkthrough guide for ''The Courtesy Call''}}		{{see also\|Portal 2 Chapter 1 Introduction\|l1=Walkthrough guide for ''The Courtesy Call''}}

DSnWiiRocks at 10:58, 30 March 2013

2013-03-30T10:58:26Z

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	~~[[Image:relaxation chamber.png\|right\|400px\|A Extended Relaxation Center, as it appears in ''Portal 2'']]~~
	{{see also\|Portal 2 Chapter 1 Introduction\|l1=Walkthrough guide for ''The Courtesy Call''}}		{{see also\|Portal 2 Chapter 1 Introduction\|l1=Walkthrough guide for ''The Courtesy Call''}}

DSnWiiRocks at 10:57, 30 March 2013

2013-03-30T10:57:57Z

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	[[~~File~~:relaxation chamber\|~~thumbnail~~\|A Extended Relaxation ~~Chamber~~, as it appears in ''Portal 2'']]
	~~{{relaxation chamber.png}}~~		[[Image:relaxation chamber.png\|right\|400px\|A Extended Relaxation Center, as it appears in ''Portal 2'']]
	{{see also\|Portal 2 Chapter 1 Introduction\|l1=Walkthrough guide for ''The Courtesy Call''}}		{{see also\|Portal 2 Chapter 1 Introduction\|l1=Walkthrough guide for ''The Courtesy Call''}}