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[[~~File:relaxation chamber|thumbnail|A Extended~~ Relaxation ~~Chamber, as it appears~~ in ''Portal 2'']]

:Not to be confused with the ''[[Relaxation Vault]]'' in ''[[Portal (game)|Portal]]''.

~~{{Needimage}}~~

{{see also|Portal 2 Chapter 1 Introduction|l1=Walkthrough guide for ''The Courtesy Call''}}

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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).

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.

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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.

== ~~List of appearances~~ ==

== See Also ==

* [[Extended Relaxation Annex]]

== Appearances ==

* ''[[Portal 2: Lab Rat]]''

* ''[[Portal 2]]''

* ''[[Portal 2 - The Final Hours]]''

== Gallery ==

{{Spoiler|block=yes|

{{Gallery

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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 ==

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-[[File:relaxation chamber|thumbnail|A Extended Relaxation Chamber, as it appears in ''Portal 2'']]
+:Not to be confused with the ''[[Relaxation Vault]]'' in ''[[Portal (game)|Portal]]''.
-{{Needimage}}
 {{see also|Portal 2 Chapter 1 Introduction|l1=Walkthrough guide for ''The Courtesy Call''}}
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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).
-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.
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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.
-== List of appearances ==
+== See Also ==
+* [[Extended Relaxation Annex]]
+== Appearances ==
 * ''[[Portal 2: Lab Rat]]''
 * ''[[Portal 2]]''
 * ''[[Portal 2 - The Final Hours]]''
+== Gallery ==
+{{Spoiler|block=yes|
+{{Gallery
+|width=192
+|height=108
+|lines=3
+|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 ==
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