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[[File:P2 tube network.jpg|thumb|right| | [[File:P2 tube network.jpg|thumb|right|300px|[[Aperture Science]]'s complex tube network as seen in ''[[Portal 2]]''.]] | ||
'''Tubes''' are a vital part of the [[Aperture Science]] Enrichment Center. The tube network is a nexus used for product delivery throughout the facility. Often, the tubes will be used to deliver various products by the company that need to be put through testing against the [[Handheld Portal Device]], such as the [[cubes]] and the [[turrets]]. | '''Tubes''' are a vital part of the [[Aperture Science]] Enrichment Center. The tube network is a nexus used for product delivery throughout the facility. Often, the tubes will be used to deliver various products by the company that need to be put through testing against the [[Handheld Portal Device]], such as the [[cubes]] and the [[turrets]]. | ||
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== Overview == | == Overview == | ||
During ''[[Portal]]'', [[Chell]] encounters a number of [[Vital Apparatus Vent]]s, which are used to safely drop a testing element into the testing chamber. Whenever a vital testing item is lost, the Vital Apparatus Vent will replenish another replacement. When Chell escaped her testing track, it is discovered that there are a series of tubes leading all over the Enrichment Center, transporting the [[cubes]]. When Chell rides a burst tube, she is carried around by a pneumatic pressure inside the tubes and is brought back into [[Portal Test Chamber 09|Test Chamber 09]] by [[GLaDOS]]. | |||
''[[Portal 2]]'' however introduces a new type of tube component, the [[Pneumatic Diversity Vent]]s. The component supplies the vacuum needed around the tube networks, serving as checkpoints that will continuously provide endless pneumatic pressure into the tubes. In the single-player campaign's ''The Escape'' chapter, Chell discovers that the Pneumatic Diversity Vents also provide passive monitoring for Aperture products passing through the components; which was revealed that objects will be "identified but never judged". This also reveals that the Diversity Vents can be used to "divide" or "filter" objects away from other types of objects, {{spoiler|such as the tubes that only seem to be carrying [[bombs]] in the single-player finale chapter, ''The Part Where He Kills You''.}} | ''[[Portal 2]]'' however introduces a new type of tube component, the [[Pneumatic Diversity Vent]]s. The component supplies the vacuum needed around the tube networks, serving as checkpoints that will continuously provide endless pneumatic pressure into the tubes. In the single-player campaign's ''The Escape'' chapter, Chell discovers that the Pneumatic Diversity Vents also provide passive monitoring for Aperture products passing through the components; which was revealed that objects will be "identified but never judged". This also reveals that the Diversity Vents can be used to "divide" or "filter" objects away from other types of objects, {{spoiler|such as the tubes that only seem to be carrying [[bombs]] in the single-player finale chapter, ''The Part Where He Kills You''.}} | ||
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== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
* ''[[Portal 2]]''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> developer commentary reveals that the tubes were designed in a typical [[Aperture Science]] thought; a ridiculously complex, inefficient, and expensive solution to a simple transportation problem. | * ''[[Portal 2]]''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> developer commentary reveals that the tubes were designed in a typical [[Aperture Science]] thought; a ridiculously complex, inefficient, and expensive solution to a simple transportation problem. | ||
== List of appearances == | |||
* ''[[Portal]]'' | |||
* ''[[Portal: Still Alive]]'' | |||
* ''[[Portal: The First Slice]]'' | |||
* ''[[Portal 2]]'' | |||
* ''[[Portal 2 - The Final Hours|The Final Hours of Portal 2]]'' | |||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
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