Aperture Science/cs

Aperture Science je výzkumné centrum založené Cavem Johnsonem. Příběh Portal a Portal 2 se odehrává v centru obohacování Aperture Science, které se věnuje nekonečnému testování produktů Aperture Science a lidí, kteří je používají.

Historie

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Aperture Science bylo založeno jako Aperture Fixtures na začátku čtyřicátých let Cavem Johnsonem. Aperture Fixtures bylo primárně určeno k výrobě a distribuci sprchových závěsů, které fungovaly jako jednoduchý portál mezi vnitřkem a vnějškem sprchy – Cave Johnson vyhrává cenu "Shower Curtain Salesman of 1943". Mezi roky 1943 a 1947 firma změnila své jméno na "Aperture Science Innovators". Toto jméno zvolil, neboť díky němu 'vypadaly závěsy hygieničtější' a firma se zaměřila na "skutečnou vědu". Cave Johnson koupil obrovský opuštěný solný důl v Horním Michiganu, ve kterém se mělo obohacovací centrum Aperture Science vybudovat; nicméně zde byla ještě jedna alternativní lokace v Clevelandu v Ohiu.

Mezi pozdními čtyřicátými a padesátými lety, začalo v Aperture Science komplexní testování a postupy výzkumu. Nejlepší testovací subjekty jako olympionici, astronauti a váleční hrdinové byli vybíráni jako první. They were also the second largest contractor after Black Mesa for the Department of Defense from 1952 to 1954. Aperture's developments in this period included Repulsion Gel, the Weighted Storage Cube, the 1500 Megawatt Super Colliding Super Button and the Aperture Science Portable Quantum Tunneling Device, an early and significantly larger version of the modern Portal Gun.

By the 1970s, Aperture Science was financially unstable. The Olympians, astronauts and war heroes that were used as test subjects were replaced with vagrants who were paid $60 for their time. Aperture Science would continue its research and created Propulsion Gel

In the 1980s, test participation became mandatory for all staff, raising the quality of the test subjects, but diminishing employee retention. Aperture's financial problems were severe at this time, but development continued. Moon rocks were used to create Conversion Gel, an efficient portal conductor. Cave Johnson would also be poisoned by his experiments with moon rocks and become deathly ill. As his health degraded he delegated his leadership to his assistant Caroline, asking that her consciousness be placed in a computer. Testing continued with the hope that passing through portals repeatedly might somehow cure Cave Johnson of his illness. Aperture Science also began development of its Genetic Lifeform and Disk Operating System, an artificial intelligence which would be used to oversee scientific testing.

In 1998, GLaDOS was brought online for the first time during Aperture Science's annual bring-your-daughter-to-work-day. GLaDOS instantly became self-aware and homicidal. GLaDOS flooded the enrichment center with a deadly neurotoxin, killing most of the scientists. Aperture Science was effectively shut down and placed into a permanent testing cycle by GLaDOS.