

Virgil realizes the only way for Mel to escape is to disable AEGIS. With GLaDOS absent, AEGIS attempts to track them through the facility to eliminate them, deeming them potential threats to Aperture's long-dead scientists. Virgil guides Mel through the remnants of the old facility, explaining that the destruction of GLaDOS in Portal caused most of the control systems in the facility to falter.Ĭontinuing upwards, they learn that the reserve power has caused a prototype security system, AEGIS, to become active.

Soon, the impersonator admits that he is in fact a maintenance core named Virgil, and offers to help Mel escape in exchange for putting him back on a management rail. With the help of a Cave Johnson impostor, who tries to get her to think she is still in 1952, she finds a portal gun. After the test goes wrong and she is put in suspension for decades, Mel is woken up and finds much of the facility in disrepair.

Aperture's CEO, Cave Johnson, speaks to Mel through prerecorded messages via intercom, informing her that she will take part in one of their smaller tests, the Aperture Innovators Short Term Relaxation Vault. She arrives by tram at the Aperture Science Innovators headquarters in Michigan, and makes her way through Aperture's company town and into a massive underground complex.

Players take control of Mel, an German olympian who has been recruited as a test subject. With this guide on hand you have all the information you need at your fingertips so you can confidently use your camera on-the-go.Portal Stories: Mel is set in the dilapidated underground complex of Aperture Science.īased in the same universe as the official Portal games, the story is initially set in 1952, when Aperture Science is still a fledgling company. Useful tables provide recommended settings for a wide variety of shooting situations, including landscapes, portraits, sports, close-ups, and travel. You'll find every settings option for your Canon EOS 5D Mark II listed, along with advice on why you should use-or not use-each adjustment. This new, full-color, spiral-bound, reference guide condenses all the must-have information you need while shooting into a portable book you'll want to permanently tuck into your camera bag. Are you tired of squinting at the tiny color-coded tables and difficult-to-read text you find on the typical laminated reference card that you keep with you when you're in the field or on location? Well throw away your cheat sheets and command cards! DAVID BUSCH'S COMPACT FIELD GUIDE FOR THE CANON EOS 5D MARK II is your solution.
