Half-Life 2: Episode Two (2007 Video Game)

Harry S. Robins: Dr. Isaac Kleiner

Quotes 

• Dr. Isaac Kleiner : [after the rocket launch; Gordon, Eli, and Alyx are headed outside to see the rocket close the Combine superportal]  There should be quite a show. Regrettably, I can't come out with you. Magnusson and I will need to keep a close eye on the rocket's trajectory.

  Alyx Vance : Aren't you gonna see us off?

  Dr. Isaac Kleiner : Just as soon as this is wrapped up. I wouldn't dream of letting you go without a proper goodbye!

  Alyx Vance : Okay, I'll hold you to that. You too, Dr. Magnusson.

  Dr. Arne Magnusson : [on a video screen]  Indeed.

• Dr. Isaac Kleiner : [doing some checks on the rocket as Gordon arrives in Silo 1 with Alyx and Eli at White Forest]  Everything seems to be in order. I only wonder...

  Dr. Arne Magnusson : The last thing on my mind was submitting it for the Kleiner certificate of approval. Whatever troubles we might have had were the result of staffing and supply deficiencies. And get your cranio-conjugal parasite... AWAY from my nose cone!

  [referring to Kleiner's pet headcrab, Lamarr] 

  Dr. Isaac Kleiner : [taken aback]  Now listen here, Magnusson. There's no call for hurtful comments.

• Dr. Isaac Kleiner : [after watching the video from Judith Mossman from a cold location to the north]  Wait a moment... There's something else here.

  [the viewscreen shows a shaky video of a large ship stuck in rocks or ice; Kleiner gasps] 

  Dr. Isaac Kleiner : It's... the Borealis!

  Dr. Eli Vance : Good God!

  Dr. Isaac Kleiner : Incredible!

  Alyx Vance : What? The Borealis? It's real?

  Dr. Isaac Kleiner : Oh yes, quite real, despite its almost legendary stature. Our peers at Aperture Science were at work on a project of some promise, but in their rush to beat Black Mesa for funding, they must have compromised ordinary standards of risk. We heard their research vessel had simply disappeared. Vanished - with all hands... even part of the dry dock! Few believed the Borealis would ever be seen again.

  Dr. Eli Vance : It should have been lost forever.

  Dr. Isaac Kleiner : Ah, but now that we've found it, we can use it against the Combine!

  Alyx Vance : Did you ever-

  [is cut off by her dad] 

  Dr. Eli Vance : [to Kleiner]  Use it? That thing has to be destroyed!

  Dr. Isaac Kleiner : But think of the advantage for humanity! We can't simply waste all that potential.

  Dr. Isaac Kleiner : Hasn't Black Mesa taught you anything? There's no controlling that kind of power!

  Dr. Isaac Kleiner : Well yes, there's always a risk, Eli. But my goodness, we have coordinates, blueprints, hailing frequencies... Quite ingenious of Dr. Mossman, to hide it all in the carrier wave.

  Dr. Eli Vance : Well, that means she's still alive up there. But if the Combine catch her, they'll tear out everything she knows. There'll be nothing left of her.

  Dr. Isaac Kleiner : But... we don't know for sure...

  Dr. Eli Vance : I won't take that chance! I'm going after her.

  Alyx Vance : Dad!

  Dr. Isaac Kleiner : Now, Eli... The only thing worse than Judith falling into their hands would be if they should get a hold of you. She may know the particulars of the Borealis, but you... you know everything about the resistance!

  Alyx Vance : Listen to Dr. Kleiner, Dad. Gordon and I are more than able to handle this. We'll get her back.

  Dr. Arne Magnusson : [on the announcement system]  Kleiner, where are you? Why isn't the decoding finished?

  Dr. Isaac Kleiner : Oh fie, the code. Yes, Magnusson, it just needs a little bit longer!

  Dr. Arne Magnusson : If you're waiting for the Combine's go-ahead, they'll soon be here to give it to you in person!

  Dr. Isaac Kleiner : I'll hurry it along, Magnusson. I'll be back as soon as I finish.