 The early phases of the comic have Frohman excitedly arriving in City 17 . Eventually he takes a job at the Combine 's headquarters , the Citadel , under a Combine Elite named Mr. Henderson . As most of his human colleagues become Combine soldiers , he realizes that Henderson has no immediate intention to do the same for him , citing his incompetence . Demanding to become one with the Combine , Frohman willingly sets off to Nova Prospekt , an alien security and detention installation , for invasive surgery to convert him . Meanwhile , he selects Ravenholm as a residence where he can commute to and from City 17 , but lacks proper transport with which to get there . After a failed attempt to reach Ravenholm using Dr. Isaac Kleiner 's teleporter leaves him stuck in a Counter @-@ Strike : Source server for a week , he seeks Ravenholm by foot instead . Traveling through City 17 's canals , Frohman arrives , badly injured and dazed , at Black Mesa East , the headquarters of the human resistance , where he is welcomed as a helper . His stay there is cut short because he causes trouble in the base , and also irritatingly overuses the gravity gun . He is fooled into leaving the base , and finally heads toward and reaches Ravenholm . 
