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| image=FileCremator model.jpg|250px
| name=Cremator
| affiliation=Combine
| type=*Cleaner
*Short range assault
| health=
| weapons=Immolator
| entity=npc_cremator
| designer=Dhabih Eng''Half-Life 2 Raising the Bar''
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{{Quote|Keep it clean... or he will|Combine propaganda poster|Half-Life 2 Raising the Bar}}
The '''Cremator''' is an enemy cut from ''Half-Life 2''. "A Combine janitor of sorts", it was originally intended to remove corpses from the City 17|city streets, cleanup The Wasteland|WastelandRazor Train|trains coming into the city from any wildlife that might have held on to it during the journey, as well as patrolling some parts of the Wasteland, such as train WC mappack.html">depots.WC mappack It was also apparently to occasionally fight the player.
==Overview==
FileChildren cremators.jpg|left|200px|thumb|The Cremator factory.
*The Cremator was to be some kind of janitor, breathing heavilyPlayable Half-Life 2 Beta|''Half-Life 2'' Beta files and disposing of dead bodies through the use of its Immolator - a large cannon capable of spraying a green beam of acid or plasma, which would disintegrate organic matter upon contact. It was intended for the player to obtain an Immolator, which would have been effective against organic enemies.
*Cremator heads were to be constructed by children in the Cremator Factory located in the Combine Factories area in City 17.WC mappack It is therefore unknown to what extent the Cremator was to be transhuman or if it was to be transhuman at all, since while it appears to have at least human arms and hands (although with only four fingers), the original human was probably beheaded at some point. It also has a wcpokemonPoké Ball|Poké Ball-like sphere located on its belly, which was probably to be connected to an external device (the Immolator could even be a possibility) for unknown reasons. The rest of the process of the preparation of Cremator units was apparently not to be seen.
*The player was also to be able to pick up Cremator heads and throw them at enemies, as part of the Brickbat weapon.WC mappack
*Although the Cremator's NPC has no AI (no coding related to it can be found in the leaked source code), no clear fight animations and was mostly intended to clean the streets, sound files indicate that it was to notice the player, invalidating the theory of the Cremator being more of a dynamic prop than a real NPC, like the Boid in ''Half-Life''. Another sound file indicates it was to be seen dying, indicating it was to be fought and killed by the player or Rebels, allowing the player to use its weapon and pick up its head to throw it at enemies. It was likely to be passive at the start of the game, and turn against every non-Combine NPC during the Uprising.
*In its model, its eyes and "mouth" textures are incorrectly displayed, although they are properly rendered in the Brickbat's Cremator head.
*Both the Cremator and the Alien Assassin bear some similarities. They have an identical orange sphere on the back of one hand, looking like some sort of lid (the right hand for the Cremator, the left for the Alien Assassin, in lower resolution), similar arms and hands (except that the Cremator has only four fingers), and also lines on the hands (although the Cremator has them on its gloves instead of the skin like Alien Assassin). This suggests they were to be related in some way.
==Maps==
FileCremator 039 booth cremators4.jpg|Cremator in the WC mappack map "cremator_039.vmf", with Combine Door Tower and barricade behind.|right|200px|thumb
Several WC mappack maps, such as "cremator_street02.vmf" or "cremator_039.vmf" (which features a building seen in "sniper_029.vmf"), feature areas of the American-like City 17 of the first concepts where some Cremator tests were conducted by the development team. The map "cremator_street02.vmf" involves a run-down area in fire with two Cremators, while "cremator_039.vmf" involves a normal area with Cremator squads protected by Metrocops and a brick tunnel filled with wrecked cars, Manhacks and Ceiling Turrets, all attacking the player (this tunnel was somehow recycled into the ''Half-Life 2'' chapter ''Anticitizen One'' and the ''Episode One'' chapter ''Lowlife''). It also contains several Door Tower|door/guard towers, also cut from the final game. Another map, "wasteland_depot.vmf", last edited August 2001 and set in the Wasteleand, features an early Depot with, among other things, a Cremator waiting for the player on the train platform. Another Wasteland map, "toxic_pit03.vmf", last edited June 2001, consists of a small valley filled with Headcrabs, and several Cremators stationed above.WC mappack
==Behind the scenes==
FileCremator head jar BME.jpg|left|150px|thumb|A Cremator head in the jar in Eli's lab in ''Half-Life 2''.
===''Half-Life 2'' appearance===
The Cremator partially made the final cut of the game as an Easter egg left in Eli Vance's lab at Black Mesa East. There can be found a Cremator's head apparently preserved in formaldehyde (methanal) on the table located to the right of the teleport. Eli mentions that Alyx brought it in, stating "We're still not sure what that does. Alyx brings in the strangest things". A nearby computer screen with some sort of scan of the Cremator head on it also suggests it is studied by Eli or someone else (it is also featured in the ''Half-Life 2 Deathmatch'' map "dm_steamlab"). Early ''Half-Life 2'' footage also shows that the Cremator's head originally was not contained in a jar. There is also more evidence of the Cremator, there are lots of burnt corpses found in the "Route Canal" which could mean the Cremator was in the Sewers before the player arrived.
==Gallery==
FileCremator2.jpg|Concept art.
FileCremator poster.jpg|Propaganda poster, based on the previous concept art.
FileFactory children cop.jpg|The Cremator Factory in the WC mappack.
FileCremator street02 cremator1.jpg|Cremator in the WC mappack map "cremator_street02.vmf".
FileCremator street02 cremator rubble.jpg|Ditto, in the destroyed building.
FileCremator 039 street cremator2.jpg|Cremator in the WC mappack map "cremator_039.vmf".
FileCremator 039 2booth9.jpg|Cremator and Metrocops.
FileCremator 039 cremator police13.jpg|Ditto.
FileBrickbat cremator.jpg|The Brickbat, Cremator head version.
FileImmolator wmodel.jpg|The Immolator.
FileCremator hand ball.jpg|The Cremator's right hand, with the orange sphere.
FileCremator - Alien Assassin hand ball.png|Orange sphere texture, from the Cremator texture files.
FileChild female working anim.jpg|Child Citizen carrying a Cremator head.
FileCremator head screen.jpg|The Cremator's head on a computer screen in Eli's lab in ''Half-Life 2''.
FileCremator toxic pit.jpg|Closeup of a Cremator in the map "toxic_pit03".
FileC17_04_final0002.jpg|Cremator roaming the streets in the map c17_04_12.
==List of appearances==
*''Half-Life 2'' {{1st}} {{C|As an unidentified head and on a computer screen}}
*''Half-Life 2 Raising the Bar'' {{1stID}} {{Nc}}
*''Half-Life 2 Deathmatch'' {{Nc}} {{C|On a computer screen}}
==References==
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CategoryEaster eggsCategoryTranshumansCategoryEnemiesCategoryDhabih Eng designs
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