Aperture Science Emergency Intelligence Incinerator

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The Aperture Science Emergency Intelligence Incinerator is an equipment incinerator used within the Aperture Science Enrichment Center.

Overview[]

Portal[]

• The Emergency Intelligence Incinerator is first seen in Test Chamber 17 when Chell is required to "euthanize" her Weighted Companion Cube.

• The Emergency Intelligence Incinerator works via a small button pedestal, which opens an aperture over the top of the incinerator (a reference to the Aperture Science logo). The flame symbol and the word "CAUTION" is inscribed around its rim. The incinerator may be related to the Diversity Furnace.

• Another incinerator is featured in GLaDOS' chamber; Chell uses it to destroy all four of GLaDOS' Personality Cores.

• It should be noted that the Intelligence Incinerator is only active when the aperture is open; the flames stop after the aperture closes.

Portal 2[]

• The incinerator in Portal 2 is first seen in GLaDOS' ruined chamber. Shortly after GLaDOS is reawakened, she drops Chell into it in order to retrieve the Dual Portal Device. This is also where it is revealed that the emergency intelligence incinerators lead down to a main incineration chamber, far down in the Aperture Science facilities. Due to the speed at which things seem to be incinerated in Portal, portal technology could be used in the incinerators.

• The Emergency Intelligence Incinerator is seen once again in the game's fifth chapter, within the facility's turret production lines. It is used to incinerate any defective turrets that failed the manufacturing process. When Chell switches the Master Turret with a defective one, functioning turrets are thrown into the Incinerator instead. It is later revealed that this incinerator leads to a grinder under the neurotoxin generator control room. This is referenced by Wheatley: “There's our handiwork. Shouldn't laugh, really. They do feel pain. Of a sort. All simulated. But real enough for them I suppose.” It is unknown whether or not this is related to the Turret Redemption Lines.

• In the game, the Fact Sphere reports (correctly) that "tungsten has the highest melting point of any metal at 3,410 degrees Celsius." This calls into question what kind of material Aperture technology is made of, or how long they can survive 4000 Kelvin (3727 degrees Celsius).

Gallery[]

List of appearances[]

• Portal (First appearance)
• Portal: Still Alive (Non-canonical appearance)
• PotatoFoolsDay ARG
• Portal 2

References[]

Technology
Aperture Science	1500 Megawatt Heavy Duty Super-Colliding Super Button • Advanced Knee Replacement • Aerial Faith Plate • Announcement System • ATLAS and P-body • Borealis • Core Input Receptacle • Crusher • Edgeless Safety Cube Receptacle • Edgeless Safety Cube • Emergency Intelligence Incinerator • Excursion Funnel • Frankenturret • Futbol (cut) • GLaDOS • Hard Light Bridge • High Energy Pellet • Jerry • Laser Field • Long Fall Boot • Material Emancipation Grill • Military Android • Mobility Gels: Conversion Gel / Propulsion Gel / Repulsion Gel • Multitasking Arm • Nanobot • Panel • Party Escort Bot • Personality Construct • Pipe Network • Pneumatic Diversity Vent • Cube Button • Radio • Reassembly Machine • Relaxation Vault • Robot Enrichment • Robot Worker • Scaling Cube • Security Camera • Shredder • Speaker System • Stasis Chamber • Sticking Gel (cut) • Switch • Teleportation • Thermal Discouragement Beam • Unstationary Scaffold • Victory Lift • Vital Apparatus Vent • Weighted Pivot Cube • Weighted Storage Cube • Wheatley
Black Mesa	Anti-Mass Spectrometer • Battery • Black Mesa Announcement System • Charger • Cleansuit • Delivery cart • Emergency flare (cut) • HEV Suit • Holographic Assistant • Long Jump Module • Medkit • The Mesa Times • MTM 8 • Oxygen Bottles (cut) • Powerup Bottles (cut) • Retinal scanner • Satellite Delivery Rocket • Security Card (cut) • Armor Vest and Helmet • Teleportation • Vehicles • Weapon Box • Weapons
Black Ops	Cloaking device • Weapons
Combine	Battery • Breencast • Charger • Citadel Core • Citadel • Barricade • Binoculars • Binoculars (cut) • Bunker • Camera • Cell • Combine Assassin tank (cut) • Combine Big Momma Pod (cut) • Confiscation Field • Dark Energy • Depot • Dispenser • Door lock • Door Tower (cut) • Dr. Breen's Private Reserve • Elevator • Emergency flare • Emitter • Energy Ball • Field Bridge • Force Field • Heavy Door • Heel Springs (cut) • Interface • Light • Medkit • Memory Replacement • Monitor • Overwatch Voice • Power Generator • Restrictor • Security Door • Smart Barrier • Supply Crate • Suppression Field • Teleportation • Television • The Terminal • Vehicles • Watchtower • Weapons • Vorti-Cell (cut)
Resistance	Borealis (cut) • Car battery • Communication • Antlion Detector • Dog • EMP Tool • Fire Extinguisher (cut) • Generator trailer • Drawbridge • Retinal scanner • Supply Crate • Teleportation • Television • Transponder • Vehicles • Weapons • White Forest rocket
Xen	Healing Shower • Thumper
HECU	Powered Combat Vest • Radio • Tactical Map • Welding Torch
Other	Garden Gnome

Aperture Science
Personnel	Caroline • Chell • Desk Employee • Henry • Cave Johnson • Doug Rattmann • Greg • Mel (cut) • Test Subject • Test Subject 042 • Test Subject 234 • Minor Aperture Science employees
Technology	1500 Megawatt Heavy Duty Super-Colliding Super Button • Advanced Knee Replacement • Aerial Faith Plate • Announcement System • Borealis • Core Input Receptacle • Crusher • Edgeless Safety Cube • Edgeless Safety Cube Receptacle • Emergency Intelligence Incinerator • Excursion Funnel • Futbol (cut) • Handheld Portal Device • Hard Light Bridge • High Energy Pellet • Laser Field • Long Fall Boot • Material Emancipation Grill • Mobility Gels: Conversion Gel / Propulsion Gel / Repulsion Gel / Sticking Gel (cut) • Multitasking Arm • Pipe Network • Pneumatic Diversity Vent • Panel • Cube Button • Radio • Reassembly Machine • Relaxation Vault • Security Camera • Scaling Cube • Shredder • Speaker System • Stasis Chamber • Switch • Teleportation • Thermal Discouragement Beam • Unstationary Scaffold • Victory Lift • Vital Apparatus Vent • Weighted Pivot Cube • Weighted Storage Cube
Robots	Robot Worker • ATLAS and P-body • GLaDOS • Grady • Jerry • Military Android • Nanobot • Party Escort Bot • Personality Construct • Robot Enrichment • Wheatley
Weapons	Bomb • Hover Turret (cut)
Sentry Turrets	Animal King • Frankenturret • Defective Turret • Oracle Turret • Rocket Sentry • Sentry Turret • Turret Opera
Locations	Borealis • Employee Daycare Center • Enrichment Center • Enrichment Shafts: Co-op Test Shaft / Test Shaft 09 • Extended Relaxation Annex • Extended Relaxation Center • Central AI Chamber • Hub • Incinerator Room • Neurotoxin Generator • Testing Tracks: GLaDOS' Testing Track (Portal) / GLaDOS' Testing Track (Portal 2) / Wheatley's Testing Track / Cooperative Testing Courses • Turret Manufacturing
Other	Aperture Science Collaborative Disposition Test • ApertureScience.com • Cake • Enrichment Center Test Subject Application Process • GLaDOS' screen images • Hoopie • Karla the Complainer • Mantis Man