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The '''Aperture Science Aerial Faith Plate''' is a testing element used throughout the [[Aperture Science]] [[Aperture Science Enrichment Center|Enrichment Center]], introduced in ''[[Portal 2]]''.
== Overview ==
Created by Aperture Science from at least [[1998]], this catapult plate is part of a larger trust experiment designed to help Aperture Science discover whether the capacity for trust or solving problems could be affected by being catapulted into space. It was discovered that these attributes were negatively affected.{{IA|20100505051703/http://gameinformer.com/mag/portal2.aspx|GameInformer's Portal 2 Hub|Game Informer (April 2010)}}
Upon contact, these platforms fling [[Test Subject]]s (and any objects, such as [[Aperture Science Weighted Storage Cube|Weighted Storage Cubes]], [[Aperture Science Sentry Turret|Sentry Turrets]], or [[Aperture Science Personality Construct|Personality Cores]]) into the air with a 50,000 pound-foot force, allowing them to bridge massive gaps or place [[Teleportation#Aperture Science|portals]] in otherwise inaccessible areas.{{YouTube|l-Gc2vxD1y0|Aerial Faith Plate demonstration}} When a Faith Plate fails to launch the user, it will emit a distress beacon, causing the blue lights on it to flash into orange repeatedly. In the single-player campaign, [[GLaDOS]] uses this feature in a different manner, instead, she purposely "breaks" the Faith Plate herself while [[Chell]] is currently using it. GLaDOS repeatedly does this as an attempt to mock the latter's weight, constantly disabling it after each use before she finally decides to lower the ceiling that Chell was trying to reach.
Another remarkable experience in the single-player campaign, found in the chapter ''[[Portal 2 storyline#The Part Where He Kills You|The Part Where He Kills You]]'', is that the Faith Plates have the ability to launch users sideways, rather than in the direction in which they are pointing. This is done when Chell was in [[Wheatley's testing track#Test Chamber 17|Test Chamber 17]] of [[Wheatley]]'s testing course. It is used to eject Chell and GLaDOS to a completely different location far from the test chamber, where they are then reeled into a death trap.
==Related Achievements==
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!colspan="2" style="text-align:left"|''[[Portal 2 Achievements and Trophies|Portal 2]]''
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|rowspan=2 width=64px|[[File:LAUNCH TURRET.jpg]]
!style="text-align:left"|Pturretdactyl (5G)
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| ''Use an Aerial Faith Plate to launch a turret.'' |
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== Behind the scenes ==
== Trivia ==
So far it is unknown why while the Aerial Faith Plate was already in use in 1998, even though it is not seen in the first ''[[Portal]]'', set several years later.{{IA|20100330191747/http://gameinformer.com/b/podcasts/archive/2010/03/26/special-edition-podcast-portal-2.aspx|Special Edition Podcast: ''Portal 2''|Game Informer (March 26, 2010)}} However, it is likely that [[Chell]] simply did not venture into [[testing track]]s containing the Aerial Faith Plate during this time.
== Gallery ==
=== Pre-release ===
File:Aerial faith plate poster.jpg|The original diagram.
File:04907382.298.png|ASCII art version from the [[Portal ARG|''Portal'' ARG]].
File:Faith plate diagram1.jpg|The updated diagram shown at E3 2010.
File:Faith plate diagram2.jpg|Ditto, showing a Test Subject flying off.
File:Faith plate ingame.jpg|The standard Panel catapult as seen in the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-Gc2vxD1y0 E3 demonstration footage].
File:Faith plate orig.jpg|Original model.
=== Retail ===
File:P2 afp.jpg|The Faith Plate's components when ejecting.
File:Sp a2 column blocker0027.jpg|Ditto, in a darkly lit area.
File:Faith plate hub.jpg|Faith Plate as seen in the [[Hub]].
File:Peti faithplate.png|Aperture Science Aerial Faith Plate icon in ''[[Perpetual Testing Initiative]]''.
== List of appearances ==
===Main games===
== References ==
== External links ==
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