When you start playing a new chamber in story mode, in these big screens in the elevator sometime shows a big turret called "King turret".
Who's and what is he doing there? Maybe the surface was invaded by the King Turret?
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The Animal King Turret is first seen during Chapter 1 ("Courtesy Call") on the screen in the elevator room just before test chamber 2. As the player exits the elevator, the recorded announcer gives the following voice-over:
If the Earth is currently governed by a manner of animal-king, sentient cloud, or other governing body that either refuses to or is incapable of listening to reason, th--[RECORDING CUTS OUT]
The turret is just a comical representation of a ruler unwilling or incapable of listening to reason. There's nothing in-game which suggests that the above-ground has been taken over by a gigantic turret.
3the animal king turret was originally part of a scrapped plot thread where Chell helps out a tribe of lost turrets and the animal king turret marries one of the turrets to Chell. the turret bride woould then follow Chell for the rest of the game.
