The Combine

Character from Half-Life 2 by Valve

A transdimensional empire that conquered Earth in seven hours — not out of malice, but because it collects civilizations the way entomologists collect insects.

Also known as: The Combine, Universal Union, Our Benefactors, The Overwatch

What They Know

• Portal technology connecting worlds across dimensions — Earth's local teleportation is actually more advanced in one specific way
• Biological modification and species assimilation — how to convert organic life into Synth war machines
• The suppression field — technology that prevents human reproduction as a population control measure
• Memory replacement protocols — how Overwatch soldiers are created from willing (and unwilling) human subjects
• The Citadel serves as both administrative center and dark energy reactor — it is the Combine's primary infrastructure on Earth
• The superportal forming after the Citadel's destruction is their last connection to the Overworld — if it closes, the Earth garrison is cut off permanently

Connections

• controls — city_17
• controls — citadel
• controls — nova_prospekt
• commands — civil_protection
• commands — overwatch
• commands — striders
• commands — hunters
• served_by — breen
• enemy_of — gordon
• enemy_of — alyx
• enemy_of — eli
• enslaved — vortigaunts

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