Half Life 7 Hour War
Originally posted by Mr.Nardo2000:I mean if a little guy with tiny baby guns took down most of the Combine, then why did 6-8 billion people die in 7 hours?git gud humans. Most of the Combine used their full on forces during the 7-Hour War,probably including the Combine from the HL2 Beta. Earth's forces weren't advanced enough to destroy the Combine,and all of Black Mesa(New Mexico) was destroyed alongside it's technology,which would've given humans a fighting chance.As the 20-something-years pass,the technology improves,while there are less Synths and such,leaving way to human forces and Striders.
The Combine are apparently led by a group of Advisors such as the one seen talking to in Half-Life 2.What we do know is this:. The Combine were in fact NOT on at the beginning of.
Half Life 7 Hour War Combine
This was recently stated by. The creatures on were there because they had been running from the Combine, and Xen was a refuge. The dimensional rift caused by the resonance cascade attracted the Combine to Earth. It only took them seven hours to completely take over Earth, hence the invasion's name:.
After the invasion, the administrator, brokered a 'peace' with the Combine and convinced them that Humanity could be evolved and assimilated into the Combine. Breen worked with the Combine to produce 'trans-humans', mostly in the form of Combine Soldiers. The Combine had at least one at the beginning of.
It's possible there may be more, possibly one for each of the cities, cities 8 through 20 at least, mentioned at the beginning. The only other race apart from the natives of Xen and Transhumans is the race of the.: Before Half-LifeBefore Half-Life, the Combine were already an interstellar threat. The Xenians were made up of many races of alien species that were conquerors at one point, and then sought refuge from the Combine destruction. The were slaves to the, but the Nihilanth also has metal wristbands similar to those of the Vortigaunts, and it has what appear to be surgical scars.
Half Life 2 Antagonist
The Nihilanth's legs have also been amputated (similar to the ). This signifies that the Combine may have enslaved the Nihilanth at one point. Although they were not on Xen, the Combine had their fair share of influence before the resonance cascade. More than this cannot be said.Because the Combine were not on, we can't say anything about the Black Mesa incident except that it attracted the Combine to Earth.andThere isn't a whole lot that can be said here either, but there is evidence of a 'greater threat' in the original game. Although you don't meet this threat in Half-Life, the hints at the existence of the Combine. For more info, see.The Seven Hour WarThe Seven Hour War is the name given to the military invasion of Earth by the Combine. It seems that Earth's forces were overwhelmed and almost, if not totally, annihilated in 7 hours.
After this Wallace Breen brokered peace. See for more information.' Breen.He's the Administrator of this whole vile business now.He ended the Seven Hours War by managing Earth's surrender.The Combine rewarded him with power.' -Post Seven Hour WarAfter the Combine invaded Earth and established the Overwatch to police its inhabitants, Breen began oppressing humanity on the behalf of his Combine overlords. While no one knows the exact nature of the activities the Combine were engaged in, they may have included some of the following:.
Gradual draining the world's oceans (possibly for shipment offworld?). Production of a 'transhuman' army for the Combine. Gradual enslavement and ' of the entire human race.See Also.