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{{Evil Organization
 
{{Evil Organization
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|fullname = The Combine
 
|fullname = The Combine
 
|alias = CMB<br>
 
|alias = CMB<br>
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|foundation = Combine Overworld
 
|foundation = Combine Overworld
 
|headquarters = Combine Overworld<br>
 
|headquarters = Combine Overworld<br>
City 17 <small>(on Earth)</small>
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City 17 <small>(Earth)</small>
 
|commanders = [[Combine Advisors|Advisors]]<br>
 
|commanders = [[Combine Advisors|Advisors]]<br>
[[Wallace Breen]] <small>(Humanity's Representative and Administrator of Earth)</small>
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[[Wallace Breen]] <small>(Earth)</small>
 
|agents = {{Scroll box|'''Combine Overwatch''':<br>
 
|agents = {{Scroll box|'''Combine Overwatch''':<br>
 
[[Overwatch Elite]]<br>
 
[[Overwatch Elite]]<br>
 
[[Overwatch (Half-Life)|Combine Soldiers]]<br>
 
[[Overwatch (Half-Life)|Combine Soldiers]]<br>
[[Overwatch (Half-Life)|Civil Protection]]<br>
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[[Civil Protection]]<br>
 
Snipers<br>
 
Snipers<br>
 
Nova Prospekt Guards<br>
 
Nova Prospekt Guards<br>
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Manhacks<br>
 
Manhacks<br>
 
Rollermines<br>}}
 
Rollermines<br>}}
|skills = Advanced Technology<br>
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|skills = Advanced technology<br>
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Bio-engineering<br>
Assimilation of other races and their tech.<br>
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Assimilation of other races and their tech<br>
 
Terraforming and modification of lifeforms<br>
 
Terraforming and modification of lifeforms<br>
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Vast and diverse military<br>
Extremely large amount of manpower.
 
Capable of travelling between universes.
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Capable of traveling between dimensions
 
|goals = Assimilate all life in the Universe.<br>
 
|goals = Assimilate all life in the Universe.<br>
Harvest Earth of all resources and suppress the population of earth until humanity dies out.<br>
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Harvest Earth of all it's resources and suppress the population of earth until humanity dies out <small>(both ongoing)</small>.
 
|crimes = Abuse of power<br>
 
|crimes = Abuse of power<br>
Genocide<br>
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Mass genocide<br>
 
Mass murder<br>
 
Mass murder<br>
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Usurpation<br>
 
Unethical experimentation<br>
 
Unethical experimentation<br>
Slavery
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Slavery<br>
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Pollution
|type of villains = Multi-Universal Empire}} {{Quote|We should thank Our Benefactors for giving us respite from this overpowering force. They have thrown a switch and exorcised our demons in a single stroke. They have given us the strength we never could have summoned to overcome this compulsion. They have given us purpose. They have turned our eyes toward the stars.|[[Wallace Breen]]}}
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|type of villains = Bio-Engineered Imperialists}} {{Quote|We should thank Our Benefactors for giving us respite from this overpowering force. They have thrown a switch and exorcised our demons in a single stroke. They have given us the strength we never could have summoned to overcome this compulsion. They have given us purpose. They have turned our eyes toward the stars.|[[Wallace Breen]]}}
   
'''The Combine''', abbreviated as '''CMB,''' officially named the '''Universal''' '''Union''' and referred to by the Citadel as '''Our Benefactors''', is the main antagonistic force of the ''Half Life'' series, first making their debut in ''[[Wikipedia:Half-Life 2|Half-Life 2]]''. They are an inter-dimensional alien empire ruled by [[Combine Advisors|bio-mechanical emotionless, cultureless, logical beings]] who enslave, assimilate and exploit all other sentient life for their own purposes, mostly for amoral scientific advancement.
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'''The Combine''', abbreviated as '''CMB,''' officially named the '''Universal Union''' and referred to by the Citadel as '''Our Benefactors''', is the main antagonistic force of the ''Half Life'' series, first making their debut in ''[[Wikipedia:Half-Life 2|Half-Life 2]]''. They are an inter-dimensional alien empire ruled by [[Combine Advisors|bio-mechanical emotionless, cultureless, logical beings]] who enslave, assimilate and exploit all other sentient life for their own purposes, mostly for amoral scientific advancement.
   
 
They were drawn to Earth after detecting the Xen invasion from ''Half-Life'', and then managed to conquer the planet within a mere seven hours.
 
They were drawn to Earth after detecting the Xen invasion from ''Half-Life'', and then managed to conquer the planet within a mere seven hours.
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Most of the Combine enemies Gordon Freeman fights are masked transhuman soldiers. These biologically modified Combine units are known as "Synths", and the sentient creatures that allegedly control the Combine Empire are the "[[Combine Advisors|Advisors]]", which resemble giant featureless slugs/worms but have powerful telekinetic abilities and a deadly tongue that can drill out and extract information from a person's brains.
 
Most of the Combine enemies Gordon Freeman fights are masked transhuman soldiers. These biologically modified Combine units are known as "Synths", and the sentient creatures that allegedly control the Combine Empire are the "[[Combine Advisors|Advisors]]", which resemble giant featureless slugs/worms but have powerful telekinetic abilities and a deadly tongue that can drill out and extract information from a person's brains.
   
Another notable Combine unit is the "Strider", an extremely dangerous tripod creature equipped with a powerful pulse cannon, warp cannon and invulnerable to most weapons aside from heavy-hitting ordnance such as energy pellets, rockets and Magnusson Device explosives.
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Another notable Combine unit is the "Strider", an extremely dangerous tripod creature equipped with a powerful pulse cannon, warp cannon (which can completely disintegrate just about anything) and invulnerable to most weapons aside from heavy-hitting ordnance such as dark energy pellets, rockets and special Magnusson Device explosives.
   
 
==Overview==
 
==Overview==
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When pronouncing the word "Combine", vocal stress is placed on the first syllable. The name is pronounced COM-bine, as in combine harvester, as opposed to the verb form com-BINE, as in "to join together or unite."<ref>https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=combine&oldid=60199155 Wiktionary Entry of the word "combine" (lowercase "C"). Retrieved as of 06:09, 1 September 2020.</ref> Dr. Breen refers to the Combine Soldiers as ''The Transhuman Arm of the Combine Overwatch'' (However, all human Overwatch units excluding Civil Protection fall under this designation as well) in Nova Prospekt, verifying that "Combine" is an accepted name of the empire, even by the empire itself.<ref name=overwiki>https://combineoverwiki.net/index.php?title=Combine&oldid=444936 Overwiki Entry, official wiki. Retrieved as of 22:30, 24 September 2020. Licensed by Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)</ref>
 
When pronouncing the word "Combine", vocal stress is placed on the first syllable. The name is pronounced COM-bine, as in combine harvester, as opposed to the verb form com-BINE, as in "to join together or unite."<ref>https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=combine&oldid=60199155 Wiktionary Entry of the word "combine" (lowercase "C"). Retrieved as of 06:09, 1 September 2020.</ref> Dr. Breen refers to the Combine Soldiers as ''The Transhuman Arm of the Combine Overwatch'' (However, all human Overwatch units excluding Civil Protection fall under this designation as well) in Nova Prospekt, verifying that "Combine" is an accepted name of the empire, even by the empire itself.<ref name=overwiki>https://combineoverwiki.net/index.php?title=Combine&oldid=444936 Overwiki Entry, official wiki. Retrieved as of 22:30, 24 September 2020. Licensed by Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)</ref>
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</gallery>
   
 
==Trivia==
 
==Trivia==
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==Navigation==
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[[Category:Genocidal]]
 
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We should thank Our Benefactors for giving us respite from this overpowering force. They have thrown a switch and exorcised our demons in a single stroke. They have given us the strength we never could have summoned to overcome this compulsion. They have given us purpose. They have turned our eyes toward the stars.
~ Wallace Breen

The Combine, abbreviated as CMB, officially named the Universal Union and referred to by the Citadel as Our Benefactors, is the main antagonistic force of the Half Life series, first making their debut in Half-Life 2. They are an inter-dimensional alien empire ruled by bio-mechanical emotionless, cultureless, logical beings who enslave, assimilate and exploit all other sentient life for their own purposes, mostly for amoral scientific advancement.

They were drawn to Earth after detecting the Xen invasion from Half-Life, and then managed to conquer the planet within a mere seven hours.

The Combine rely on technology which allows them to transform other creatures into their mindless or otherwise brainwashed servants and modify their bodies to turn them into something different entirely. They are also notable for their method of using the technology of other races against them, often redesigning things such as weapons for greater efficiency. 

Most of the Combine enemies Gordon Freeman fights are masked transhuman soldiers. These biologically modified Combine units are known as "Synths", and the sentient creatures that allegedly control the Combine Empire are the "Advisors", which resemble giant featureless slugs/worms but have powerful telekinetic abilities and a deadly tongue that can drill out and extract information from a person's brains.

Another notable Combine unit is the "Strider", an extremely dangerous tripod creature equipped with a powerful pulse cannon, warp cannon (which can completely disintegrate just about anything) and invulnerable to most weapons aside from heavy-hitting ordnance such as dark energy pellets, rockets and special Magnusson Device explosives.

Overview

The Combine empire spans multiple parallel universes, is inhabited by an unknown number of sentient species, and is possibly governed by a race of artificially evolved Advisors of the Combine Overworld. The Combine empire expands by invading worlds and exploiting their dominant species as it sees fit. By manipulating these species through methods including bioengineering and implantation, the Combine creates races of physically superior super-soldiers uniquely adapted for the particular environments of the conquered worlds. This process results in a highly mobile, aggressive, and adaptive military force which is able to respond to any threat and eliminate any opposition posed by a planet's inhabitants. The reasons behind the Combine's imperialism including their ultimate goal, remain unknown throughout the series.

When pronouncing the word "Combine", vocal stress is placed on the first syllable. The name is pronounced COM-bine, as in combine harvester, as opposed to the verb form com-BINE, as in "to join together or unite."[1] Dr. Breen refers to the Combine Soldiers as The Transhuman Arm of the Combine Overwatch (However, all human Overwatch units excluding Civil Protection fall under this designation as well) in Nova Prospekt, verifying that "Combine" is an accepted name of the empire, even by the empire itself.[2]

Gallery

Trivia

  • In the original Half-Life, the Nihilanth made reference to a much more powerful force that had once enslaved and wiped out most of his kind, which forced him and the other aliens to seek refuge in the Xen dimension. When Half-Life 2 was released, this powerful force was retroactively revealed to be the Combine.

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The Combine
Combine Advisors | Wallace Breen | Overwatch Elite | Overwatch Commandos | Combine Overwatch | Civil Protection | Synths | Stalkers | Scientist

Aperture Science
Cave Johnson | GLaDOS | Wheatley | Turrets

Xenians
Nihilanth | Tentacles | Headcrabs | Antlions

United States Government
Hazardous Environment Combat Unit | Black Operatives

Race X
Gene Worm | Pit Worm

Employers
G-Man

Others
Jeff | Zombies

References

  1. https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=combine&oldid=60199155 Wiktionary Entry of the word "combine" (lowercase "C"). Retrieved as of 06:09, 1 September 2020.
  2. https://combineoverwiki.net/index.php?title=Combine&oldid=444936 Overwiki Entry, official wiki. Retrieved as of 22:30, 24 September 2020. Licensed by Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)