Combine

The Combine is an intergalactic (or possibly interdimensional, or both) alliance of species. Its true nature is not very well known.

For the currently known backstory details of the Combine, see Combine History.

Characters

Half-Life 2

• Dr. Wallace Breen (npc_breen) - The former administrator of Black Mesa, Breen is now the ruler of Earth. He cooperates directly with the Combine.
• Advisor (npc_advisor) - The sluglike advisors appear to be major players in the Combine; Breen is seen reporting to an advisor. They appear to possess telekinetic powers which allow them to fly, and may also exhibit psychic powers.
• Combine Soldier (npc_combine_s) - Combine soldiers - the Overwatch, Nova Prospekt, and Elite troops. All variants of the soldier are contained as separate models within this NPC.

Vehicles

• Strider (npc_strider) - Very tall tripedal creatures which are sometimes found patrolling the streets
• Hunter-Chopper (npc_helicopter) - The common attack chopper which sports a machine-gun and may drop explosives
• Combine APC (prop_vehicle_apc) - A ground-based troop transport, which can fire rockets.
• Dropship (npc_combinedropship) - A flying troop transport
• Gunship (npc_combinegunship) - A highly mobile airborne NPC, at least semi-organic but with a chopper-like rotor in its rear section

Inorganic

• Combine Ground Turret (npc_turret_ground) - A turret which starts concealed in a floor pit but can rise up to shoot at targets
• Combine Turret (npc_turret_floor) - The common freestanding turrets
• Combine Ceiling Turret (npc_turret_ceiling) - a ceiling-mounted turret
• Combine Camera (npc_combine_camera) - Wall-mounted cameras which track the player's movements
• Combine Scanner (npc_cscanner) - Hovering robots which will follow and photograph the player, reporting his or her position to other Combine units.
• Manhack (npc_manhack) - A small and highly mobile hovering robot, which attacks with spinning blades
• Roller Mine (npc_rollermine) - a spherical object, slightly larger than a basketball, that attacks by bouncing against its target and emitting electricity

Half-Life 2: Episode 1

• Claw/Shield Scanner (npc_clawscanner) - A variant of the standard Scanner

Half-Life 2: Episode 2

• Hunter (npc_hunter) - A fast and tough tripedal enemy, which fires exploding flechettes.

Props

• Antlion thumper (prop_thumper) - The thumpers strike the ground to ward off nearby antlions
• Prisoner Pod (prop_vehicle_prisoner_pod) - The prisoner pod which both Eli and the player ride in at the citadel

Prefabs

• combine_shieldwall - A toggleable combine shield, used for obstructing doorways
• combine_shieldwall_static - A combine shield that cannot be toggled
• combine_ballspawner - a huge Combine energy conduit shaft that spawns a constant stream of energy balls, as seen in the Citadel elevator shaft in Half-Life 2
• combine_ball_generator - a smaller-scale energy ball generator setup

Locations

• Citadel