Combine

The Combine is an intergalactic (or possibly interdimensional, or both) alliance of species. Its true nature is not very well known. They are the primary antagonists in the Half-Life 2 games.

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