first part
1995 combine invades Xen.
The United Empire invaded and controlled Xen, eventually making it a slave race. The joint company destroyed Xenians with their technology. And use technology to cross with the dominant race called Vortigaunts by Xen to create a super soldier. These super solids can not only adapt to the environment of Xen planet, but also have powerful joint technology. These super soldiers effectively control the whole planet. Combine also bribed some races as the so-called leaders of the planet and encouraged others to cater to Combine's needs. These so-called leaders are called Nihilanth in Xen (although it is not known whether these people belong to the Vortigaunt of the dominant race). The future leader on earth is Wallace Brin.
After returning to earth, Gordon is studying for a doctorate at MIT. A small transfer experiment is being carried out in Heimesa (Montenegro). Under the supervision of researchers Dr. Eli Vance and Dr. Kleiner, crystals were recovered from Xen and the organism was sent for analysis.
Black Mesa Event in Montenegro in 2000 (half-life 1)
(1) The event of resonance cascade is the beginning of everything. In fact, this incident led to the decline of the whole mankind. This incident was caused by some special samples selected by Brin.
Gordon's referee is Gordon's referee or referee. In the opening clip of Half-Life 1, the computer shows "Sponsor: Confidential". This mysterious figure is probably G-MAN, who foresaw the future events and brought Gordon into the laboratory.
Black mesa is Gordon's first unofficial mission. G-MAN ensures that the only survivor after this radiation is Gordon of HEV. Black mesa is Gordon's "entrance exam".
Gordon Freeman killed Nisilance, liberated Xen from the United Kingdom, and let the United Kingdom know the existence of the earth.
This Xenian is the leader of Vortigaunts, and now they are free. However, United Company found Gordon Freeman on Xen and found his portal. This led to uniting to discover the existence of the earth and planning to invade it.
However, you must realize that the portal between Xen and the earth is not closed at the end of the half-life 1.
(2) Gordon is employed. At the end of Half-Life 1, G-MAN lets Gordon choose whether to work for him or die. Half-life 2: Suppose you choose to work for G-MAN, then G-MAN puts you in a "slow time warp" (in which Gordon's metabolism stops) until it is necessary to wake Gordon up.
2002 portal storm
Black mesa has formed a series of chain reactions to the world. Various forms of alien creatures from Xen were transported to this city. The first crab climbed into the shop along the aisle, and the others were also transported to the swimming pool and the house. The earth is in chaos.
Large numbers of people fled to cities surrounded by military protection and barbed wire. In cities, people's lives have returned to the past, and these cities have also brought people a sense of security. At the same time, aliens are eroding the world outside these cities.
2004 Joint Invasion of the Earth /7-hour War
Combine invaded the earth through the time gate between Xen and the earth. And through the technology used in Xen before, it created a "super army" combined with the DNA of the dominant human race.
The base area is located in 17 city. The base areas of other cities seem to exist in name only. These huge buildings became the control center of the combine harvester. Combine's army and the military weapons and vehicles used are all made here.
While fighting against Combine, human beings are also threatened by monsters from Xenian that are not controlled by Combine. Free Vodkania allied themselves with the Earth Resistance and took revenge on the United Kingdom. Those head crabs attacked everything they could find. Other monsters also attack humans and combine at the same time.
The war lasted only seven hours and United to destroy the earth. The old consul of Montenegro, Dr. Wallace Brin (the consul in Half-Life 1 is not G-MAN), arranged and managed the surrender on earth for the joint forces. In return, the United Kingdom allowed him to become a caretaker manager. Therefore, Brin became a leader in a specific category (that is, similar to Nihilanth on Xen). This helps to spread the lies of slavery on the earth and becomes a "good thing". All the densely populated cities on the earth have been destroyed. People fled to the countryside to escape the combine.
(iii) Rename the city. The rest cities are named city 1, city 2 ... city 17, city 27 and so on, which are controlled by combine harvester. The United Nations in new york City was also destroyed.
The rise of combine harvester in 2004
Wallace Brin lived on the top floor of the 17 city base and tried to suppress the rebellion. Part of his plan is to play "psychological games" with the rest of the residents on the earth and assure them that the acquisition of the joint company will maximize the interests of mankind. In fact, we have reason to believe that he may really believe his lies. He is so enthusiastic about the agreement with the combine harvester that he thinks that the conquest of the earth by the combine harvester is the satisfaction of the best interests of mankind. After the portal storm, mankind fell into chaos. Overwatch guarantees to protect people from alien creatures, and people in the whole city live in fear.
Why would Brin betray mankind? It can be said that Wallace Brin foresaw that the combine harvester would conquer mankind. In order to save his own life, he handed over human beings to combine, in exchange for his own life. He also made a deal with the United Kingdom: if the earth is handed over to the ruler of the United Kingdom, he can safely leave the earth through time and space. At this time, he used the hybrid army of combine harvester to suppress the resistance until the earth could adapt to the residence of combine harvester.
The combine started the conversion task. First, they began to replace all the air on the earth with new gases that humans can hardly breathe in. They achieve this through the "air exchange plan", which is a key element of "monitoring". Second, they established the law of inhibition field to prevent human reproduction. In this way, there will be no new human life on earth, and now these will be the last generation of human beings on earth. They also put some substances into the water that people drink, which can make people forget the past gradually, thus making them more obedient to Brin and combine them. Finally, the combine harvester began to drain the earth's oceans. These tasks are prepared by the United Company for the new residents on the earth.
(iii) The Joint Civil Defence Force (i.e. similar to the United Nations Civil Police Guard) was established. See Part II, 2.438+0 for details.
20 10 rebellion-half-life 2 (G-Man awakens Gordon)
The Human Resistance Organization is Gordon's first official mission and his second mission under the supervision of G-MAN. G-MAN awakens Gordon from the "slow time warp" and sends him to perform a task. As soon as Gordon was discovered, Wallace Brin put him on the list of top pursuit and execution.
Gordon continues to escape from Combine to Nova Prospekt(Nova means "new" and Prosperkt means promising). There are a large number of United rebels here, much larger than in the past. Wallace Brin and United Watchers frantically suppressed the riots that spread in the chaotic city 17. And the whole base area has become a complete attack mode, and Combine's troops are all over the streets. Refugees from Vortigaunt in Xen also reached an alliance with local residents. G-MAN foresaw the adventure that Gordon would go through and helped Gordon when necessary.
[b] the decline of [B]20 10/0 combine
At the end of half-life 2, you finished your task and destroyed your goal, that is, the base of combine harvester in 17 city. Although I don't know how Combine is based on the whole earth, with the destruction of the base camp, they are leaderless. The guards have no command or reinforcements, and they can only be disposed of by rebel groups. After the surplus army of combine harvester was destroyed, combine harvester did not exist on the earth. At this point, Gordon's task is completed, and he returns to "slow time and space" to wait for the next task.
What does this mean for combine harvesters?
For Combine, there are two ways, one is to continue to attack the earth through the portal of time and space, re-establish the leadership position, and the other is to give up the earth. I think they will continue to attack the earth as a political action to show other planets and galaxies that they are invincible. But one thing is certain: Combine is not extinct, they have more troops in other multidimensional spaces and planets, and their empire is still expanding through ruthless attacks on the earth and other planets such as Xen.
What did Gordon accomplish?
Gordon ended the combine's rule on the earth and gave it a second personal blow. Let the United States know that human beings also have the power to resist powerful empires, and the United States is not indestructible. Man is free again.
Why did G-MAN give Gordon this task?
The author thinks that G-MAN is the agent of the "Star Rebel Alliance" (G-MAN appears in human form), trying to rebel the ruthless joint empire that existed before the half-life 1 This rebel alliance has incredible technology, which gives G-MAN the power to control time and space. G-MAN lures the combine to the earth through resonance cascade. Maybe he used the earth as a battlefield to divert our attention from other events. It is possible that he thinks only Gordon Freeman can beat the combine. In fact, Gordon also liberated another race: Xenians. So this is also his second heavy blow to the combination. Ironically, Gordon didn't realize it himself. I don't think G-MAN is the future Gordon Freeman.
the second part
What is a combine harvester?
Union, also known as Synth or cosmic alliance, is a cruel empire that invaded other planets in order to extract resources, technology, knowledge and energy. As a race, Combine is a combination of other races they conquered. Through genetic technology, biochemical engineering and electronic cultivation, Combine is basically a superior race that combines the advantages of other ethnic groups destroyed by them. From the events of Xen and Earth, we can see that the technology of Combine is very advanced, systematic and powerful.
The manpower of the night watchman of combine harvester is the main force of combine harvester on the earth. This unit is specially used against the earth army. It is an advantage for these troops, because they can wander freely between cities built by human beings and use human weapons and tools. Human residents are also happy to become joint guards and guards. Because the combine harvester ensures that they can get a high quality of life and eat good food, but they must work and serve the combine harvester. The soldiers who fought Gordon in HL2 did not represent the residents of the combine. The joint forces also use advanced joint biochemical technologies, which have not been developed by A.I., such as ramblers, ramblers and scanners (some of which may have been conquered by the joint forces).
What's the relationship between Xen monster and Combine?
During the Portal Storm, two races were simultaneously transported to Earth. Xen has officially conquered the races that United to conquer before conquering the earth. When the combine harvester was developed on the earth, they found that they could make good use of these Xen monsters as biochemical weapons. The combine harvester loaded several head crabs into shells and launched them into rebel areas. This can be achieved by the head crab without any alert deployment.
What is a civil protection unit?
This includes the strength of a large number of United soldiers, with the aim of maintaining order in the city with powerful strategies. Secret police similar to Stalinism in the former Soviet Union. Civil protection units imprisoned and executed those who opposed Wallace Brin in society.
What other combinations are there besides Overwatch?
Watchmen soldiers are made by improving human skulls and instilling biochemistry. The picture shows the guards.
Other humans unfit for combat were converted into stalkers or human slaves to work for Combine. The one in the photo is a stalker
Combine hopes to transform all human beings on the earth into human slaves and guards, and eventually enslave the whole human race. So what does the combination look like? We can see Wallace Brin twice in the video communication of the game. Below is a screenshot.
Another one is extracted from the game by modifying the tool.
You can see that the combine harvester is a chubby creature that looks a bit like a slug.
Why didn't anyone in HL2 tell you what happened in the past few years?
Because they think you already know this. It's like telling American soldiers who are fighting in Afghanistan about the 9 1 1 incident. You assume that they know what happened, because it obviously happened in his life, and more importantly, he is fighting the people who planned these attacks. So you think he already knows. This is why 17 everyone in this city assumes that you have experienced the portal storm, because this event has changed the whole world and affected everyone so strongly. In addition, people began to forget to conquer the portal storm and unite, because their drinking water added substances that can make people forget the past.
What is slow time warping?
Remember in HL2, a week after you left Nova Prospekt, you and Alyx came to Dr. Kleiner's laboratory through the portal of combine harvester? This is an example of slow time warping. He allows objects to be transported to the future or the past. These time warps are exactly what G-MAN uses to put Gordon to sleep until he has a task.
So who's Gordon Freeman?
He is just an ordinary man. In fact, he is a very clever ordinary person. Freeman was born in Seattle. Gordon is obsessed with teleportation. After receiving his Ph.D. degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology on 1999, he stayed at the Austrian Institute of Physical Experiments for a short time, and then went to the research facility in Hemesa, New Mexico on May 5, 2000. He works for G-MAN now, and sleeps without tasks.
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