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Pegcrab
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I think that the combine isn't the only interdimentional super-power, I think there are more factions fighting for control.
There is a lot of evidence in Half-Life and Half-Life 2 that Xen is used as a kid of pit stop for teleporters, they go through Xen before reaching thier final destination. I think that once the Combine controlled it, they pretty much could control their enemies ability to teleport. This caused all the other factions to panic and band together to find a solution, after all, it's hard to wage inter-dimentional war without the ability to teleport between the dimentions.
One of these super powers is neutral - it gains power and influence by taking contracts from the other factions and playing them against each other. They are payed with eiter money, cabinet seats in the faction's goverments, or entire planets, depending on the job. The G-Man represents this faction. He completes jobs he is given, but rarely gets his hands dirty. He usually looks for subjects that will do his job for him by placing them in situations where they have really no choice at all, or would do it by themselves, willingly, like how Gordon kills Nihilanth and destroys the Citadel.
After the Combine take control of Xen, the other factions unite and try to attack Xen. However, the combination of the Combine forces as well as the Xen geography causes them to fail, again and again. In desperation they contact the Mercenary Faction and ask for help.
The G-Man is tasked with finding a way to overthrow the Combine control of Xen. He knows that there is no hope of doing so using 'champions' from the different faction, so he travels to a tiny planet that has been overlooked by them all - Earth. He travels to every major nation on the planet, looking for someone who could overthrow the Combine on Xen. We know from OF that the G-Man followed Colonel Shepard's unit closely, so I can assume he decided that they would be the right men for the job. And so the G-Man arranges form the resonance cascade to happen. Shepard's plane is shot down however, and most of his unit is killed. The G-man sees that Shepard in indeed very capable, and doesn't let him evacuate with the rest of the soldiers. What the G-Man didn't expect was for Gordon Freeman to show more promise then Shepards unit. I think it was only by chance that Freeman was where he was when the cascade happened, and I think that's what suprised the G-Man the most. Freeman showed amazing potential and ended up killing Nihilanth instead of Shepard. Shepard and Freeman are both kept in stasis.
Meanwhile, the Combine control of Xen falls apart, as Nihilanth was their representetive there, without him they had very little control over the native Xenians. The faction that the G-Man represents decideds to forget the contract they made this the faction rebelling against the combine, and take Xen for themselves ("the borderworld is now under control by the goverment I represent"). This action causes them to lose influence inside all the other factions. They now use Xen as an interdimentional toll booth - you can still get where ever you want, but you have to pay a tax. They still act as a mercenary service, but less then before. They are willing to sell mercenaries to other factions, to do with them as they will, meaning that the mercenaries don't have to do jobs anymore, they will just be released to whichever faction is willing to pay the most for them.
The Combine are obviously pissed after loosing control of Xen, and take over Earth to take revenge on th humans, and hopefully find Freeman and make him pay.
Now, for my little G-Man theory. The G-Man is not happy with the desicion to take over Xen. He reports that Shepard was killed, and hides him and a few more of his mercenaries, waiting for a chance to take over the faction he works for and return the old status qou.
The resistance make contact with the G-Man and cut a deal with him - he can take any soldier of theirs he wants in exchange for Freeman. The G-Man takes this offer, even though he was offered more money and power by all the other factions, because he firmly belives that humans are unpredictable, and are the best soldiers, and any human soldier he gets will help him in his revolution. Secretly, he has plans for Gordon. He also thinks that one of his strongest assests is Shepard, his employers think he's dead, and he's shown he's capable enough.
At the end of Half Life 2, the citadel explodes. For the G-Man, this is a dream come true. He tells his employers Gordon is dead, and puts him in stasis.
I think in Half Life 3 we will see Gordon fighting along Shepard and any suriving characters from Half-Life 2 fighting the G-Man's revolution, and helping him kill his employers. I think Gordon may take on the G-Man at the end, fearing that he will be put into stasis again.
I'm sorry I made you read all that. I hope this is makes sense.
There is a lot of evidence in Half-Life and Half-Life 2 that Xen is used as a kid of pit stop for teleporters, they go through Xen before reaching thier final destination. I think that once the Combine controlled it, they pretty much could control their enemies ability to teleport. This caused all the other factions to panic and band together to find a solution, after all, it's hard to wage inter-dimentional war without the ability to teleport between the dimentions.
One of these super powers is neutral - it gains power and influence by taking contracts from the other factions and playing them against each other. They are payed with eiter money, cabinet seats in the faction's goverments, or entire planets, depending on the job. The G-Man represents this faction. He completes jobs he is given, but rarely gets his hands dirty. He usually looks for subjects that will do his job for him by placing them in situations where they have really no choice at all, or would do it by themselves, willingly, like how Gordon kills Nihilanth and destroys the Citadel.
After the Combine take control of Xen, the other factions unite and try to attack Xen. However, the combination of the Combine forces as well as the Xen geography causes them to fail, again and again. In desperation they contact the Mercenary Faction and ask for help.
The G-Man is tasked with finding a way to overthrow the Combine control of Xen. He knows that there is no hope of doing so using 'champions' from the different faction, so he travels to a tiny planet that has been overlooked by them all - Earth. He travels to every major nation on the planet, looking for someone who could overthrow the Combine on Xen. We know from OF that the G-Man followed Colonel Shepard's unit closely, so I can assume he decided that they would be the right men for the job. And so the G-Man arranges form the resonance cascade to happen. Shepard's plane is shot down however, and most of his unit is killed. The G-man sees that Shepard in indeed very capable, and doesn't let him evacuate with the rest of the soldiers. What the G-Man didn't expect was for Gordon Freeman to show more promise then Shepards unit. I think it was only by chance that Freeman was where he was when the cascade happened, and I think that's what suprised the G-Man the most. Freeman showed amazing potential and ended up killing Nihilanth instead of Shepard. Shepard and Freeman are both kept in stasis.
Meanwhile, the Combine control of Xen falls apart, as Nihilanth was their representetive there, without him they had very little control over the native Xenians. The faction that the G-Man represents decideds to forget the contract they made this the faction rebelling against the combine, and take Xen for themselves ("the borderworld is now under control by the goverment I represent"). This action causes them to lose influence inside all the other factions. They now use Xen as an interdimentional toll booth - you can still get where ever you want, but you have to pay a tax. They still act as a mercenary service, but less then before. They are willing to sell mercenaries to other factions, to do with them as they will, meaning that the mercenaries don't have to do jobs anymore, they will just be released to whichever faction is willing to pay the most for them.
The Combine are obviously pissed after loosing control of Xen, and take over Earth to take revenge on th humans, and hopefully find Freeman and make him pay.
Now, for my little G-Man theory. The G-Man is not happy with the desicion to take over Xen. He reports that Shepard was killed, and hides him and a few more of his mercenaries, waiting for a chance to take over the faction he works for and return the old status qou.
The resistance make contact with the G-Man and cut a deal with him - he can take any soldier of theirs he wants in exchange for Freeman. The G-Man takes this offer, even though he was offered more money and power by all the other factions, because he firmly belives that humans are unpredictable, and are the best soldiers, and any human soldier he gets will help him in his revolution. Secretly, he has plans for Gordon. He also thinks that one of his strongest assests is Shepard, his employers think he's dead, and he's shown he's capable enough.
At the end of Half Life 2, the citadel explodes. For the G-Man, this is a dream come true. He tells his employers Gordon is dead, and puts him in stasis.
I think in Half Life 3 we will see Gordon fighting along Shepard and any suriving characters from Half-Life 2 fighting the G-Man's revolution, and helping him kill his employers. I think Gordon may take on the G-Man at the end, fearing that he will be put into stasis again.
I'm sorry I made you read all that. I hope this is makes sense.
) is that the combine appear to be a cold and rational force. I don’t see them as being subject emotions like revenge or punishment. I think every action they execute is the one that improves their condition the most. They would never sidetrack to do something that wouldn’t be the most efficient use of their power. They hunt freeman during the game because they know that he poses a huge risk… so it’s certainly in their best interest throw a lot at him. They are more like a force of nature then a humanlike intelligence. That’s how I perceived them anyway. Something has to be totally inhuman to make stalkers.
