How to Enslave Humanity in Seven Hours.
/The Seven Hour War rings a bell for many old people and fans of the magical world created by Valve nearly two decades ago, but as with any old story, the world of Half-Life was mostly forgotten as the fans continue to wait for the third chapter to come out. It is still important to remember how big of an impact the universe had on the Gaming industry and exactly why it became popular. The answer to that would be how terribly things end for all of humanity after a failure at a research facility in the New Mexico desert.
sCREENSHOT from a video game Black Mesa.
The first chapter begins with the protagonist, Gordon Freeman, an associate scientist working for a research facility “Black Mesa”, attempting to develop a teleportation device with other scientists and then activating said device which indirectly caused the interdimensional rift between two universes to open. The combine, which is a vast interdimensional empire spanning an indefinite number of universes and star systems, comprising countless species as allies and as slaves, launched an invasion force that caught the human population by surprise through the newly opened portals and overpowered all Earth’s militaries in only seven hours.
Half life 2 screenshot
Half Life: Alyx. Screenshot.
Half life 2 screenshot
As the Combine settles down, the oceans and all of Earth’s natural resources are drained, the cities are destroyed, and most species go extinct. The Combine existence is fueled by war and exploitation of foreign worlds and so they are more than qualified to enslave an entire planet and concrete their presence. The unfathomable ways through which the Combine achieve this may be considered harsher than the ways through which Nazi Germany treated its captured discriminated people.
Half life: Alyx. Poster.
The second chapter begins with Gordon entering City-17 by train and seeing the suffering people endure. The first noticeable thing to keep in mind is how many people stand by the gates waiting for their relatives or friends to come out. Some have been waiting for weeks now and most forgot whom or what they were waiting for but keep coming back. A stranger tells Gordon “They” put something in the water that makes you forget.
In game grafitti (half life 2)
Instead of bringing other races to guard Humans, the Combine begin converting those humans that prove their loyalty to the Combine Empire into brain-dead soldiers physically superior to us. Humans are best at killing humans.
Regular civilian buildings are under constant police searches and if you do not manage to open as soon as the officers knock, regardless of the reasoning, the door will be brought down, and you executed. They start with a building, then the entire block; if the police do not have a reason to search the building, they will make one. Even if you, a regular civilian, manage to survive through this barrage of constant police searches, the Combine will forcefully move you to a different city sooner or later.
By keeping the population completely disorganized, disoriented, and in constant fear, there will be no way for them to form any kind of resistance. Even if you succeed in convincing somebody to join you and never get find out, they will force you out, separate you, and make sure you forget everyone you ever knew.
Humanity is on “life support.” It is an organism that the Combine wants to exploit for its natural resources and the only reason Humanity has not been completely purged is the Combine has a limited grasp of local teleportation and attempts to find the humans that will make it possible. While the Combine can teleport between universes, they have not been successful in finding a way to teleport between locations in the same universe. Humanity is an asset, and the Combine is not letting it live, but keeping it alive.
Half life: alyx. Screenshot.
Half life: alyx. Screenshot.
Will humanity ever set itself free? In such a world, I do not believe so. Combine’s ultimate goal is to enslave and control the entire Multiverse, combining it into one union. They control an immeasurable number of stars and universes; losing Earth to the Combine would feel the same as a kennel proclaiming independence within the United States to us. Unless humans figure out a way to deny the Combine entering the universe, there is no plausible way for Earth to keep its independence.
Written by Maddie Tim Fox
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Half life: Alyx. G-Man screenshot.
