Half-Life: Alyx - Quarantine Zone Combine Chatter (Custom)

Version without background noise: • Half-Life: Alyx - Quar...
I wanted to make an ambience of Combine radio chatter, from the perspective of the Ordinal (aka the Combine Captain), with the Ordinal holding a more important role as squad leader by relaying information to and from the Overwatch Voice.

[@RescoeZ]

As requested, here's a version without the background ambience kzbin.info/www/bejne/pp_Id2eNnaulbJY

[@CameraHelmet]

I like how Grunts (Echo) are shown as inexperienced initiates on the radio chatter. In the first segment the ordinal requests everyone to report and after every experienced unit reported the situation, the Ordinal had to remind Echo he needs to report too.

[@illofthem]

Combine ASMR

[@CMB_UNIVERSAL_UNION]

real

[@CG-ye7lw]

I was a comms guy in the military- the accuracy of this is pretty astounding. There are actually echelons to radio traffic that mirrors actual military radio procedures. In the military, as you send radio messages “up” (to a higher element), those elements in turn do the same. So for Charger, Bladewall, etc. to contact Ordinal (who in turn contacts Overwatch is super accurate. In addition, the implication of being unable to hear Overwatch is that they’re on a different net (or frequency), just as you wouldn’t hear radio traffic with higher elements on your radio in real life. Fascinating stuff

[@john34261]

so you're saying there's one team member let's call him commander is the only one who reports to overwatch and tells his team what overwatch needs done and the team reports to the commander and the commander reports to overwatch with what has been done and what is reguested to the team and the team can't hear overwatch while commander can?

[@ghosters1072]

After a long wait, Grunt tries to remind Ordinal of what they've been ordered to do Grunt: "Holding position, over." Ordinal: "Keep holding position. Wait for contact." Grunt: "Copy that." Grunt's getting impatient.

[@RescoeZ]

Originally I was going to have the Grunt be more obviously annoyed at being told to hold. Glad someone still picked up on it.

[@weathrman]

@@RescoeZ The tone you used was amazing.

[@Operator_V]

4:38 It's kinda terrifying how physically and mentally altered they are. The fact that they just casually accept wiping their own memories-

[@user-ky8du8lk7l]

Ngl if combine could make me forget the cringy shit I did as a 15 year old, I would accept it immediately.

[@lois3469]

In Half Life 2 episode 1, there is a dialogue cut shortly before the release of the game by Alyx: "Well, where are your friends, huh? Stripped you to the skin and left you to die? What were you waiting for? They have no more humanity than you. Got off easy. Traitor." One detail can be distinguished from this dialogue, when Alyx saw stalkers, she pitied them and said that these were people who resisted. And she calls soldiers traitors, which means that all the soldiers voluntarily decided to obey

[@Operator_V]

​@@lois3469 ...Interesting.

[@Karelwolfpup]

does make one wonder just how many times they get their "dissonance resolved" in 24 hours.

[@shcdemolisher]

@@lois3469 I mean given the horrible conditions that in-universe life is like, if you had the chance for a better life you would take it regardless. Also the fact that many of the combine were former human soldiers of the collective worlds armies, or were former rebels who sold themselves to the combine if it meant they would live. Not knowing their horrible fate.

[@fajnykapi2693]

I like how Grunts are the most human like since they have almost no personality modifications

[@the_real_Kurt_Yarish]

I enjoyed the little narrative you constructed from these voice lines. The Ordinal waiting to respond with his turn of the "numbers game" until after the Charger killed that AntiCitizen, as if he was considering it all the while directing and listening to his squadmate kill a person... paints a grim picture.

[@ansonx10]

Sounds pretty based tbh

[@jarvy251]

Ah, I think the numbers game is not a game, but a summarized biodat update, as seen at 0:40 Similar things are done in the real military. A "9-liner," for example, is a request to evacuate casualties. There's 9 datapoints, always listed in the same order, so you'll just read the 9 datapoints one after another over the radio without further description, just to be efficient. Same with a proper SITREP, which has 8 datapoints, etc The charger has 6 datapoints, because he has a shield charge, but everyone else only has 5, because they don't.

[@hansonkerman7286]

I'm really obsessed with the Combine vocoders and the Combine jargon (call it the autism resonating with these two specific concepts so hard that the consonance is like a drug) so this video

[@BoyFromBlokM]

Combine ASMR is always unexpectedly soothing.

[@cooperofchaos9225]

Surprised how much having this in the background helps things feel much less "empty"

[@stormguy1]

It is obvious that the grunts aren't fully brainwashed, the other units are way more professional.

[@BlUnTeY2004]

4:48 keep it honest and straightforward

[@Broken_Savior]

I really wish there were more of these. They've been helping me sleep lately, but I've only found one other like this. 😢

[@MenachemSchmuel]

HL2's are far more extensive than HLA's. You can just look up "half life overwatch lines" or "civil protection lines," but here's a good example from rescoe. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hHm2m4SInKdjbKM

[@stefanbecker3217]

9:10 he left the suppressor combine guy on seen

[@decimalheckery5737]

love how you can imagine the series of events as they unfold over the radio, and how they respond to eachothers actions (like the ordinal chuckling when charger successfully tricks somebody out into the open) also how their reactions are broadcast along the radio, with the chargers little "goddammit" between lure attempts

[@DustyGamma]

I feel much more relaxed now, thanks for this ambience video.

[@seifoswaglel5823]

return of the king

[@hw7889]

Nicely put together.

[@StreamwaveProduction]

TY for this. I put this on with rain ambience while I work. I really enjoy the Orwellian ambience post-coughvid.

[@Robzdefheadz]

Cool reminder that all these advanced combine units (minus the grunts) were likely moved off world after the events of half life Alyx, leaving us with only the grunt garrison units in half life 2

[@thedoruk6324]

+Robzdefheadz poor poor soldiers. The fact they will see otherworldly abominations despite keeping parts of their humanity and conscioussness intact

[@mr.bubwad5644]

This is awesome! Could you make a version without ambience like the one you did for HL2? I'd love that so much.

[@ThamkerVideos]

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[@Sub5_77]

Damn it is so well done. It feels like we're in the same squad.

[@mrsubject1]

Awesome, we need more of this

[@raptorshinryu]

Is there an equivalent of HL2's sentences.txt for HL:A? I'd love to see a full list of the possible callsigns and sentence structures for these guys.

[@shuvashisshrestha7902]

charger is asmr

[@wales2k4747]

This is just like the one you did with HL2 and I love it. I’d also love if you made one without the background ambience, would fit great for a roleplay.

[@lavetissene339]

Their voices sound like dropping marbles on a wodden table

[@echoalpha9935]

We need to get these voice lines with out the background effect

[@OBSV449]

I like it. Have you considered creating custom soundscapes? It might be a fun project for you.

[@Cowboysnake-mb9qf]

I’m using this to fall asleep somehow lmaooo

[@ETIL_]

11:38 Damn, they are straight up sadists. And unfortunately not too dissimilar to how cruel even real-life police and paramilitary forces can be. I honestly don't think the Combine would even need to mentally alter their human forces very much.

[@BlUnTeY2004]

cant lie tho there voices are cool af

[@user-CPU-APF]

Some of CP units are former inmates or mental ill or were considered such. So in some way your Statment is tru, but we know, there peaceful people and high violent even in normal citizens, some either because of drugs, money, same mental condition. Union don't see usefulness in empathy as needed, more like It was unnecessary part of human brain. So inner violence is accepted due useful in combat, as hunger or fear. Maybe even love. But not empathy.

[@Azraiel213]

The Combine: Cyberbetic turosocialism is mandatory.

[@AlexEvans-od4ir]

What does that mean?

[@ThePhantomguy321]

I needed this in my homeless life

[@ThePhantomguy321]

Thanks for all the support guys 🎉 still homeless😅 thanks though

[@ThePhantomguy321]

Things seem to be getting worse in my homeless 🏠 life 😔 good video for the common man 👟

[@indig0230]

@@ThePhantomguy321how you doing? still good?

[@vaaric]

Wallhammer saying a curse word? Thought grunts can only do that

[@chopedman]

When are you going to do half life alyx civil protection analysis?

[@markojarvinen1588]

You only see them twice in the game and they look literally the exact same as in HL2.

[@outlandspecialist5367]

Wonder what terms like biprox, audibles, shield or lightvis, or those strings of numbers mean.

[@RescoeZ]

My take is the soldiers are reporting percentages. Stimdose 32(%) might refer to some kind of stimulant soldiers take and how much they have left, daggers refers to their weapons and/or ammunition, shield I can only guess refers to their armour (as all units will mention shields), bi prox I have no idea what that refers to (bio proximity maybe?). Audibles and lightvis seems to refer to how much the soldier can hear and see. As for the r string of numbers, it’s unknown what they actually mean but in this custom scenario it’s a mental game they’re playing.

[@outlandspecialist5367]

Thank you for answering @@RescoeZ 👍

[@ektgt6303]

What does recalibration stand for?

[@RescoeZ]

Normally in gameplay I think it refers to their weapons/equipment. But in this I left it vague to suggest it’s a mental adjustment of some kind.

[@Cre_334]

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