The Mystery of The Dropship | Combine Dropship | FULL Half-Life Lore

The Combine Dropship is a fan favourite in the Half-Life community. It's origin is a mystery, and it is one of the most important weapons in The Combine arsenal. We know that its main function was to bring in reinforcements, but what else was it used for?
What was this creature originally? How was it adapted and used by The Combine, and how different could it have been if Valve had gone into a slightly different direction during the development of Half-Life 2? In this video, we explore the lore and story behind The Dropship in Half-Life 2.
Timestamps
00:00 Introduction
01:23 Origin of The Dropship
04:54 The Combine's Adaptation & Implementation of The Dropship
09:21 Legacy
10:21 Beta & Behind The Scenes
12:17 Closing Thoughts
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[@Skyrionn]

Which is your favourite Combine unit? This video does contain theory and speculation. Would you like to see more content like this?

[@effingBEEFY]

Maybe Strider, or Hunter-Chopper

[@monsieurcharlatan7772]

My favourite is the Strider or Hunter. They are cool.

[@Street_Mouze]

The Strider or the combine shotgun soldier

[@Xakaion]

Suppressor.

[@OperatorKowalski]

The ground units, mostly the Grunts, Ordinals and Default OTA soldiers.

[@samuelantoniocastillomeza5034]

For a being that doesn't attacks on it's own, the presence of a Dropship sure inspires dread for what it might be carrying around.

[@Skyrionn]

I know right!

[@crazysauce1423]

Facts

[@jd_kreeper2799]

It does have a gun

[@samuelantoniocastillomeza5034]

@@jd_kreeper2799 The gun is on the container that carries soldiers. If you destroy the container, the gun is also lost and the dropship becomes harmless by itself.

[@INFILTR8US]

sure*

[@Michi_Exiled]

GUORDEN, THE DROPSHIP'S COMING RIGHT FOR US - famous last words

[@aguyonyt1]

AAAAAAAAAAAA *explosion*

[@Buzzle69]

Very dark and gritty

[@Michi_Exiled]

@@Buzzle69 dark and griddy

[@flammablegoodness1168]

"The HL2-Beta is dark and gritty." The HL2-Beta:

[@sergeyveryreal]

gordon who are you get out of the citadel

[@AshleySOAD]

Half Life 2 really had some of the best subtle worldbuilding of any game ive ever played

[@themrfives]

Your profile pic is amazing.

[@AshleySOAD]

@@themrfives lol thank you :D

[@Jacy-dx6dx]

​@@AshleySOAD *T o A S t*

[@bensadfleck9972]

honestly it's one of the reasons im glad they didnt go for the old Alpha style with the cremators and child factories. It was so over the top and not subtle at all. At first glance it doesn't look that bad but when you really dive into it you realize how truly terrifying the combine really is

[@avocadopuree7652]

I feel like the drop ship species may not be sentient but they could’ve just been a random deep sea dwelling species on a moon or planet like Europa. If elephants or rhinos were a more hardy species or if they all didn’t go extinct in the half life universe, I’d imagine the combine would turn them into some badass piece of war machinery :)

[@Skyrionn]

Interesting thought

[@ezrabraman6437]

Elephants and rhinos are extinct in half life? Where did you hear this I have never heard it mentioned

[@S.T.A.L.K.E.Renjoyer]

@@ezrabraman6437 The only animals wee see in half life 2 are birds and thats pretty much it and the wasteland outside of cities isnt really suited for earths fauna/creatures.

[@buerert]

the Europan Hookmouth is a synth confirmed??

[@sebaprime6411]

@@S.T.A.L.K.E.Renjoyer there's cats and rats in alyx, and honestly you don't see other animals than birds in the coast IRL too frequently

[@MalleusSemperVictor]

"Hey, we got teleportation technology. Shouldn't we use that?" "No. Deploy the Space Whales."

[@ClearAndDumb]

Well, to be fair. Judith Mossman (Spoilers for HL2, sorta.) Did say that The Combine rely on local transportation when on Earth, hence the APC's (The cars that use the machine gun and rockets.) And dropships, this also includes the Construction Striders. They're figuring out transportation (In the part where you fight against The Combine Elites, with Alyx and with the extra set of Combine Turrets.) However, it takes a while (As it takes a week apparently, this is the part where you get into the teleporter with Alyx.) And plus, Space Whales is more funnier and cuter.

[@pravkdey]

My head cannon is the combine figured out long range teleportation, such as from their home world to the citadel like at the end of two, but their shorter range teleportation was still wonky, like the nova prospekt teleporter taking a week to go a distance Gordon went by in around a day and a half and mostly on foot. It explains why they invaded earth in the first place. I think they first realized we figured out teleportation so they wanted to wipe us out to remove the competition, but when they realized we figured out local teleportation (like those teleporting orbs in HL1) the realized they hit the jackpot but couldn't wipe us out completely otherwise the technology would be lost. Imo this is the deal Breen made with them to spare Earth. He was an administrator at black Mesa so he wouldn't know the science behind it but he'd know they could teleport small and large distances. That was enough for the combine to stave off full on extermination for a while at least

[@ClearAndDumb]

@@pravkdey I like to think he used the Displacer Cannon from Opposing Force as base evidence for this. And was simply stalling them with his previous employees, Kleiner, Eli, such as else. Even Gordon Freeman, which is probably why the Combine Overwatch seems to remember who Freeman even is. (Of course, not physically, just how smart Black Mesa Employees were.)

[@4TheWinQuinn]

You guys are pretty much correct. It’s actually the established lore that the combine can teleport dimensionally, but not locally. They are rumoured to have sensors that can detect dimensional rift activity, that’s why when the resonance cascade happened at Black Mesa the combine immediately saw Earth as a juicy target. Opening all those portals to Xen was literally like putting the one ring on right in front of Sauron 😆. Anyway, in all the worlds they had conquered they still hadn’t figured out local teleportation tech, that’s why when they realised we had somewhat figured it out they started working with Breen and Mossman rather than just murdering everyone and stripping the earth (completely) bare etc. Thats also why they were SO SO SO interested in the Borealis ship. (The ship which had all the Teleportation technology on it that disappeared!!!) If I remember correctly Episode 3 was going to be about a sort of race between the resistance and the combine to see who could find the Borealis first, which would have been cool. Anyway hope this cleared some stuff up for you ! 🙂

[@caav56]

@@4TheWinQuinn We see one Combine local teleporter in Nova Prospekt. It's gigantic, consumes fuckton of power, takes eternity to recharge and was known to have side effects.

[@TheSupremeDuck]

8:36 rebel really just did a 360 rpg noscope

[@wizardmon1337]

Man, what a gamer.

[@mahuba2553]

definetly one of the things i love about the dropship the most is its biological engine, it screams from so faraway and has such a deep tone, what could be powering this creature?

[@origami83]

maybe it scream in pain

[@Spooglecraft]

@@origami83 considering the combine, i doubt they'd have left it able to scream in pain

[@origami83]

@@Spooglecraft true

[@theulmateunit648]

@@Spooglecraftlikely because they made them not feel pain

[@concept5631]

​@@origami83Dutch flag

[@paxtondionne331]

The 8:35 360 rocket launcher shot really got me 😂

[@Skyrionn]

They were just showing off

[@SplatLue19]

I was surprised myself that such an inconspicuous enemy can have so much behind him, I admit that the earlier concepts looked even more terrifying, and in general I hope that in the next Half-life games (if they come out) we will see different types of this creature as well as its greater use.

[@joshuagunderson6593]

It’s absolutely insane how much effort devs used to put into games.

[@Gxaps]

And still do

[@srdjanrikic978]

More than devs do today, hell even half life 1 had cockroaches with thought out behavior and "ai"

[@Gxaps]

@@srdjanrikic978Cockroaches are one feature that the devs chose to work on. If you quantify the work put into games, it's about the same nowadays.

[@srdjanrikic978]

@@Gxaps that's the problem. Half life came out in the late 90s and now we're in the early 2020s and the behavior of the game entities /npcs is either the same or worse.

[@Slop_Dogg]

don’t blame developers. programmers, writers, artists, musicians & designers are still putting everything into these games that come out- they’re just being given less time & resources for increasingly larger scopes. it’s the publishers demands that make games worse.

[@PelemusMcSoy]

The fact we don't know much about this species is sad on a meta level. This poor thing's history and culture (assuming it's sentient) have effectively been wiped out; it is nothing more than an organic tool to be used by ruthless and uncaring conquerors.

[@AAZ-yu5ss]

Humanity would’ve ended up like the drop ship had it not been for Freeman…… merely just another disposable, perverted tool of the Combine to conquer more worlds to defile the inhabitants of.

[@jacobj3933]

Too much pity not enough it's a cool animal used for warfare.

[@dinoluka11]

Doubt it was sentient. Probably smth like a whale or deep sea creature that feeds on planktons.

[@jamesbaker3153]

It doesnt exist...

[@JackFoxtrotEDM]

A lot of people don't realize that the "creatures" of the combine are not actual creatures, but synthetically made using the biological design of the original creatures (hence the term "synth"). Striders, gunships, dropships, hunters, etc. are all built/produced using the original designs. Maybe they're grown in some ways, but it's hard to tell.

[@olivercharles2930]

still creatures

[@Combinehuntsmanunit]

The combine could theoretically Use the most intelligent or strong of the original species and use its dna to grow near identical copies and repeat constantly until they reach the perfect evolution for the combine, they would have to fit the mechanical stuff in the creatures in the growing process so the synths body adapts to the attachment without needing surgery. I don’t think the combine can just make creatures but they most likely can grow them and selectively breed them

[@pravkdey]

At first I would've disagreed based on stalkers which were directly made from humans but that could just be the combine jury rigging something that was readily and abundantly available on earth, and the psychological aspect of it. But if the combine really are galactic or universal conquerors they would need to mass produce their war machines pretty quickly, so artificially making them like u said makes sense. I doubt there are combine dropship farmers tending herds of those guys until they're grown enough for synthin' haha.

[@Combinehuntsmanunit]

@@pravkdey stalkers are just humans but instead of the combine having a death penalty or having prisons they turn captured rebels that cannot be brainwashed or have been particularly devastating to the combine into stalkers. Also in nova prospect at some point on a monitor you see someone being turned into a soldier, to me it looks like they turn rebels into soldiers (or at least some)

[@Poopenfarden]

These advisors making wack in the citadel rn

[@ozvoid1245]

I personally have the headcannon that a majority of combine synths come from the same planet, as they all seem to retain that same crustacean/arthropod sort of features. The colors of their hard shells, the makeup of their underbellies and soft tissue, etc. I think the noises they produce may not be natural, and could be vocal modifications added to them. Seeing how similar hunter are to striders, I have reason to believe they are also related. Also, seeing that artwork of the dropships being able to walk around like crabs further solidifies my own headcannon. These creatures seem to come from a world were the most militaristically viable species seemed to be crustaceans, possibly that crustaceans were the dominant lifeform. The sharp appendages the hunter has underneath its head are also very reminiscent of crab mouths, despite all of the synths having their mouths closed/replaced.

[@jobelplayedminecraft3700]

one of the unused synths is literally called "crab synth" so i guess youre right

[@liamblack1558]

I think there are definitely parallels, but not all combine creatures are related. Note the different number of limbs- striders and hunters have three, while gunships have two, and dropships have a large but even number. In our own evolutionary history, the number of limbs present diverged Very early, and only starfish are left of the lines that used odd numbers of limbs. The crablike flesh and shell seems to be applied to all of them, suggesting it is not natural, but one very proven modification

[@TheBloxxedSanarcati]

​@@jobelplayedminecraft3700you can actually see it in half life 2 walking in the citadel

[@Srpski_inat1984]

It's a good analysis on the level of detail in HL2 lore.. Given these are units/entities one would probably forget after a time, only being encountered seldom a time in the games- it can be completely unnoticed that they're part of a well thought out and reasonable and factual existence based on the game lore... Interesting tripedal thin legged creatures.. Survived better on their home world due to whatever kinds of dangers near ground.. So many possibilities, so who really knows... I wonder why they are tripedal though.... Maybe they were originally something like jelly fish..... But tripods are best for putting all weight on the back leg, and the two in front being for stability... Very very interesting.... Perhaps they recoiled from something or used their V shaped heads to bash or something.. In regards to the strider at least... Cool cool stuff.

[@commanderpeanut8029]

I dont think they're all from the same planet but it is possible, but they've assimilated so much worlds that I dont think that the majority are from the same planet, possibly they find the crustacean-like exoskeleton armor effective for their mass produced shock troops and smaller scale logistics. They do seem to use things like Fungi and Gas Giant inhabitants as another hierarchy in the Combine too after all.

[@SunTzu544BC]

“Gordan that dropships coming right for us”

[@denifnaf5874]

AAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!

[@jonnie7891]

Love the deep cut species lore. It definitely raises more questions than answers about the many species that have been assimilated into the Combine.

[@shoebillgaming2147]

lore goes deep

[@Skyrionn]

For the most part. These are still lacking deep lore sadly!

[@user-zq2wd6mi5z]

8:36 dude hit a 360 on that combine

[@TheIrishTexan]

I'd love to see more of these based on the Gunship, Strider, Hunter and other things. I think the 'armored scanner'/minelayer might also be some kind of cyborg, it seems much more alive than the city scanners. I love pretty much all of the synth designs in Half Life's universe. They're all so strange and fascinating to imagine what they once were.

[@youtubeguy5454]

The “armoured scanner” is called the shield scanner btw (I didn’t know that until I played gmod 💀💀💀)

[@TheIrishTexan]

@@youtubeguy5454 Had a feeling I was getting it wrong, haven't heard the name in a while. Nobody ever really talks about them.

[@MatthewBester]

I still remember my first encounter with the dropship in the canals. I realised immediately it was bringing reinforcements but then had a "wait, what?" moment when I realised it was a living thing.

[@Shookiecookie-]

I'd love to see some concept art on what the biologically modified creatures of the combine looked like before they were mutilated.

[@Poodleinacan]

If I remember correctly, in the Raising the Bar book, they only talk/show the post-Combine appearance.

[@Blaze6108]

@@Poodleinacanyeah, IIRC there is a sketch of a Gunship without its armor. It looks like a cross between an insect and a fish.

[@saifshaikh3191]

Love your videos, man. When I played Half Life 2 back in 2006 I never thought there was this much to the game. I used to think drop ships were just weird flying machines and I never gave it a thought. The lore just keeps getting deeper.

[@Kano_Productions]

Dude I was born in 2006. Damn

[@MamaAki]

Playing HL2 in 2004 was mint tho :3

[@Infinitron38]

As someone with an autistic special interest in biology (and specifically palaeontology) I'm gonna put out what I think the original species of the Dropship was like. The mouth brings to mind filter-feeding species, such as baleen whales and whale sharks with both the shape and the almost grill-like features within it, and assuming that its size didn't change too much between their original form and the Combine-adapted form, this fits in with the general theme of filter feeders being relatively quite large. The grasping limbs beneath could have been used for either mating purposes or for either resting upon undersea rocks or movement upon land, they certainly seem stout enough to do so, and perhaps the "teeth" visible on them could have been there to provide greater grip than just the suction they also seem to be capable of could have done so. The hind limbs are perhaps analogous to the paddle-like limbs of Eurypterids, providing locomotion underwater before being modified from their (likely) flattened, paddle-like shape that they originally were. The other sets of limbs, the ones with the smaller thrusters between them, could have accomplished the same thing that the grasping limbs could have, before being modified into thruster limbs, or (assuming they were intelligent) could have been used for communication or manipulation. Or they could just be vestigial leftovers from their evolutionary history, given another purpose by the Combine. The very front set of limbs, the wing-tipped ones, I feel like they provided steering underwater, suggesting that original species Dropships could move at decently high speeds or could have needed to evade predators (this needing to evade something could also be why they have such thick carapaces, to further protect them from something). The softer underbelly suggests that they spend a lot of time either on the sea floor or just above it, and were able to quickly hunker down upon it to avoid being eaten. Or perhaps the shell wasn't as thick as it currently is, and was also a vestigial leftover from when they were a smaller species, but has been given strength by the Combine's genetic manipulation. They do not seem to have eyes, or any sensory organs, so maybe the Combine removed them as they deemed them unnecessary or they never had any to begin with. Maybe they found their way through water with echolocation, and now do the same in the air. That could be the sound that they make whenever you're near one, the kind of BUWOOP-WOOP sound they make.

[@owlpatrol8376]

you sound cute as hell damm

[@DONG-502]

I think they just have really small eyes like snails

[@Infinitron38]

@@owlpatrol8376 🥺 👉👈

[@thatfluffyboio788]

Hey I have the same autistic interest! I couldn't agree more and thought the same thing about the filter bristles they had on their mouths

[@randybutternubs4647]

4:14 All these years and I'm still finding out new things about this game. I never noticed it has mouths on its limbs.

[@rustynuts89836]

I always loved the way the drop ships came in, and the alarm sound they made.

[@Gator159]

Pro tip. Take cover until the drop sip is about to land then Sprint to the loading dock the combine will jump out of. They all jump out one at a time so equip your shotgun and double barrel blast them one at a time, turret will not shoot you when you are close enough. You'd be amazed how easy it is especially on hard difficulty! Sadly this strategy is very much broken and I'm amazed I don't know anyone else who tried it

[@RayLilith]

8:36 pro moves

[@Omega-jg4oq]

imagine the combine world where all the aliens and different races Slaves to the combine and are Combined and modified to be part of the Combine as well and killing others and relying on the combine to survive, probably even Gman knows how powerful they are that he needed to make contract with the likes of Gordon Freeman

[@Skyrionn]

A truly terrifying thought but something I would love Valve to explore in a future game.

[@holdenborgeau1711]

I enjoy this type of video quite a bit! The theories give a jumping off point to think about what we could go with on what could have happened to them and the solid lore bits in between help ground us! Very good!

[@recurvestickerdragon]

My favorite part of the combine was the flying synths, both so incredible and aquatic-inspired

[@ClearAndDumb]

It may not be the Manta Ray from Xen, but it sure is an awesome replacement.

[@Quick-Silver206]

I really appreciate how you use all these cool free cams and scenes that aren't just straight gameplay in your videos. It really makes your vids more interesting than just narration over base gameplay.

[@RitaMcCloud]

Yoooo! I'm so glad that you made a video on this dropship! It's one of my all time favorites! Glory to the Combine!

[@walker1432]

"Powerful suckers" - Skyrionn 2023

[@Skyrionn]

haha!

[@swiborg]

love these videos, half life and portal series are by far my fav games as i grew up w them, so these r always really really cool to watch. keep up the good work!!

[@maxhistory2000]

Always good to see more content about the Combine, thank you!

[@Zemlynn]

The sheer amount of Half-Life content you make impresses me. I really appreciate that a lot.

[@Skyrionn]

Oh there's so much more to cover too!

[@someturkishguy8638]

Very inspiring that you make these videos for us that never played the games back in the day ❤

[@siltgg]

cool! a video just when i saw your last video, love the lore and how you tell it, i really love half life and your content about it makes me happy

[@Skyrionn]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@SuperNova-uv5ws]

I wonder if the striders, gunships, and the dropships originated on the same planet. What's left of their biology looks like they could be distant relatives, or maybe the similar carapace just tricks me into thinking so? As for your question: Yes, I think some hypothesizing and such are a fun thing to have in the video, and I would like to see more of it (^_^)

[@ezrabraman6437]

The dropship and gunship especially, the strider seems almost unchanged save for a gun mounted on it, but continuing this theory, the hound eye may have also been from the same planet, it has a similar color pattern and the tripod biology definitely strikes me as similar, though how the hound eyes got from the strider homeworld to xen before the combine showed up is beyond me

[@blacktemplarbarachel3387]

That would make sense looking at the three creatures

[@ninjameow9745]

i would love to see a full lore on the combine rollermine and conscripts, great video btw

[@texugofalante5978]

Your videos are great, keep up the good work!

[@moonmoon4537]

More like these. I've always wanted to see a deeper dive into all of these synths.

[@Skyrionn]

Noted :D

[@origami83]

I love any half life related video! great work!

[@bigdaddydons6241]

I like to imagine that these guys were never aquatic animals but are from a planet or place where its atmosphere is so thick and dense that they could just swim in that. Like big flying whaleshark crabs

[@UkraineWarAwareness]

I still don't understand, if the Combine are so very incredibly technological, and are able to make higher Militaristic Variations of Mechanical or Bio-Mechanical Technologies' of other species home worlds, I don't get what the benefit of using the Combine Dropship has over the Combine Helicopter - A Helicopter which has improved Combine Technologies melded into the Helicopter along with their CPU's, Networks, and Computer technology.. The cannon appears to be the same between the Dropship and the Helicopter, both transport 4 - 8 (only 4 for Heli) troops, but the Helicopter can drop Smart Landmines. Before the Vortigaunt Mural, I always expected that the Combine used different technologies from the one's we saw during the 7 hour war, and being lower tier technology, as I always though that "Combine Higher Tier Technology" was NOT worth the Combines' Time & Resources to Deploy to Earth.. So the question is: What are the benefits of a dropship that wobbles while flying over an attack helicopter that can potentially be armed with Smart Missiles and have an Artificial Network installed..? It seems like a downgrade to me... But, perhaps I have bias cause I'm human and despite the Combine "assisting" in developing technologies such as the Combine Helicopter and Assault Rifle, I still see them as Human Technological Evolutions lol.

[@clovekslovensky5901]

I am still amazed how you do these scenes

[@pyrobytee]

8:36 360 RPG shot lmao

[@walf8099]

There's something about the music you use in these videos which gives the footage such an eerie vibe to the point where it gives goosebumps..

[@polosavage1]

This guy has the best voice for videos. I listen to his videos later at night and helps me fall asleep after I get hi

[@its1one]

Well done. I always enjoy your content. Thanks

[@w1ndt]

Another great video from you. Good job!

[@JJJinks]

I vote for more like this, little vignettes about specific things. I enjoyed it!

[@Skity_13_AF]

I never noticed how cool the dropship was. amazing video. like always.

[@agoblintrippingonhorrordus145]

The old Beta Dropship almost resembles a Horseshoe Crab, whereas the one we got looks sort of like a mix between a Lobster and a Whale Shark.

[@Skyrionn]

Thanks for that. More solidification that they are based off sea creatures

[@agoblintrippingonhorrordus145]

@Skyrionn you know, that does make me think a bit more. The Striders have some Spider Crab influences for sure, and the Barnacles are... uh... Barnacles :D Antlions might be harder to figure out, but they kinda remind me of Giant Isopods a little with their crabby, buglike appendages and affectations.

[@sonofeyeabovealleffoff5462]

I remember reading a very, very long time aho, that Valve headquarters had living fossil pets and the artist was inspired by that.

[@goodsalsa]

Little note, the Universal Union isn't an official term due to it barely being used and the lack of capitalization when the Earth Administrator Dr. Wallace Breen mentions it. So I don't know how it would do in a lore video.

[@sushivibesforever]

Good job mate, keep on going

[@helgasthazmattrooper9245]

I love your videos they are always so entertaining

[@Skyrionn]

Thanks for watching them!

[@Madam_schaffer5747]

Absolutely awesome content like always

[@destrojer124]

The home world of the dropships is probably a big dessert now, seeing it was once an ocean, and we all know what the combine do to oceans.

[@OdysseyProductions880]

This man can make me go to sleep, in a very good way not being mean at all. Your voice is just soothing to me

[@LeonVanAswegen-el2io]

Gorgeous visuals as always

[@codymcgrath2.3bviews3secon7]

I instinctively know when you have a new video at this stage. Always wondered what these things were

[@alexandrschug7125]

Hey i love your videos, keep it up And also can you make a lore behind black mesa? Thanks

[@kristapsmuravjovs7061]

Aw yiss, made a couple of sandwitches, warmed up some soup, time for some quality content to go with it - thanks for making cozy evenings like this even cozier!

[@grasshopper-ln9us]

Your videos gain my full attention each and every time

[@Skyrionn]

Good to hear!

[@Smeckeroo]

I absoloute love your half life videos I love playing them in the backround while i play games

[@DarkMinion09]

Ya know when i was little my fav games were the half life games on xbox360 never knew how much lore there was to unravel in just a few games. Glad i found the channel got to see how much lore there is behind such great games

[@ihavenoclue666]

great episode man! as always

[@Skyrionn]

Thanks for the visit

[@melkook9846]

love listening to your vids while i do the dishes haha ❤️

[@user-xl3yq6zw3r]

been waiting for this one

[@bigflops]

Love this channel. At the end of every video I feel sad that Valve abandoned one of the greatest sci-fi franchises of all time.

[@handlenottaken]

4:00 I Need a model of this now

[@ForeverNames]

GORDON THAT DROPSHIPS COMING RIGHT FOR US

[@koryaiine7393]

YES ANOTHER HALF-LIFE VIDEOS. THESE ARE MY ADDICTIONS AHHHHHH

[@yourtoastershandemover2211]

08:36 Rebel pulling a 360° RPG shot is my favorite rebel from all of these videos.

[@AhoInger]

the 360 rocket blast had me on the floor

[@buttbuttwhat1]

Great vid dude.

[@lazygabstudio]

Gordon that dropship coming right at us

[@ordinalgaming102]

cool vid as always my broda, I AM SENDING THE COMBINE FORCES TO YOUR LOCATION.

[@alpacaofthemountain8760]

Amazing video!

[@San_Jose69]

During the part about the resistance RPGs, one of the rebels did a 360 no scope on one of fhem.

[@tyelee2419]

8:36 that 360 rpg was crazy

[@FightingMachineTripod]

still waiting on hunter-choppers but i am happy with this while i wait

[@Skyrionn]

One day :D

[@cuzzumbzulzbeanz2335]

I would totally like to see more videos on the more minor enemies in the series, this was an interesting watch.

[@SmithOfGear92]

I can already hear the low, eerie hum of its engines on its way to the battlefront...

[@yoanlul]

Please make a video about the Ichthyosaurs. 🙏 I feel like they are very underrated species and they deserve the recognition as one of the most terrifying aliens in the Half-Life universe. I still get nightmares about them and I refuse to play levels that include them.

[@rokcris7313]

iirc the ichthyosaur is not an alien but just a very rare earth sea creature found in the challenger deep or something like that

[@yoanlul]

@@rokcris7313 Oh, that’s really interesting. I didn’t know that. I thought they were aliens from Xen since they could be found there. If that is the case then it’s amazing because it would make them one of Earth species that ended up inhabiting the borderworld.

[@sa-amirel-hayeed699]

​@@rokcris7313there were Earth native ichthyosaurs 250-90 million years ago. The ones in the games are just named after them. Source, half life wiki

[@denifnaf5874]

They where meant to stop you from going outa bounds but the damn leeching bastards got the job

[@yoanlul]

@@sa-amirel-hayeed699 Ah, I can see why anyone would get confused, thanks 👍

[@Luckypewpers]

ive been waiting for this!!!

[@CrysisYaDig]

nothing makes me more happy then more half life lore

[@Spaarxy]

I love your lore videos!

[@packeyrocket9365]

bro did a 360 8:35

[@celgaming7359]

This video does not deserve a dislike. It deserves many likes.

[@finodiez9227]

iirc it was confirmed by the devs that canonically the Synths are not surgically modified creatures but synthetic modified clones of said creatures. They are not modified existing creatures but mass produced androids, or so. Those are the synths (hunter, strider, dropship, gunship, crabsynth, mortarsynth, grenade scanner, etc). The combine themselves though, are the ones that are surgically modified creatures (combine soldiers, stalkers, advisors), they may or may not be bred artificially since that is not confirmed, but since it is said that advisors are, then we must assume all combines are too.

[@DONG-502]

Overwarch soldiers are transformed humans so is every other Combin creature

[@Hamlet2344]

I believe the Dropship and the Gunship come from the same planet, considering they both look very similar

[@Skyrionn]

I agree completely.

[@miolasera]

I really love these half life documentaries ❤

[@VorynDagoth]

When your technology is so advanced it borders on magic and you can travel between universes but the portal gun eludes you

[@mattcy6591]

Looks similar to the camera drone at the end of ep 2. The animation of it spilling its guts/cables is so unsettling.

[@xavier84623]

4:00 i think that also their mouth/face is inspired my manta rays. i had a manta ray toy with little filter feeding teeth that looked exactly like that.

[@gazhevski]

What did the combine use as infantry before they got humans

[@helpmekiller3670]

First dropship video known to man

[@Skyrionn]

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