City 17

"We should thank Our Benefactors for giving us respite from this overpowering force. They have thrown a switch and ######### our demons in a single stroke. They have given us the strength we never could have summoned to overcome this compulsion. They have given us purpose. They have turned our eyes toward the stars." Addressing citizens' concerns about the Combine negating human reproduction.[src] The Combine, abbreviated as CMB and referred to as "Our Benefactors"[2] in propaganda, is the title of an immense and powerful inter-dimensional organization, composed of a massive variety of both allied and ######## species. It is the main antagonist of Half-Life 2. The goal of the Combine is to build an inter-dimensional Empire known as the Universal Union and dominate the Multiverse.[3]