Would the Combine Beat the Galatic empire?

[The Manifesto]

Since the new Half life alyx is coming up we knew that the combine have flying monstrosity ships and mini pulse canons, deadly dark matter weapons and brain washed army that they can capture enemies soldiers and research then and convert them to fight with them.

The galactic empire does have deadly weapons that may destroy the combine defences and do have Sith lords and multiple ships. But the combine do have slug babies that do have telekinesis and have the force of crushing things.

And also do have the gman as he is the God of the whole universe. As it been stated the advisors are non hatched slugs that prevented and don't want to hatch if they do hatch they can take any form of appearance. And that's what the combine advisors did.

I say I will be going with the combine. They have numbers and I mean alit of numbers and they can do deadly things beside converting units to their side but when it comes to with lords they may have found a deadly prize they can use in their disposal.

[Sovereign]

The Combine would win through sheer numbers and resources alone, regardless of the tech or weapons of either side. The Combine dwarfs the Galactic Empire many millions of times over.

Also the G-Man is neither a god nor aligned with the Combine, he's neutral.

[Oswin]

It really just depends because to me that would be equally matched. They couldn't really do anything with the death star since the combine doesn't t really have a home base. It just really depends on who overwhelms each other but here is one thing would they join forces to defeat the resistance and the rebel alliance or would they join forces to defeat combine and the galactic empire.

[Flop]

tbh I think any battle they fought in would end in a stalemate

[Kolibria]

Originally posted by Sovereign:

The Combine would win through sheer numbers and resources alone, regardless of the tech or weapons of either side. The Combine dwarfs the Galactic Empire many millions of times over.

Also the G-Man is neither a god nor aligned with the Combine, he's neutral.

[The Manifesto]

Originally posted by Sovereign:

The Combine would win through sheer numbers and resources alone, regardless of the tech or weapons of either side. The Combine dwarfs the Galactic Empire many millions of times over.

Also the G-Man is neither a god nor aligned with the Combine, he's neutral.

The gman is an Combine Advisor, the real word is "Shu'ulathoi" they are..well.. imagine an egg, that their life goal is to hatch, they would have the choice of becoming any known creature kown to man with powers of an god....thats the gman he is an Shu'ulathoi, the combine advisors, prevented themselves from hatching

[Sovereign]

Originally posted by Legλcy LeXSton:

Originally posted by Sovereign:

The Combine would win through sheer numbers and resources alone, regardless of the tech or weapons of either side. The Combine dwarfs the Galactic Empire many millions of times over.

Also the G-Man is neither a god nor aligned with the Combine, he's neutral.

The gman is an Combine Advisor, the real word is "Shu'ulathoi" they are..well.. imagine an egg, that their life goal is to hatch, they would have the choice of becoming any known creature kown to man with powers of an god....thats the gman he is an Shu'ulathoi, the combine advisors, prevented themselves from hatching

None of that is canon. Also "Shu'ulathoi" is just their name in the Vorts language. What they call themselves is unknown.

[Planetfall Survivor X]

Originally posted by Legλcy LeXSton:

Originally posted by Sovereign:

The Combine would win through sheer numbers and resources alone, regardless of the tech or weapons of either side. The Combine dwarfs the Galactic Empire many millions of times over.

Also the G-Man is neither a god nor aligned with the Combine, he's neutral.

The gman is an Combine Advisor, the real word is "Shu'ulathoi" they are..well.. imagine an egg, that their life goal is to hatch, they would have the choice of becoming any known creature kown to man with powers of an god....thats the gman he is an Shu'ulathoi, the combine advisors, prevented themselves from hatching

G-Man gets Freeman out of stasis to fight the Combine. How is that being Combine or on their side or neutral? Don't know what the guy's deal is. Weird interdimensional mercenary handler.

To nerd out some too though, the Empire would crush the combine.
The Combine use kinetic weapons, the Empire has shields and armor that are designed for laser fights. I'm not sure if the Combine would even survive a planetary bombardement by the Imperial Navy. Anything ground battle related can get problematic for the Empire, after all they struggled with Ewoks, so here the Combine might hold their own for a while.

The Empire should fear "the soldier scientist" though.

[Sovereign]

Originally posted by Planetfall Survivor X:

Originally posted by Legλcy LeXSton:

The gman is an Combine Advisor, the real word is "Shu'ulathoi" they are..well.. imagine an egg, that their life goal is to hatch, they would have the choice of becoming any known creature kown to man with powers of an god....thats the gman he is an Shu'ulathoi, the combine advisors, prevented themselves from hatching

G-Man gets Freeman out of stasis to fight the Combine. How is that being Combine or on their side or neutral? Don't know what the guys deal is. Weird interdimensional mercenary handler.

To nerd out some too though, the Empire would crush the combine.
The Combine use kinetic weapons, the Empire has shields and armor that are designed for laser fights. I'm not sure if the Combine would even survive a planetary bombardement by the Imperial Navy. Anything ground battle related can get problematic for the Empire, after all they struggled with Ewoks, so here the Combine might hold their own for a while.

The Empire should fear "the soldier scientist" though.

How could a galactic empire "crush" the universal union? We're literally talking about one galaxy vs millions. I'm a big Empire fanboy but they simply wouldn't stand a chance, it's basic maths here.

P.S: Most Combine weapons fire dark energy plasma, not kinetic rounds.

[Kolibria]

Originally posted by Sovereign:

Originally posted by Planetfall Survivor X:

G-Man gets Freeman out of stasis to fight the Combine. How is that being Combine or on their side or neutral? Don't know what the guys deal is. Weird interdimensional mercenary handler.

To nerd out some too though, the Empire would crush the combine.
The Combine use kinetic weapons, the Empire has shields and armor that are designed for laser fights. I'm not sure if the Combine would even survive a planetary bombardement by the Imperial Navy. Anything ground battle related can get problematic for the Empire, after all they struggled with Ewoks, so here the Combine might hold their own for a while.

The Empire should fear "the soldier scientist" though.

How could a galactic empire "crush" the universal union? We're literally talking about one galaxy vs millions. I'm a big Empire fanboy but they simply wouldn't stand a chance, it's basic maths here.

P.S: Most Combine weapons fire dark energy plasma, not kinetic rounds.

Once again, agreeing here. Consider that the combine literally dropped citadels unto earth, and the explosion caused by gordon completely leveled a city. Imagine launching a weaponized version at a fleet. That and yeah, Universal Union.

[Planetfall Survivor X]

Originally posted by TCE Nomad:

Originally posted by Sovereign:

How could a galactic empire "crush" the universal union? We're literally talking about one galaxy vs millions. I'm a big Empire fanboy but they simply wouldn't stand a chance, it's basic maths here.

P.S: Most Combine weapons fire dark energy plasma, not kinetic rounds.

Once again, agreeing here. Consider that the combine literally dropped citadels unto earth, and the explosion caused by gordon completely leveled a city. Imagine launching a weaponized version at a fleet. That and yeah, Universal Union.

Citadels are big targets for Tie-Bomber strafing runs. Don't even bother warming up
the Star Destroyers weaponary. Empire also has Ion weapons, which should be able to disable anything the Combine could bring to the fight. Add expanded, sorry -- legendary -- Star Wars
stuff like X-1 Viper Automadon, World Devastators and Shadow Droids and I can't see
the Combine faring so well.
Combine might have the numbers, but the Empire seems to have technological superiority,
thus possessing military capabilities that dwarf the Combine's.
If Combine ships and tripods can be downed by mere earth brand rocket launchers,
how are they supposed to withstand an Imperial assault?
You are right about the dark energy plasma rounds Combine vehicles seem to utilize,
but I still doubt that that can make a difference. On the ground maybe, but again, Empire's advantage here is death from above.

[The Manifesto]

Originally posted by Planetfall Survivor X:

Originally posted by TCE Nomad:

Once again, agreeing here. Consider that the combine literally dropped citadels unto earth, and the explosion caused by gordon completely leveled a city. Imagine launching a weaponized version at a fleet. That and yeah, Universal Union.

Citadels are big targets for Tie-Bomber strafing runs. Don't even bother warming up
the Star Destroyers weaponary. Empire also has Ion weapons, which should be able to disable anything the Combine could bring to the fight. Add expanded, sorry -- legendary -- Star Wars
stuff like X-1 Viper Automadon, World Devastators and Shadow Droids and I can't see
the Combine faring so well.
Combine might have the numbers, but the Empire seems to have technological superiority,
thus possessing military capabilities that dwarf the Combine's.
If Combine ships and tripods can be downed by mere earth brand rocket launchers,
how are they supposed to withstand an Imperial assault?
You are right about the dark energy plasma rounds Combine vehicles seem to utilize,
but I still doubt that that can make a difference. On the ground maybe, but again, Empire's advantage here is death from above.

Just note that the combine took over earth just in 7 hours

[Sovereign]

Originally posted by Planetfall Survivor X:

Originally posted by TCE Nomad:

Once again, agreeing here. Consider that the combine literally dropped citadels unto earth, and the explosion caused by gordon completely leveled a city. Imagine launching a weaponized version at a fleet. That and yeah, Universal Union.

Citadels are big targets for Tie-Bomber strafing runs. Don't even bother warming up
the Star Destroyers weaponary. Empire also has Ion weapons, which should be able to disable anything the Combine could bring to the fight. Add expanded, sorry -- legendary -- Star Wars
stuff like X-1 Viper Automadon, World Devastators and Shadow Droids and I can't see
the Combine faring so well.
Combine might have the numbers, but the Empire seems to have technological superiority,
thus possessing military capabilities that dwarf the Combine's.
If Combine ships and tripods can be downed by mere earth brand rocket launchers,
how are they supposed to withstand an Imperial assault?
You are right about the dark energy plasma rounds Combine vehicles seem to utilize,
but I still doubt that that can make a difference. On the ground maybe, but again, Empire's advantage here is death from above.

Again even if we pretend the Empire has better tech (they don't) and stronger weapons (they don't), they still would never win. We're not just talking about superior numbers here, we're literally talking about over 100 trillion to 1. For example: even if a Imperial-class or Resurgent-class Destroyer could out gun a typical Combine warship (given that we know nothing about the Combine's space fleets) they could still never outlast their infinite numbers and resources.

Also I wouldn't be throwing shade at Combine gunships and striders, they require over half a dozen direct hits from guided rockets to kill. Standard imperial walkers and Ties require only 1.

Almost all Combine weapons we see in HL2 are dark energy based, not just vehicle mounted ones.

[Planetfall Survivor X]

Originally posted by Legλcy LeXSton:

Just note that the combine took over earth just in 7 hours

Earth is pitiful. Headcrabs could conquer earth.

[Planetfall Survivor X]

Originally posted by Sovereign:

Almost all Combine weapons we see in HL2 are dark energy based, not just vehicle mounted ones.

Combine soldiers drop shotguns, sub-machine guns that miss so badly that they make every Stormtrooper look like Robin Hood and a 30 shot-a-clip "assault" rifle with a grenade launcher designed by Acme.

Further, regular earth made concrete provides perfect cover from barrages of Striders and
flying space monster ships. How are they supposed to penetrate Imperial shields or armor?

[Sovereign]

Originally posted by Planetfall Survivor X:

Originally posted by Sovereign:

Almost all Combine weapons we see in HL2 are dark energy based, not just vehicle mounted ones.

Combine soldiers drop shotguns, sub-machine guns that miss so badly that they make every Stormtrooper look like Robin Hood and a 30 shot-a-clip "assault" rifle with a grenade launcher designed by Acme.

Further, regular earth made concrete provides perfect cover from barrages of Striders and
flying space monster ships. How are they supposed to penetrate Imperial shields or armor?

The Combine co-opt and assimilate any local tech they might find useful or convenient. Usage of earth guns like the MP7 and SPAS-12 is not standard issue, the vast majority of Combine weapons are dark energy based.

HL2 does not have dynamic environmental destruction, so that wouldn't serve as a realistic depiction of weapon penetration. Besides bows and arrows and and swinging logs could penetrate imperial armour, so I think even light Combine units like striders will be fine.
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Anyway your kinda ignoring my main point here. Their weapons and tech simply don't matter, the Empire is just too tiny to fight the Combine and win in a straight war. We're talking about a force that has conquered and assimilated entire universes, millions of advanced civilisations over the course of eons, destroying galactic empires is basically the Combines whole "thing".