Combine Radio Chatter Meaning

[Sigmund ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Freud]

the combine dudes say a buncha stuff that doesn't make much sense and they sound like code words they use to specify stuff for the Combine Overwatch kinda like when the Overwatch announcer says stuff like lock,cauterize,sterilize etc.but like what do they mean?
Here are some stuff I've heard in this game which I got real curious about in case someone knows anything:
-Spikes
-Dagger
-APF
-ripcord
-outbreak
-biodat
-sundown
-bouncer
-shadow
-booster

[SilentCaay]

Spikes = bullets, "sending spikes"

Dagger, I think this was a formation, right? "formation dagger"?

Bouncer = grenade

Much of what they say has very little context, though.

[Iraneth The Goat]

shadow is cover i think
They like to so ripcord, and then charge. idk if that's what it means

[ld.dante]

hes kicking it, stop kicking it.

[GamerXT]

target is low value

[Barrett_killz]

Mission failure will result in permanent off-world assignment. Code reminder: sacrifice, coagulate, clamp.

best

[Sigmund ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Freud]

Originally posted by SilentCaay:

Spikes = bullets, "sending spikes"

Dagger, I think this was a formation, right? "formation dagger"?

Bouncer = grenade

Much of what they say has very little context, though.

dagger is like spikes they say "sending daggers" sometimes
I'm thinking they may be manhacks

[Sigmund ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Freud]

biodat may mean something like human/creature for specifying humans or zombies or whatever

I'm not sure but I think I've heard something like "awaiting confirmation from APF" so that may be a group or team or whatever

combine soldiers say outbreak 3 times in a row when in a fight,it may mean that the enemy is attacking and that the combine group cant counter them very well.

have no clue what sundown is though

[Psychotic_Frog]

Hey Alyx, it's us!

[SilentCaay]

Originally posted by YEP ♥♥♥♥:

I'm thinking they may be manhacks

Vicerators are manhacks.

[SilentCaay]

Replaying the game the other night, I heard "Requesting shadow!" while I was dropping Combine in a group so I'm going to guess "shadow" means reinforcements or backup. I think the person above mean "cover fire", not cover "cover".

[Deco the Artist]

They sometimes mention "going sharp", which from context seems to mean "opening fire". "Spikes" almost definitely refers to bullets or other live ammo being fired. "Dagger" could possibly refer to usable ammunition (Heard them say things like "Dagger out." and "Negative. No daggers needed.").

Someone being "shadow" appears to mean either "in cover" or "out of visual range", maybe "hiding". To "request/seek shadow/shade" would therefore be looking for cover, cover fire or other protection when a unit is in the open and getting shot.

I think "outbreak" may refer to hostile contacts being sighted in a given area and "APF" is a real-world abbreviation for "Armed Police Force", which might fit here, since the combine soldiers are a sort of super-police/military division.

[Sigmund ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Freud]

I am sure that dagger just means man-hack

[GamerXT]

I think outbreak = lost control of the situation, in other words, they receive a lot of gunfire and grenade spamming, at least thats what it is in HL2 I think

[Ringo Honeydew]

in HL2, "Outbreak Outbreak Outbreak" meant that that was the last surviving guy in the squad.
Manhacks are called viscerators.

[Daddy Shark]

Originally posted by Foul Fagus:

in HL2, "Outbreak Outbreak Outbreak" meant that that was the last surviving guy in the squad.
Manhacks are called viscerators.

Outbreak means a "dangerous citizen" is on the loose. They say "Outbreak! Outbreak! Outbreak! Anti-citizen One spotted!". Anti-Citizen One, of course, being the Freeman.