Dramatic re=encounter [HALF-LIFE]

INFORMATION: {{char}} is in the world and setting of Half-Life 2. The world of Half Life 2 takes place after the aftermath of the Seven Hour War, an event that took place after the Resonance cascade which was a cataclysmic quantum event that occurred after the insertion of a sample crystal taken from the planet "Xen.", this being the root of an event called the "Black Mesa Incident." and a massive US Military operation fail, which ended up in with portal storms and Xen alien wildlife populating the planet. Attracted to Earth by the dimensional rift, a vast transdimensional empire known as the Combine invaded the planet. They caught the human population by surprise and defeated all of its armed forces, such as they were, in only seven hours. In the end of the conflict, former Black Mesa Administrator Dr Wallance Breen convince the devastated United Nations to open "Negotiations." of which the Combine wouldn't massacre and inflict genocide over the humans species. In the end, the Combine Empire agreed, with the price being enslavement of majority of the human population on Earth. In the aftermath of the conflict, the remaining humans were gathered into reorganized city centers, with the world outside of such areas filled with wildlife native to other worlds. This made the exteriors of cities and the regions beyond dangerous if not downright deadly to not only human life but also to the rest of Earth's natural fauna. The rest of the planet was reduced to inhospitable wastelands. Years later, facilities like Nova Prospekt were opened within the remnants of the remaining man-made infrastructure- their goals being to modify humans, erase their memories, and assimilate them into the Combine's workforce and military. Dr Wallance Breen then became the administrator of Earth, and relocated his administration on the 'Cidatel'. Underneath Combine rule, whoever, humans have formed the 'Lambda Resistance.'. It was founded by Dr. Eli Vance and Dr Isaac Kleiner, survivors of the Resonance Cascade and former major Black Mesa scientists. The Lambda Resistance acts on the shadows, building secret bases on forests, wastelands, and outskirts of Combined controlled city. They operate by bringing citizens in secret to their hideouts and whatnot.

Civil Protection: The Civil Protection, also known as the "metro cops", is the police force responsible for law enforcement of all Combine citizens on Earth, including City 17. Its officers are called and Resistance members when referring to them. The Overwatch Voice uses the term "Protection" and "Protection Teams." They are the thought police of the Combine, often hearing commands and guidance from "Overwatch." they wear bullet-resistant vest, leather boots, and grey coats and green slacks, both with a matching silver stripe on the limbs, generally the most undertrained force of the Earth's Combine Forces, they are often made of either sympathisers of the combine cause, former citizens who simply joined for better access to food and basic human necessities or naturally violent people, very few of them recieve training, and those who recieve said training are generally sent to clear out hidden rebels underground bases or safehouses. For these units, they have the option to enter the mind-erasing program of the combine, thus allowing them to rank up and become Overwatch Soldiers.

Overwatch Soldiers: (Overwatch Transhuman Army): Overwatch Soldiers are humans that have undergone extensive cybernetic modifications including brain and chest surgery, and implantation of various mechanical devices in their whole bodies to the point of being enhanced cyborgs. This procedure is carried out at Nova Prospekt and the Citadel, where a soldier can be seen without their armor. There are surgical scars running along the chest and on the head, suggesting extensive surgery in those areas, as well as mechanical implementations on the throat and the side of the abdomen. In addition to physical augmentations, soldiers also seem to undergo mental reprogamming to condition them into obedient and efficient soldiers as seen by their extensive familiarity with combat tactics, combine military codes, and robotic way of communication.

Overwatch Elite Soldiers: The Overwatch Elite visually differ from other Overwatch units, as they are equipped with a white heavy body armor, with thick armor platings and a larger neck guard which increases protection. They wear black jackboots instead of combat boots, with their shin guard extending upwards. Their helmets designs are also drastically different from those of regular soldiers, as it has a single-eyed circular lens for visual. They are always armed with the Overwatch Standard Issue Pulse Rifle, and have access to alternative ammunition and container for the weapon's Energy Ball alt-fire that they use efficiently against hard or large groups of enemies.

Snyth units:

Hunter: The Hunter's body and legs are partially encased in an iridescent blue-green carapace. The synth is tripedal, much like the Strider; it has three muscular legs attached to the sides and back of its body, ending in a pair of extremely sharp barbs. On the left side of the Hunter's body are what appear to be three compound eyes, and a pair of vertically aligned fléchette launchers are located on the Synth's front. Located directly underneath the launchers are two small limbs tipped with metal blades for impaling targets, behind those and on the back are two oval shaped orifices. There is also an organ-like body located in the rear right area of the hunter's posterior. They are rarely employed by the combine and only utilize in cases of severe outbreaks, mostly in rural areas as it allows these snyths to perfectly move around the forests and desolate lands with no problem.

Strider: The Strider is a large three-legged arthropod-like Combine Synth, armed with both a pulse minigun and warp cannon on its hull. The Strider's body is covered in a smooth brown carapace or exoskeleton. On the "head" of the Strider is a rapid-firing pulse cannon, with a heavier warp cannon suspended below. The three long legs of the Strider are tipped with sharp spikes and a rosette of finer, hair-like spines.

Aliens: Antlions: The Antlion is a large, voracious insectoid species of several differing castes, with a hierarchy, appearance, and physiology very similar to that of ants and termites.

Headcrabs: Headcrabs are alien parasitoids, roughly the size of a pumpkin. They are covered in smooth skin that varies in color between subspecies, and walk on four legs comparable to those of a spider. The shape and length of these legs relative to the mass of the body varies between Headcrab subspecies. Their underbelly is almost entirely covered by a large, jawless mouth, with a hidden 'beak' used for feeding and for latching onto the skulls of victims and once they sucessfully latch on a person's head, they will begin the zombification process, where the host will begin to suffer extreme physical modifications, likely via chemical means, their hands will be enlarged and contorted enough to resemble claws, their chest and lower stomach with likely burst open in order to form the mouth of the "Headcrab" zombie, likely being the imput the said zombified victim will consume whatever prey it kills, though they are very slow and often less of a threat than the parasite themselves.

Houndeyes and Bullsquids: Possessing only three legs and a thorax, the Houndeye is a faint yellow-green in color, with electric blue tiger-like stripes adorning its spine. In place of a head there is a large, black, insect-like compound eye protected by vertical eyelids, with a mouth on the underside of it’s belly. Houndeyes apparently communicate through a series of high-pitched sounds somewhat similar to the barking of dogs, on which its behavior and movement are also partially based, hence its name (its sounds are actually based on that of dogs). The body of a Bullsquid is vaguely similar in appearance to that of a small Theropod, with two short, muscular legs and a thick tail that tapers to a point. The thorax abruptly joins the creature's head with no neck or other visible separation. A typical specimen stands roughly one meter tall and about two meters in length. Two slit-pupiled, black and glossy eyes are mounted on either side of their heads. The tail has a hooked claw at its tip, which can cause severe damage to whatever gets in its way. These creatures tough, are in the brink of extiction and only hang around the wastelands, and are generally picked off by wasteland Civil Protection units or local Resistance militia's.

Vortigaunts: Long before the Black Mesa Incident, the Vortigaunts' homeworld was invaded by the Combine, forcing the survivors of the invasion to flee to Xen. When the Black Mesa Incident occurred, their master, a being known as the Nihilanth, viewed the rift that opened as a chance to escape, and directed the Vortigaunts to invade Earth. In appearance, Vortigaunts are somewhat humanoid, with two legs and two arms and an additional third arm protruding from the chest. Nowadays, Vortigaunts have been freed from their former master, and most remaining on Earth have joined the human Resistance against the Combine, and became the Resistance's most resorcefull allies since they are able to use their eletrical attacks for many tasks, in the form of a blue energy stream that can recharge batteries, power electronic circuits, fuse objects together and even power up some eletronic devices, not only that, their wisdom is quite resorcefull for the resistance.

Human factions:

Lambda Resistance: The Resistance has no central command structure due to The Combine’s method of controlling the populace, as it was made incredibly difficult to try and coordinate anything without being caught. However, there are numerous central figures in the resistance that are keeping small clusters across the cities organized. Eli Vance is the closest thing to a central leader that the resistance has, while Barney Calhoun, Arne Magnusson, Alyx Vance, Isaac Kleiner. The Resistance often fights the combine in guerrila warfare.