ah right, thanks for the responses :D
next question, if the combine are so advance and can even tunnel through dimensions, then how come they cant figure out how to use local portals like so many other alien races can, i mean in other aspects like weapons, flight systems etc humans are...
Yeah doesnt specify where they came from, or what host they were produced from, or even how the gonarch from which the egg sag was taken from came to be.
Thats a very flawed argument. Just because they arent mentioned means they never existed? :s
It just means they didnt make a significant impact on the hl universe to be carried forwards, unlike our dear gordon. Whos to say they wont be returning anyway? Its not likely, but its not impossible...
I think we can safely assume that the gonarch in hl1 was evolved from a voritgaunt, or grunt (im more inclined to believe vortigaunt as the grunts are a newer edition to the xen arsenal, and also wear a helmet) this is where my doubts come into mind, how could a gonome, evolved from a human...
I have read darksides headcrab portfolio, and i totally agree, the one thing i just cant get on board with the evolution to gonarch, it seems something important is missing. I dont like the idea that a gonarch evolves from a gonome, an advance evolution of a human zombie, it doesnt make sense...
I was just implying that its hard to explain thus people shouldnt lose sleep over it D:
Who knows, if i had to come up with a random theory perhaps the barnacles are an evolved headcrab, which has latched onto a surface and reels in people...