Played and beat HL2 for the 4th time today. I got a crazy idea. Breen hired Gordon to attack the combine on Earth and allow him to gain a bargaining position with the combine, so that he could control them in a way. You see, the combine would've been afraid of Gordon, and so Breen would've captured Gordon, and been like, "give me what I want, or I let him go free!". Why do I say this? Because of the line Breen says, when your in his office. "Now that I have you, I'm in the position to make any bargain I want with the combine."
Now it is possible, that he's just talking about what reward the combine will give him for capturing Gordon, Alyx and Eli, but I'm more inclined to think he's using Gordon as a tool to gain power. Which makes Breen more evil. He sells out, enslaves, exterminates, and subjugated humanity, and then attempts to use the last chance for humanity as a tool to gain power?? Pretty f----- cold.
Now it is possible, that he's just talking about what reward the combine will give him for capturing Gordon, Alyx and Eli, but I'm more inclined to think he's using Gordon as a tool to gain power. Which makes Breen more evil. He sells out, enslaves, exterminates, and subjugated humanity, and then attempts to use the last chance for humanity as a tool to gain power?? Pretty f----- cold.