Barney.

[Sid Burn]

arent the combine supposed to have some 'telepathic' ability (if im saying that right)
at the start, when freeman is taken to that interrogation room, the other CP speaks english to barney. if you remember at the end, dr breen talkin to this big thing, which is obviously communication back to him and we dont hear anything

Hmm... CP's dont have telephatic powers. they are only normal humans. Anyway. maybe ur right about the advisor... he has telepathic powers. :E

 

[verbose_mode]

Considering that the Combine Advisor is basicly a big-brain-inna-big-slug-inna-big-bag with a breathing mask perminatly attached to its "mouth"/"face", it wouldn't be a stretch to speculate they have some form of direct mind-to-mind communication, either already evolved or as a cybernetic implant of some sort. This "telepathy" must also be part of their communication tech, since Breen was responding to the Advisor's telepathic messages over a comm-link. Or they might just as well be able to talk and we just don't overhear them in-game, but I'd bet on the telepathy.

Now, as for the Metrocops, I think that they're just unaugmented humans under those gasmasks and uniforms; citizens that for some combination of bullying nature, desperation for decent food, etc., etc. signed up with Civil Protection. They'd get brainwashed, trained, stuffed into the one-size-fits-all uniform, and take up a stun-baton for the cause of the Combine. Whether the food/drink/housing/whatever is better if you're a CP is true or not, I don't know. It could all just be a lie to get citizens to volunteer, but all we can do right now is speculate, so anything is up for grabs.

 

[rpgprog]

This might be explained in an expansion make, you know like Blue Shift 2: The Double Agent. I think that is a good name don't you.

 

[Asknoone]

Maybe in an expansion, we can help increase Barney's beating quota :naughty: