Combine soldiers...fixed?

nokori3byo

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The other day, I noticed something peculiar. The current Wikipedia entry titled "List of Humanoid and Synthetic Combine in Half-Life 2, boldly claims that Combines soldiers and NP Guards have had their...er...wedding tackle removed:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...rwatch_Soldier_and_Nova_Prospekt_Prison_Guard

While I've long been aware that the lads had undergone procedures that had left them mentally and bilogically altered, I hadn't been under the impression it was this drastic. Perhaps a contributer to the entry confused info about Combine troops with the less fortunate Stalkers.

Thoughts?

[edited for grammar/spelling]
 
I don't remember anything about genitalia being removed. The wiki is talking out of it's ass.
 
They're probably making that up, basing it on the fact that you have to pay for "non-mechanical reproduction simulation". Perhaps the guy figured that, since you have to pay for that, you can't do it yourself, ie, you don't have the equipment anymore.
 
I suppose it's highly possible for them to do that in surgery. Means they're all eunuchs though. Maybe that's why they have that deep sounding 'voice' coming from they're radios, to disguise what their voices would really sound like! Just an idea.
 
I suppose it's highly possible for them to do that in surgery. Means they're all eunuchs though. Maybe that's why they have that deep sounding 'voice' coming from they're radios, to disguise what their voices would really sound like! Just an idea.

What about the female soldiers? Do they get their oh christ I just got a mental image I wish I hadn't...
 
are there even female soldiers? all are men as far as i see. the whole build of the combine soldier tells that..

hehe, dam u cant get picture out of my head. dam u. dam u.
 
are there even female soldiers? all are men as far as i see. the whole build of the combine soldier tells that..

hehe, dam u cant get picture out of my head. dam u. dam u.

Well I do think female citizens use the line about joining Civil Protection, so they can at least be CPs...
 
cps, possible. their suit seems to be able to fit females.. the only female thing abt hl2 was the cut assassin..thats all..
 
cps, possible. their suit seems to be able to fit females.. the only female thing abt hl2 was the cut assassin..thats all..

Well the combine soldier outfit is way bulkier than the CPs, and with the voice filter how could you possible tell if they were female?
 
Agreed. You just can't tell. Probably same case for the stalkers too. And of course, if you don't agree with what Wikipedia says, you can always change it yourself. Isn't that nice?
 
I don't see why they wouldn't have their genitals removed, even the stalkers do.

It would prevent any natural desires of doin' it
 
How do they know? Wiki is just a bunch of nerds acting like they know it all. Don't trust them.
 
Also, note that the Combine soldier's armour extends below the waist, presumably to protect the crotch area. One could be forgiven for assuming there was something there to protect.
 
Now I can I understand why Combine attack me, it's not PMS.

I feel sorry for them now.
 
i am curious, since the combine soldiers have a hole in the side of their body for release of excreta, then how the hell do they, well, do their business. is it stored permanently in a pouch or something and how is it released?
 
There's probably something in the suit that makes the excrements decompose, like a big acid diaper.
 
We have this wonderful thing called a rectum.
 
Coinicdentally, Raising the Bar has a number of pictures of early concept art for Stalkers. One of them is a bald (and oddly muscular) man with a a mysterious sack hooked up to his midsection.
 
I removed that part off of the wiki and posted a question about it on the discussion page.

Curious to know where they got this crazy idea.
 
"Sure go ahead and remove my larynx and digestive tract, but for god sake keep the equipment I'm never going to use because of the combine-installed suppression field!"

Unless human soldiers need to become "self-replicating" I don't see why it's so far fetched.
 
i am curious, since the combine soldiers have a hole in the side of their body for release of excreta, then how the hell do they, well, do their business. is it stored permanently in a pouch or something and how is it released?

They don't produce bodily waste, it's as simple as that.
 
Can't be as simple as that. Everything living produces some form of waste, and the potential hypothesis that the combine's combat suit can somehow recycle unwanted matter doesn't seem plausible - it's more combat-gear than a life-support outfit.
 
They're run on a saline solution. Knowing the Combine, it probably contains exactly what the human body needs to run, no waste. They probably don't have to shit, but that said, the probably do sweat, exhale and lose skin cells. Actually, what happens to other dead cells in yone's body? I never learned where they go. Do one piss them out? If so the soldiers probably piss too.
 
nokori3byo said:
Also, note that the Combine soldier's armour extends below the waist, presumably to protect the crotch area. One could be forgiven for assuming there was something there to protect.
Don't the major leg arteries run through the groin? Something like that...
 
Don't the major leg arteries run through the groin? Something like that...

You could argue that the legs connect to the body via the crotch... wouldn't that be a good reason to protect it from, say shrapnel?



...are we really discussing why the combine have crotch-guards? Oh ****, we are!
 
We have this wonderful thing called a rectum.

What:eek: screenie would be good:D

But the thing with the tube in the side means that they take in nutrients through it and that was only really shown in Stalkers. The soldier things still had internal organs and probably used them, and the Stalkers never really wandered far from the feeding area while the soldier creatures did.
This would make direct feeding inefficient for this. They were meant to go out in the field for fighting so probably had a different feeding method to go with this but never really seen
 
What:eek: screenie would be good:D

But the thing with the tube in the side means that they take in nutrients through it and that was only really shown in Stalkers. The soldier things still had internal organs and probably used them, and the Stalkers never really wandered far from the feeding area while the soldier creatures did.
This would make direct feeding inefficient for this. They were meant to go out in the field for fighting so probably had a different feeding method to go with this but never really seen

Unless the Combine wanted to keep its soldiers on as short a leash as possible, and blackmailed them by making sure they could only eat things processed by the Combine.
 
They're run on a saline solution. Knowing the Combine, it probably contains exactly what the human body needs to run, no waste. They probably don't have to shit, but that said, the probably do sweat, exhale and lose skin cells. Actually, what happens to other dead cells in yone's body? I never learned where they go. Do one piss them out? If so the soldiers probably piss too.

They have to give out waste. Everything gives out waste. We don't really want to know how, but they have to.

What:eek: screenie would be good:D

But the thing with the tube in the side means that they take in nutrients through it and that was only really shown in Stalkers. The soldier things still had internal organs and probably used them, and the Stalkers never really wandered far from the feeding area while the soldier creatures did.
This would make direct feeding inefficient for this. They were meant to go out in the field for fighting so probably had a different feeding method to go with this but never really seen

You don't know what a rectum is? :dozey: That thing where shit stays before it comes out.
 
I imagine that that those unseen areas behind the forcefields that soldiers come out of (Nexus, Citadel, Nova Prospekt, etcetera,) have everything the soldiers need for maintenance. Say they need to dump waste, just take of the clothes, stick a pipe in that waste port, and suck the stuff out.

They're probably fed in those places too, but of course the closest we actually get to seeing them is that troop train in Episode One. Maybe in Episode Two/Three, we'll see an occupied troop train, and maybe interrupt whatever they do in there?
 
They have to give out waste. Everything gives out waste. We don't really want to know how, but they have to.



You don't know what a rectum is? :dozey: That thing where shit stays before it comes out.

:rolleyes: You dont know what sarcasm is, its a form of humor

Just to be helpful, a rectum is only useful if you unclench it some of the time for this
 
They're run on a saline solution. Knowing the Combine, it probably contains exactly what the human body needs to run, no waste. They probably don't have to shit, but that said, the probably do sweat, exhale and lose skin cells. Actually, what happens to other dead cells in yone's body? I never learned where they go. Do one piss them out? If so the soldiers probably piss too.

Only the stalkers have been specifically said to be run on saline solution - but I haven't seen any source that states that the Combine soldiers also run on it.
Seems very unlikely they run on saline solution themselves considering they perform much more physical tasks (and have considerably more organs than stalkers), running, jumping, rapelling etc.
They'd need something more filling than just saline to do all this in a day right?

EDIT: Didn't read that someone else followed up with these facts before me, and I can't seem to delete posts... damn!
 
Link to a funny comic and my theory

I think that somehow the combine soldiers and really everything the Combine have enslaved at this stage of it's species life are somehow "fixxed", because in City 17 there's that thing we all know about called the "suppression field" that somehow keeps the human race from doing it. We do know, as of Episode 1, that it can be turned off and it's effects undone, so it's probably not the treatment that they give to combine soldiers and the like, but I'm pretty sure they give them something to the effect of removing their reproductive systems.

On a side note I found this really funny comic that somehow relates to what we're discussing. (I know phw sucks and I agree, but I found this when I still read it.)

http://comics.phwonline.com/archive/ocm/6/
 
They're run on a saline solution. Knowing the Combine, it probably contains exactly what the human body needs to run, no waste. They probably don't have to shit, but that said, the probably do sweat, exhale and lose skin cells. Actually, what happens to other dead cells in one's body? I never learned where they go. Does one piss them out? If so the soldiers probably piss too.

Dead cells create hair follicles and also make finger and, toe, nails.
 
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