The war, lasting less than three-quarters of an hour, is considered the shortest in recorded history. Several durations are given by sources, including 38, 40 and 45 minutes, but the 38-minute duration is the most often quoted. The variation is due to confusion over what actually constitutes the start and end of a war. The Seven Hour War was a brief, but decisive confrontation between the Combine and the governments of Earth, ultimately leading to a large human death toll a.
- At absolute best, we'd start calling it 'The Eight Hour war', or 'The Nine Hour War', tops. I mean, it took them 7 hours to conquer the world. If you work a 9 to 5 job, you spend more time at work each day then it took for the Combine to seize control of our entire planet.
- This Mod is Dead- You play as Mr. Andrews.Working Name. a lonely buisness man. Who one day, finds himself in the middle of a war. The seven hour war. As you fight through the war torn streets, Endless harbors, dangerous cliffs, and every thing in between.
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| The contents of the Seven Hour War page were merged into Combine (Half-Life) and it now redirects there. For the contribution history and old versions of the merged article please see its history. |
Wake up[edit]
Rise and shine, Mister Freeman. Rise and.. shine. Not that I.. wish to imply you have been sleeping on the job. No one is more deserving of a rest, and all the effort in the world would have gone to waste until.. well, let's just say your hour has.. come again. The right man in the wrong place can make all the difference in the world. So, wake up, Mister Freeman. Wake up and.. *smell the ashes*.. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.200.211.203 (talk) 17:21, 11 May 2017 (UTC)
Freedom[edit]
Shouldn't it be 'at the cost of their freedom,' as the citizens paid with their freedom? Eagle keepout layer.
Theories stated as fact[edit]
'These portal storms attracted an alien empire known as the Combine that defeated all of Earth's armed forces in only seven hours.'It is unknown what attracted the Combine to Earth. This is theory, not fact.Also, they didn't defeat Earth's forces in 7 hours; Doctor Breen surrendered after 7 hours (though I doubt that the humans would have held out much longer.
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'There is some indication that Breen, who was also the administrator of Black Mesa, mentioned but never seen in Half-Life, intentionally arranged the disastrous resonance cascade..'To me this seems to imply that that is the story as Valve have written it, though it is only theory.
- I don't have access to Raising the Bar or the strategy guide at the moment, but I remember seeing it said somewhere that the portal storms attracted the Combine to Earth. Also, Breen's surrender meant defeat for humanity. It's just trivial semantics, really. The second quote is a theory, yes, and it could stand to be reworded to reflect that more. Nufy8 23:50, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
Spoilers[edit]
Might be a good idea to tag this as a potential spoiler article.
- Done. Nufy8 03:14, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
Breen's relation with the Combine at Black Mesa[edit]
The war, lasting less than three-quarters of an hour, is considered the shortest in recorded history. Several durations are given by sources, including 38, 40 and 45 minutes, but the 38-minute duration is the most often quoted. The variation is due to confusion over what actually constitutes the start and end of a war. The Seven Hour War was a brief, but decisive confrontation between the Combine and the governments of Earth, ultimately leading to a large human death toll a.
- At absolute best, we'd start calling it 'The Eight Hour war', or 'The Nine Hour War', tops. I mean, it took them 7 hours to conquer the world. If you work a 9 to 5 job, you spend more time at work each day then it took for the Combine to seize control of our entire planet.
- This Mod is Dead- You play as Mr. Andrews.Working Name. a lonely buisness man. Who one day, finds himself in the middle of a war. The seven hour war. As you fight through the war torn streets, Endless harbors, dangerous cliffs, and every thing in between.
| This article was nominated for deletion on 22 February 2008. The result of the discussion was no consensus. |
| The contents of the Seven Hour War page were merged into Combine (Half-Life) and it now redirects there. For the contribution history and old versions of the merged article please see its history. |
Wake up[edit]
Rise and shine, Mister Freeman. Rise and.. shine. Not that I.. wish to imply you have been sleeping on the job. No one is more deserving of a rest, and all the effort in the world would have gone to waste until.. well, let's just say your hour has.. come again. The right man in the wrong place can make all the difference in the world. So, wake up, Mister Freeman. Wake up and.. *smell the ashes*.. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.200.211.203 (talk) 17:21, 11 May 2017 (UTC)
Freedom[edit]
Shouldn't it be 'at the cost of their freedom,' as the citizens paid with their freedom? Eagle keepout layer.
Theories stated as fact[edit]
'These portal storms attracted an alien empire known as the Combine that defeated all of Earth's armed forces in only seven hours.'It is unknown what attracted the Combine to Earth. This is theory, not fact.Also, they didn't defeat Earth's forces in 7 hours; Doctor Breen surrendered after 7 hours (though I doubt that the humans would have held out much longer.
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'There is some indication that Breen, who was also the administrator of Black Mesa, mentioned but never seen in Half-Life, intentionally arranged the disastrous resonance cascade..'To me this seems to imply that that is the story as Valve have written it, though it is only theory.
- I don't have access to Raising the Bar or the strategy guide at the moment, but I remember seeing it said somewhere that the portal storms attracted the Combine to Earth. Also, Breen's surrender meant defeat for humanity. It's just trivial semantics, really. The second quote is a theory, yes, and it could stand to be reworded to reflect that more. Nufy8 23:50, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
Spoilers[edit]
Might be a good idea to tag this as a potential spoiler article.
- Done. Nufy8 03:14, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
Breen's relation with the Combine at Black Mesa[edit]
There's absolutely no evidence to suggest that the Combine made a deal with Breen for him to intentionally cause the resonance cascade. The official Prima game guide states that the Combine were attracted to Earth by the portal storms, and these portal storms were caused by the death of the Nihilanth. This, of course, contradicts the idea that the Combine could have contacted Breen beforehand because they had no knowledge of the planet prior to this. The crystal sample used in the experiment had no special significance. It was just an ordinary Xen crystal from Xen. There are several located in the Black Mesa Research Facility from expeditions into the borderworld. None came from the Combine. The reason scientists talking to Gordon state 'he [the Administrator] went through some lengths to get it,' is because they, like Gordon, were not aware of the teleportation experiments being done in Black Mesa, much less of Xen itself, as they were lower-level researchers. One scientist even tells Gordon he's not authorized to know about the teleportation labs later in the game. Obviously, being given a specimen from an alien world without knowing this fact would make some people assume that great lengths were taken to get it. In addition, the official Prima guide says that Breen was never a man to seek the spotlight, which makes it unlikely that he orchestrated a large scale disaster and near destruction of the human race just so he could become the head of a puppet government. I'm removing this speculative and largely incorrect paragraph. MarphyBlack 05:46, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
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About the speedy deletion[edit]
This is a legitimate article covering information of a significant event that took place (unseen to the player) in the Half-Life storyline. I believe that the tag was misplaced unintentionally by Tom Edwards. He also tagged Black Mesa Incident, Raid on Black Mesa East, and Battle of City 17, which are three recently created articles that do meet the definiton of fancruft (As well as covering information that is already covered elsewhere, thus making them redundant). The other three articles are what should be taken into concern, not this one. MarphyBlack 01:18, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
Game set twenty years after HL1?[edit]
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I was reading the article and it mentions that there's evidence that the game takes place around twenty years after HL1.. but in HL2 Episode One, Dr. Kleiner mentions that the anti-reproduction fields have been around for ten years. That's the first (and possibly only) clue regarding the length of Gordon Freeman's disappearance / forced stasis I've seen in the games so far. So, who's got the right idea here? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.143.125.18 (talk) 05:57, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
- I seem to remember him saying 'a few decades'..--68.81.129.46 (talk) 21:24, 6 April 2008 (UTC)Guest
