Poxier
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I've been wondering that could've Dr. Breen been replaced in the highly hypothetical event of him getting assassinated, before Gordon Freeman's return? We know that he's the head of Combine occupation on Earth, but he lacks any REAL power in the grand scheme of things, effectively acting as a puppet for the Combine. He's been given some practical authority however, stuff such as organizing the Union rule on Earth and controlling it without further involvement from the majority of the Combine forces. He's also the main communication link between Earth and the rest of the off-world forces.
It is known that the Combine are specially interested in the teleportation technology which humans have developed. Breen is the one who's actively driving the search for this technology and bargaining with the Combine at the same time. This doesn't really grant him any immunity however, as he himself doesn't have any important information regarding it. If he was taken out, someone else could've just continued leading the search.
I've come to the conclusion that if Breen was assassinated, it wouldn't have had that big of an impact on anything. It would've most likely made things disorganized before the replacement was found, but without any proper follow-up (such as an uprising), nothing would've really changed. It was important in Half-Life 2 as the aforementioned uprising had already begun and not to mention that you actually damage the citadel, which was one of the only connections the world had with the rest of the Union. (Was about to write that you destroy it, but the link isn't completely destroyed before the end of episode 2, however its functions were hindered, giving more time for the resistance.)
I'd like to hear your take on this. Did I perhaps miss something important? Could've the "mysterious employers" affected Breen's significance? I didn't really write about that aspect as their relations are mostly unknown, with the only information being that Breen is aware of them and could /possibly/ be in a position comparable to the G-Man's.
It is known that the Combine are specially interested in the teleportation technology which humans have developed. Breen is the one who's actively driving the search for this technology and bargaining with the Combine at the same time. This doesn't really grant him any immunity however, as he himself doesn't have any important information regarding it. If he was taken out, someone else could've just continued leading the search.
I've come to the conclusion that if Breen was assassinated, it wouldn't have had that big of an impact on anything. It would've most likely made things disorganized before the replacement was found, but without any proper follow-up (such as an uprising), nothing would've really changed. It was important in Half-Life 2 as the aforementioned uprising had already begun and not to mention that you actually damage the citadel, which was one of the only connections the world had with the rest of the Union. (Was about to write that you destroy it, but the link isn't completely destroyed before the end of episode 2, however its functions were hindered, giving more time for the resistance.)
I'd like to hear your take on this. Did I perhaps miss something important? Could've the "mysterious employers" affected Breen's significance? I didn't really write about that aspect as their relations are mostly unknown, with the only information being that Breen is aware of them and could /possibly/ be in a position comparable to the G-Man's.
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