Wallace Breen discovered a way through unknown means to communicate with the Combine directly. The paper details the Portal Storms, worldwide causalities and more about Breen's negĪs the Portal Storms between Xen and the Earth raged across the planet, spreading Xen life forms across Earth, this caused the planet's populace to move into cities for protection.Īttracted to Earth by the dimensional rift caused by the Black Mesa Incident, the Combine, a vast alien empire, launched an invasive force that overpowered the planet by using the now conquered Xen and its portal storms on earth, catching the human population by surprise and defeating all of its armed forces in only seven hours.ĭuring this time former Black Mesa administrator, Dr. Clipping from a newspaper labeled 'The Terminal' found in Half-Life: Alyx.