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Flag of the Empire of the Combine Race used within the Homeworlds and Colonies

The Empire of the Combine Race, better known as the Combine, or the Combine Empire, but sometimes the people of this empire calls it the Universal Union even though it's not a union at all. It's was a major part of the Axis of Empires , and a forge a secret Alliance with the Chimera known as the Combine-Chimera Alliance. Its Capital was Vilkiala (English), on the Pure Combine Homeworld of Conlikial. It was ruled by the Pure Combine Emperor who was the first and last Emperor of this Empire. It was replaced by the United Combine Republics

History

Wars before the First Multiverse War

The First Multiverse War as a Axis Member

Chimeran Civil War

Fighting Both Axis and Alliance

War on their Homeland

Capitulation of the Empire

End of the Combine reign

With the Combine Empire ultimately surrender, their Empire’s eternal reign came to an end and fragmented, various factions splintered into becoming Successor States and countless subjugated species (at least those that weren't too heavily modified) reclaimed their independence and freedom, including the TransRace themselves..

Government

Pre-Year of Cruelty

The government was organized into three parts, called the "Halliquoi Tyomani" in Kizzliziuk, or the High Tower.

At the top of the tower or the "Hallio" resided the Emperor and or Empress, along with there families. They make laws and issue edicts as they see fit. When a new law is drafted, it is taken to the Middle Section, or the "Millio"

The Middle section consists of two parts, the Speakers and the Listeners. The speakers consist of the Military Trinity, (Combine Aerial commander, Ground Forces Marshall, And Space Supreme Admiral), Grand Primarch, Grand Governors, and The High Speakers. They relay any new law or edict drafted by the Emperor and/or Empress. Then the voting starts. The vote is a simple Yes or No. The Speakers start First. If the vote is inconclusive, the voting is relayed to the Listeners. If the Law or Edict is passed, it is then taken to the Bottom part.

The Bottom Part or the "Loiio" is mostly the Public Assembly. The new Law is brought into the public, to discuss and to vote on. If the vote passes, the New law is taken into effect.

Post-Year of Cruelty

It's government is a "Constitutional" Absolute Monarchy in which the Emperor makes almost every decision on what actions the Empire should take. It's also a unique mix between Authoritarianism and Totalitarianism in that it differences between roles in society with the Rulers and Civilian roles firmly in the Authoritarian placement (in that the Emperor chooses the New Grand Primarch and suppress anyone how may have different views or ideals then him) and the Trans and Enslaved in a totalitarian placement (with it more in the line of a brutal police states where people are "arrested" left and right)

Territories

Homeuniverses

Colonies

Zones

Society and Culture

Overview 

The E.C.R is mostly dominated by militarism, xenophobia and speciesism, but, those are the only negative aspects of it's culture, the rest are fairly positive, as it's equality is high among the Genders, Races (Skintones), Sexual Origination, and Marriages, with little difference in class wealth between rich, middle and poor (although their are classes, but it more depended upon it's Royalty, Military and Speciesism). it's society, however, is known to be a dystopian with it's government placing surveillance systems in every home, public and private areas, and a secret police which are known as "The Ghosts" are noted to either arrest, kidnapped, and or even kill people that may voice opinions against the Emperor of the Empire

Classes/Caste System

More a generalization used by Non-Combine groups then by the government or the populous of the ECR, but nonetheless it gives some idea as to how this society works with such a top-heavy and totalitarian regime in control yet still have a largely equalitarian social system, namely by centering this likely subtle class-Caste system within the ECR under four rather broad camps, the Royals or the Emperor's Family, the Administrators or the Grand Government, the Civilians or the Locals, and the Enslaved or the Conquered, with change between the four groups ranging from extremely difficult or impossible (Royals and Enslaved) to fairly commonplace (Civilians and Administrators).

The Royals or The Emperor's family

The main ruling family, the only portion in which a person can not enter (unless through marriage). Made up of the Emperor, his wife and children, the Archduke and his family

The Administrators or The Grand Government

The second to highest role a person (unless a TransRace, or a Enslaved Species), they control either local or interplanetary government and military officers, made up of higher lords, parliamentarian and military officials.

The Civilians or The locals

The middle rank in the E.C.R societal classes, there rank in which "commoners" live in, this part of the E.C.R society is the most divergence as it's every group that did not appear in the other two, made up of lower lords/ladies, lower governmental officials, poor, middle and rich, scientist, artisans and many others

The Enslaved or The Conquered

The lowest rank in the E.C.R society, the worse treated, worse viewed and worse opinioned group in the E.C.R. It is made up of Enslaved, captured and synthed species. The Conquered, by far, have no autonomy, and are dependent either on their masters or by the military. They are assigned the most menial or deadly tasks, and are viewed as expendable by the Three other castes.

Religious makeup

Although largely non-religious, the E.C.R still has quite a number of other religious groups that make up it's population. the largest of these religious groups being the Balance Faith or Ziluuikki, next to it is the Cult of the Edanians, as it came to be called, with the numerous other local traditions and faiths follow closely behind. After Yiloala's Kutarukia's ascension, his adopted religion, The Cult of the 9 Arches became much more popular and effectively became the E.C.R. official religion.

There are some whispers of a secret cult, the Emperor's Occult, being the Fourth largest religion in the ECR, and it said to be made up of high ranking government officials within the Empire, though the Government deny these claims, the whispers still remain, and ever apparent.

Architecture

Most examples of Combine structures are very large and imposing, with very blocky, monolithic shapes with sharp angles made of a dull, blue-gray metal. Various tubes, wires, and pipes can be seen running throughout gaps in the walls and down along corridors and tunnels. Their buildings are purely functional with no thought given for aesthetics or comfort, with no embellishments or decorations shown save the occasional sign or the ECR logo and banner, and bright but sparsely-placed artificial lights create harsh, dark shadows throughout the Combines' complexes. Steep, deep drops and platforms lacking guardrails are common too; most likely due to the Advisors' ability to fly and most Kilominitics rarely leaving the Home Universes or the Colonies, thus having no need for bridges, although bridges can be seen in places where Combine soldiers move and operate, likely to indicate the few times Kiloministics actually transverse the military buildings.

Outside of the military, the same kind of style of architecture is seen across the ECR, even on worlds under their rule for numerous centuries. But there are more subtle aesthetics depending upon their purpose and use ranging from Apartments, Palaces, or Libraries, but usually, the most common aesthetic and decoration comes from ECR symbolisms and banners scattered abound in the usually Blue-Grey Metal cities that make up the ECR.

Language

for more information; see Kizzliziuk

the E.C.R's language system various per classification. In the Homeworlds and Colonies have Kizzliziuk as it's official language and requires any and all citizens to learn this language as their primary language, be they the Civilized Species, Trans-Species or Enslaved Species, whereas the occupied regions more often then not has the local languages being incorporated into their military forces and overall governmental function, although Kizzliziuk is still widely spoken within E.C.R Occupation forces, be they military or governmental officials.

Fashion

Although the clothing of the ECR varies from planet to planet, the most common feature found in ECR, and Kilominitic appeal in general, is the addition of furs, feathers, and other animal remains, likely as a result of their earlier time residing primarily in arctic and tundra like environments and their own largely carnivorous diet. Either way, the clothing warn by the Kilominitics or Edanians is not that dissimilar to those of Human, Ancient or otherwise, and all coming in a variety of shapes, size and designs.

Species

Civilized Species

Enslaved Species (Un-Tranzied)

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Enslaved Species (Tranzied)

  1. Viman
  2. Folm
  3. Dilomar
  4. Vinkal

Military

Military Ranks

Army

- Ilvinki Giakuunik (roughly Field Marshal)

- Vauhhoki Kauijilik (High General/Grand General)

- Kauijilik (General)

- Niisuik Kauijilik (Lieutenant-general)

- Feinjaui Kauijilik (Brigadier/Brigadier-general)

- Ruuokiji (Colonel)

- Niisuik Ruuokiji (Lieutenant Colonel)

- Poaiki (Major)

- Maiguhi (Captain)

- Cefio Niisuik (First Lieutenant)

- Yuino Niisuik (Second Lieutenant)

Navy

Air and Space Forces

Overwatch

Main article: Combine Overwatch

Combine

Combine security forces

Known as OverWatch (O.W), the Combine Military was one of the most advance and deadliest armed forces in the Multiverse. Most of the Combine's military units on most occupied Earths were Human, augmented like Overwatch Soldiers or otherwise. Other vehicles and machines used by the Combine were clearly of non-human origin; examples of this are the Strider and the Gunship, both derived from living creatures that are possibly Transbeings of other enslaved civilizations.

Although seemingly used primarily on worlds such as Golmar Earth, for obvious reasons, several Overwatch messages indicate the Combine deploys its Transhuman soldiers to other Combine territories throughout its empire, sometimes as punishment. These modified humans have proven to be efficient killing machines against any foe that stands in their way.

It is important to note that Civil Protection units are not hybrids, and are human.

  • Civil Protection: The quasi-"thought police" that patrols the cities, monitor the public airways, and conduct randomized raids. Considering Civil Protection evidently receive little to no biomechanical augmentation, some Resistance members, such as Barney Calhoun, join Civil Protection to work as undercover operatives to gain insight on the Combine's innerworkings and operations. Following the Golmar Uprising, the Combines have strictly used transrace personnel instead of recruited collaborators as a good percent of Golmar's civil protection were Resistance spies in some way.
  • Overwatch Elite: The Elite soldiers of the Combine Overwatch. They had undergone extensive augmentations and are seen either guarding the Citadel or leading squads of regular soldiers.
  • Overwatch Commando: A special force group separated from the main military branch that is used to deal with particular and hazardous situations involving a dangerous environment and unconventional enemies. The Commando branch consists of four specialized units : the Combine Grunt, the Combine Ordinal, the Combine Charger and the Combine Suppressor.
  • Stalker: Mutilated, drone-like slaves created from dissident Citizens and captured Rebels.

Combine Synths

Main article: Synth

Synths were creatures that, through imposed evolution and alteration by the Combine, had been transformed into bio-mechanical weapons. Synths have come to fit a particular niche in the Combine military. Once self-replicating organic creatures that originated from different worlds, some possibly from Valia itself, they were artificially replicated, enslaved and assimilated into the Combine to become the military's backbone.

Various types of Synth have been used for subjugations of worlds by the Combine. Synths were likely the primary forces used by the Combine during the First Multiverse War. The human-derived Combine units, and technology such as hunter-choppers and APCs, would have only been developed after the Combine's rule on Golmar Earth had been established.

  • Advisor Pod: The escape pods used by the Combine Advisors.
  • Crab Synth: Never actually fought, but seen in in the Citadel.
  • Dropship: Primary troop and weapon transport of the Combine.
  • Gunship: Assault aircraft that usually attack in groups of two for protection.
  • Hunter: Medium ground assault units, similar to Striders but still quite different.
  • Mortar Synth: Never actually fought, but seen in the Citadel.
  • Shield Scanner: An organic version of the City Scanner. Transports hopper mines into battlefields.
  • Strider: Large ground assault units used by the Combine. Striders walk on three long legs, towering over the battlefield.

Grand Imperial Army

Grand Imperial Navy

Grand Imperial Aerospace force

Grand Imperial Marines

Grand Imperial Special Forces

Royal Imperial Knights

Royal Imperial Riflemen

Royal Imperial Axemen

Gallery

Notes

  • While much of their military is quite proficient in a variety of fields, the one type of warfare that they can be considered masters of is psychological warfare. In whatever conflict the Combines find themselves in, they are bound to use various forms of psychological warfare against whatever species they are currently conquering or at war with. The type of psychological warfare they use vary considerably and often cases meant to reflect the species psychology, although various forms of extreme body horror is fairly common.
  • Just like their Ancient Human counterparts, the Combines have mastered practically every field of science a being could think of but the one field of technology that they can be regarded as the definitive experts in is the field of Biomechanical technology, as it quite clear that the Combines use just as much biology as they do machinery in nearly every other field of technology.
  • Just like with their Ancient Human counterparts, the Combines society is actually quite diverse in variety of fields and decidedly non-heteronormative when it comes to sexuality, gender, and marriage types, with the main problems with their society being their extreme speciesism, totalitarianism, and state-endorsed brutalism.
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