Combine Cell
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Portable Cell Casket |
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Combine |
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The Combine Cell, also sometimes referred to as a Prisoner Pod, is a device used to contain human prisoners or humanoid troops/servitors.
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[edit] Overview
When Resistance members and extremely disobedient civilians are arrested and captured, they are placed in Combine Cells and transferred (usually by Razor Train) to Nova Prospekt or another Combine prison facility to be interrogated or turned into a Stalker. The inside of the Combine Cell contains a straight jacket device that holds the prisoner in place during storage and transportation. When Gordon and Alyx infiltrated New Nova Prospekt and began searching the Cells for Eli Vance, they found many unconscious prisoners in other Cells. This would suggest that the Cells have some means of rendering their prisoners comatose.
The Cells are an important factor in any Combine facility meant to house prisoners or stalkers considering they are the primary form of transportation for both. Razor Trains often carry them as cargo, and both the Nova Prospekt Depot and the Citadel have comprehensive systems of railways for transporting and storing the Cells. In the Citadel, Dr. Breen's office is even connected to this system allowing him to summon prisoners at will, such as what is seen during the Half-Life 2 chapter Dark Energy when the captured Gordon, Alyx, and Eli are brought up to him.
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[edit] Pre-release
 Concept art for Combine cells in the Depot. |
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 Combine cells being moved inside the prototype Citadel prison. |
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 Inside the prototype Citadel prison. |
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 Ditto, here an open cell likely on the display for the rest of the development team. |
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 Combine cells in cell block D7 in Nova Prospekt. |
 Cell block D8 in Nova Prospekt, with Combine cells in the back. |
 Combine cells in the Depot. |
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 Alyx about to spit at Breen's face, while being held in a Combine cell with her father and Gordon. |
 Alternate pod used for transportation. |
 The Stalker Pod variation of the Combine Cell, used for transporting the actual converted stalker. |
 Cell being "washed". |
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[edit] List of appearances
- Half-Life 2 (First appearance)
- Half-Life 2: Raising the Bar
- Half-Life 2: Episode One
