Standard Ration

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"You gotta be damn hungry to wait in line for this crap."

―Citizen^[src]

This article reuses material from the similar article: Combine Dispenser[]

The Combine Standard Ration, also known as Food Packages, is the form of food most commonly given to Citizens in Cities.

Overview[]

It is first shown before exiting the train station where Citizens are lined up waiting to be given a Food Package by a Combine Dispenser. The food distributed from the ration dispenser apparently has a very unlikable taste as several Citizens can be heard commenting on the poor quality of the rations, even to the extent of considering joining Civil Protection "just to get a decent meal".

Trivia[]

If the player looks closely at the model, they can see that it resembles an MRE (Meal Ready to Eat) package commonly used by the military.

The food package works as a weapon, with an entity, since it technically works as a weapon for the Citizen NPCs. Typing the command "give weapon_citizenpackage" into the console gives the package worldmodel, though it appears improperly, as no viewmodel exists. Attempting to use it has no effect, and once another weapon is chosen, the package cannot be recovered. The HUD icon to appear after spawning is that of the cut MP5K.
In Half-Life: Alyx they are water flavored and occasionally egg flavored.

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Appearances[]

Half-Life 2 (First appearance)
Half-Life: Alyx

The Combine
Leaders / key figures	314 URB-LOC 0017 Advisor • Barn Advisor • Combine Advisors • The Consul (cut) • Vance (cut) • Wallace Breen
Minor members	Animal (cut) • Barney Calhoun • Mambridge (cut) • Peters (cut) • Unnamed Scientist
Humanoid units	Alien Assassin (cut) • Alien Soldier (cut) • Assassin (cut) • Charger • Civil Protection • Conscripts (cut) • Cremator (cut) • Elite (cut) • Grunt • Ordinal • Sniper • Soldier • Stalker • Suppressor • Zombie Assassin (cut)
Synth units	Synth • Advisor Pod • Attack Synth (cut) • Crab Synth • Dropship • Guard (cut) • Gunship • Hunter • Mobile Mine (cut) • Mortar Synth • Sacktick (cut) • Shield Scanner • Strider • Super Soldier (cut) • Synth Elite Soldier (cut) • Tbot1 (cut) • Unidentified cut Synth (cut) • Wasteland Scanner (cut)
Mechanical units	City Scanner • Manhack • Combot (cut)
Weapons	AK-47 (cut) • Autogun • Ceiling Turret • Desert Launcher (cut) • Emplacement Gun • FIM-92 Stinger (cut) • Flare Gun • GR9 (cut) • Guard Gun (cut) • Grenade • Ground Turret • Headcrab Shell • Heavy Shotgun • HK-707 (cut) • Hopper Mine • Hopwire Grenade (cut) • Hunter-Chopper Bomb • Immolator (cut) • Incendiary Rifle (cut) • Laser Tripmine • Launcher (cut) • MK3A2 Grenade • MP5K (cut) • MP7 (cut) • Overwatch Sniper Rifle • Overwatch Standard Issue Pulse Rifle • Pulse SMG • Pulse weapons • Rollermine • Sentry Gun • Shotgun • Sniper Rifle (cut) • SPAS-12 • Stun Baton • Suppression Device • USP Match • Wall Turret (cut) XM29 OICW (cut)
Vehicles	Advisor Platform • AirEx Truck (cut) • Armored Personnel Carrier • Hunter-Chopper • M2A3 Bradley (cut) • Merkava (cut) • Razor Train • School Bus (cut) • SWAT Truck (cut)
Technology	Advisor Container • Assassin tank (cut) • Barricade • Battery • Big Momma Pod (cut) • Binoculars (cut) • Breencast • Bunker • Camera (cut) • Cell • Charger • Citadel • Citadel Core • Confiscation Field • Dark Energy • Depot • Dispenser • Door lock • Door Tower (cut) • Dr. Breen's Private Reserve • Elevator • Emergency flare • Emitter • Energy Ball • Fabricator • Field Bridge • Force Field • Heavy Door • Heel Springs (cut) • Interface • Light • Medkit • Memory Replacement • Monitor • Overwatch Voice • Power Generator • Restrictor • Security Door • Smart Barrier • Supply Crate • Suppression Field • Teleportation • Television • The Terminal • Vehicles • Vorti-Cell (cut) • Watchtower
Locations	APC garage • Citadel • Citadel Core • City 8 • City 11 • City 12 • City 13 • City 14 • City 15 • City 16 • City 17 • City 24 • City 27 • City 17 Trainstation • Combine Overworld • Depot • Gate 5 • Nova Prospekt • Overwatch Nexus • Technical Trainstation • See cut locations
Other	Anticitizen • Citizen • Overwatch