Combine vs. Empire Thread

[Zotron]

I recently saw Rouge One and it popped a question in my head: Who would win in an all out fight, the Combine from Half-Life 2 or the Empire from Star Wars?

I mean the Combine use bullet-based weps (excluding the AR2) while the Empire has Sith and laser-based weps. /discuss

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[Whackin]

the combine gun ships are invincible so you cant rly lose

[Jairo]

well it takes the combine seven hours to enslave a planet of seven billion while it takes the empire 20 seconds to annihilate a planet of seven billion

so it's really a question of modus operandi, I guess

[Nicepoint]

the combine gun ships are invincible so you cant rly lose

Dropships*

also, put one between the deathstar laser and the planet, problem solved

[TheABELBOTO]

well it takes the combine seven hours to enslave a planet of seven billion while it takes the empire 20 seconds to annihilate a planet of seven billion

so it's really a question of modus operandi, I guess

Keep in mind that the combine wanted acquire the portal technology aperture science had developed and all the research black mesa had done.

[SimpleFish]

This is a pretty hard question, but in the end I'd see the combine winning while suffering heavy losses.

[TheABELBOTO]

Also it's implied the combine on earth is nothing to the real deal. They only used bullet based weapons because it's all we have on earth, and they rather not have to constantly ship weaponry to deal with a seemingly weak species.

The Ar2 might just be a basic model of dark matter rifles or whatever it was called.

[ReddBoi]

the combine gun ships are invincible so you cant rly lose

kek

[Marios]

Also it's implied the combine on earth is nothing to the real deal. They only used bullet based weapons because it's all we have on earth, and they rather not have to constantly ship weaponry to deal with a seemingly weak species.

The Ar2 might just be a basic model of dark matter rifles or whatever it was called.

The AR2 does have balls you can fire at humans to disintegrate them instantly.

[Blue Screen]

i would assume that clone troopers would win against metro police, combine soldiers, prison guards, or combine elites in ground combat due to their training and their laser weapons while the combine use ballistic (or, bullets) weaponry, but that's only the combine overwatch (if i'm not mistaken)

clones could just use their rocket launchers (i'm not sure if they have any but) or their ships (no, not the big ones, talking about the ships you fly) to blow up hunter choppers, dropships, and gunships (if dropships are not truly invincible, anyways) as well as striders

either way, i suppose in some cases (or most cases), lasers > bullets

in the empire's case, the same thing. just sic the 501st on them and you're done, unless you use the generic stormtroopers, then you'll have a bit of a problem, unless they shoot well for this instance

[Juncoph]

the combine suffer from a severe case of xcom-itis. they are not representative of their origin point's power, only a fraction of it optimized for destroying a weak target.

[The Resonte!]

combines gotta spam those disintegrating energy balls

[Zotron]

Oh yeah I forgot about the original Synths, but, in my opinion, I think the Empire would still win between the Sith and the Death Star.

[CRITAWAKETS]

Well if its combine vs storm troopers the combine has a 100% chance to win without any casualties or even injuries.

[hodot]

let's use gmod snpcs to answer the question