except this time we won't last seven minutes!'Īfter the war ended, local militias and other resistance groups sprung up to combat the Combine's garrison force.Īs 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.
In Episode Two, Eli states that if the Superportal matures, ' it'll be the Seven Hour War all over again. The war itself is never discussed directly in Half-Life 2 but mentioned briefly by Eli Vance in Black Mesa East looking at a small corkboard featuring several annotated newspaper cutouts and images that cause him to reminisce about the events during the war.
