C̶i̶t̶y̶ ̶F̶o̶r̶t̶y̶ ̶F̶i̶v̶e̶ “UNSPECIFIED” City

During the early weeks or months after the war, this City stood tall and was one of the first cities the Combine used as a place for the enslaved populace in India. It thrived on its high production rates from its large number of citizens and had massive economic growth during its time.

The City was alive and had some of the best early Civil Protection units guarding its citizens, making the populace feel safe. Over-time however, the Union tightened its rule on the City when ESIC first showed-up, gunning down both innocent civilians and protectorates alike.

ESIC, otherwise known as the East Sino-Indian Confederation continuously harassed the City and its populace on a weekly basis. At first, the attacks were light, meaningless and always resulted in Combine victory. The citizens cheered all the time, happy the Combine was dealing with this threat so easily,but after a short-while, ESIC offensives got more and more desperate leading to all kinds of devastating consequences.

These assaults resulted in the loss of rations, power being cut, sabotaging the Nexus security system, wiping out entire squads of Civil Protection Teams and groups of citizens found dead at random.

It wasn’t until the Sectorial Administration carpet-bombed the entire canal with headcrab canisters that ESIC and Resistance attacks dropped once again. But this peace was short-lived when the Antlions suddenly approached the City and the Thumpers failed to activate. In turn, the defensive posture had caused a lot of deaths among the Combine and populace, leaving it vulnerable entirely.

The Overseer and Sectorial Administration left the City as ESIC troops took advantage of the situation, leaving the entire City to crumble and fall apart. A few survivors had got on a train and left as soon as they could with what little Civil Protection forces were left.

A survivors account said:

“As the train left the tunnel out of the City, all of us look behind to see how badly damaged our once-great home was. We could all imagine the screaming of people left in there to fend for themselves, as some of us cried and waved our goodbyes, a blight light flashed before us. Forcing us to cover our eyes and turn away… when we looked back… everything was reduced to ash… nothing but a crater in the ground were the City once stood. Such hate and hostility were felt that day… as well as the fear of those who still think they can fight against the ones who gave us so much. Why has ESIC forsaken us!?”

Some say that the Overseer in charge of the City fled to take control of City Two and now resides there, leaving one devastated city in order to deal with another.