This configuration is signified by a single set of rib-like structures exposed within the right half of the Citadel, with an outer metal plating retracted slightly above the inner plating. The first of these is what is most likely the dormant configuration, which is probably maintained during the majority of life in the city, when no serious threats are posed to the Combine (the structure also takes this shape during Half-Life 2: Episode One). The Citadel had two known "states," or configurations that the tower takes depending on specific situations. The Citadel is heavily mechanized, and entire sections of it can move to allow for mass deployment of airborne Combine units such as City Scanners. The surrounding areas are blasted away, as if the core of the structure fell out of the sky. The Citadel likely came to Earth via a Superportal. Its associated portal is the primary means of communication with offworld Combine forces. It is a triangular structure when viewed from above, and is crowned by a Dark Energy Reactor. It was located in City 17, and resembled a massive, metallic skyscraper, rising approximately 2.6 kilometers (8430.9 feet tall) into the sky from ground level, and extending some distance underground as well. The Citadel was the headquarters from which the Combine govern the Earth.
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