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* The Combine in ''[[Half-Life|Half-Life 2]]'' and its episodic sequels hijack worlds across dimensions rather than space, but the idea is the same. The native life-forms are used to construct bio-organic combat units, the most successful of which are exported to use on the next world; humanity seems to be in the process of becoming the new fodder units as the game opens. The physical material of the planet itself is also exploited: supplemental material explains the barren costal areas in the game are a result of the Combine teleporting away a fair fraction of the Earth's ocean water over the past decade, lowering global sea levels by several feet.
* Chairmen Drekk and his people, the Blarg, from ''[[Ratchet & Clank (video game)|Ratchet & Clank]]'' are stealing not only resources, but ''chunks of lithosphere'' from other planets to build a new one, in order to replace their polluted and overpopulated homeworld. Right before the [[Final Battle]], Clank tries to convince him to stop his mad scheme, but Drekk's motives are different from what he suspects.
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'''Drekk:''' [[You Fool!]]! You think ''that's'' what this is ''about''?! Who do you think polluted the ''last'' planet? ''I did''. This is about one thing and one thing only: ''cash'', and lots of it. See, I've been ''paid'' for every inch of my new world. Once the inhabitants move in, I'll begin polluting that planet as well, and the whole thing starts ''all over again''. Ah... brilliant.
'''Clank''': Y-you ''evil'' [[Curse Cut Short|little]]-- }}
* This was why the Strogg in ''[[Quake II]]'' and ''[[Quake 4|4]]'' invaded Earth. Like some of the other examples, they were seeking ''humans''. As cyborgs, they wanted to convert humans into new Strogg... and additionally, they used them as food, and the raw materials for medical treatments to maintain their organic components.
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