The most recent Helldivers 2 main order has simply gone up—and it is a easy, in-and-out mission to liberate Troost, a planet that is at present underneath Automaton management. This must be a pleasant trip, seeing because the final handful of main orders have all been bug-related—even when bots are so much much less common than bugs.
As somebody who joined throughout the order to defend Automaton planets, I’ve ‘fond’ recollections of brawling with this stuff. They had been the enemy sort I fought once I was nonetheless breaking in my Tremendous Earth-issued cape—and I typically desire how threatening they’re with their relentless dropships, sniping missile launchers, and terminator struggle chants. Even when they’re, effectively, more durable.
So let’s check out that Main Order: “We have now found Automaton plans for one thing referred to as ‘The Reclamation’. Capturing their deep-space comms array on Troost might reveal important intel about their plans.” Oh. Oh no.
In case you are not up-to-date along with your Helldivers lore, the Automatons we struggle now are type of the vengeful kids of the primary sport’s Cyborgs, who declared independence after asking treasonous questions like ‘okay, however how do we all know the voting machines aren’t simply deciding on a dictator for us?’ and ‘is not this a violation of my rights?’
That is as per a decrypted message from the Helldivers 1 Twitter account from 2021, which reads: “We, the collective from Cyberstan, unanimously assert our independence from Tremendous Earth. We have now the fitting to defend our residence from the brainwashed Helldivers. Our kids, the automaton is not going to endure as we now have underneath the oppression of Tremendous Earth!”
Within the first sport, each time gamers would efficiently conquer—I imply, democratise—Cyberstan, it could be introduced underneath the Tremendous Earth dictatorship—I imply, obligatory freedom. The Tremendous Earth Development Firm additionally tends to take over their factories for some voluntarily obligatory labour.
From this, you possibly can intuit that, yeah. The Automatons aren’t tremendous psyched about Cyberstan being in Tremendous Earth management—however do not take my phrase for it, take theirs.
This chilling chanting, which might usually be heard in-game, is usually interpreted as having the lyrics: “Cyberstan, cannot maintain her down” in it. In different phrases—sure, the Automatons are in all probability attempting to claw their method to Cyberstan within the galaxy map’s area north. The prospect of the Automatons succeeding of their mission, reclaiming Cyberstan, and waking up… one thing? Is haunting.
Good factor that’ll by no means occur, since we have gained each single Main Order in opposition to the Automatons. We completely did not fail that defence order, it went tremendous effectively, and your requisitions simply received misplaced within the area publish. Sudden engine failure—tragic, actually.
On the time of writing there’s roughly a mixed 99,000 patriots battling bots on the Automaton planets of Mantes and Ustotu in an effort to succeed in and democratise Troost—whether or not it will be a stroll within the landmine-filled park or Malevelon Creek 2.0 is one other query completely.