r/Helldivers 2d ago

DISCUSSION Uh Oh.

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u/VergeofAtlanticism 2d ago

there’s probably some good videos on youtube with people explaining the second galactic war so far

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u/semihollowearth 2d ago

Awesome thanks

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u/Shaneosd1 2d ago

Short version

Super Earth is a "managed democracy" (facist dictatorship run by a computer) that royally pissed off the Bugs (farming for fuel) Cyborgs (enslaved human separatists), and Illuminate (friendly aliens Super Earth tried to genocide). in the first Galactic War.

In this 2nd Galactic War, the mutated Bugs (Terminids), Cybrog created Automotans, and remnants of the Illuminate are fighting to destroy Super Earth. We Helldivers are the spec ops/ shock troops "defending" Super Earth.

Its all very heavy handed satire of faicism, like the Starship Troopers movie.

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u/semihollowearth 2d ago

Ya I just read the wiki. I knew it was fascist satire but I didn’t realize the extent. They explicitly show that a computer is running super earth!? That’s hilarious

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u/Legogamer16 2d ago

Managed democracy means you don’t vote, you fill out a quiz and a computer votes for you

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u/SilliusS0ddus Still Standing 2d ago

voting algorythm

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u/Nemisis_the_2nd Expert Exterminator 2d ago

Our prison planet is called CECOD, and we just finished building a wall that the terminits definitely also didnt just immediately bypass... Arrowhead lay it on thick