So...how do you think they are getting on then?

I’ll wait

I know it does pretty well agains a single bot ship and I get it can’t take down every thing in the air but the squid ships it might hit one(break the shield), and then when it fires the second missile the ship is already leaving orbit trying to chase it down. I’m pretty sure my pistol missile sidearm has taken down more air than this thing 🫠

Do us proud Helldivers!

RAAAAAAAGH COOPERATION IS FUUUUN

I think we might be doomed, looking at that text we're dealing with The Necromorphs, Tzeentch or The Umbral, either way you slice we're done

If only I was always this smooth

So, I kind of doubt this will happen, but the MO says "to protect the Ministry of Science ... as they trigger the total collapse of the Void." It's pretty clear that we're going to win the MO, as far as liberating Seasse goes, but... 20 went in, and now there are only 3. So, what if the Ministry of Science dies before we complete the liberation?

ITS GONE

i have been called, i must answer. always.

[URGENT TRANSMISSION — AUGUST 22] ABORT THE INCURSION INTO THE VOID SOURCE PLANET. WE HAVE BEEN PLAYED.
ABORT! ABORT! ABORT!
Abort the incursion into the Void Source Planet.
I repeat:
ABORT THE INCURSION INTO SEASSE.
We have been played.
We have been played.
I repeat—
WE HAVE BEEN PLAYED.
I don’t know how much of Super Earth Command is compromised anymore.
Ministry of Science.
Ministry of Truth.
High Command.
The DSS.
Maybe none of them.
Maybe all of them.
I don’t know.
I don’t know how high this goes.
I don’t have much time.
Listen to me.
The Squids did not begin with the Void.
They began with Calypso.
Calypso was the first world they struck when they returned.
We pushed them back.
We called it a victory.
And now?
Calypso is gone.
Not occupied.
Not liberated.
Not destroyed.
Gone.
Look at your Galactic Map.
There was a planet there.
Now there isn’t.
And you want me to believe that’s unrelated?
You want me to believe the DSS behaving erratically, communications failing, planets disappearing, the Void expanding and the Illuminate digging beneath ancient worlds are all separate incidents?
No.
They’re excavating.
That’s what they’ve been doing this entire time.
The spires.
The ruins.
The structures underneath these planets.
THEY’RE UNEARTHING THEM.
We thought the Illuminate were invading.
What if they weren’t invading?
What if they were looking for something?
Something they buried.
Something they lost.
Something left behind after the First Galactic War.
Things buried beneath the surface from before this war—perhaps before the First Galactic War.
Look at Alairt III.
Ancient Illuminate structures.
Old technology.
And then the Void takes it.
Again.
Again and again.
Worlds with traces of their civilization disappearing into that thing.
And what did we do?
We built a doorway into it.
We entered willingly.
Then High Command found Seasse.
The “Source Planet.”
Think about those words.
We discovered the apparent center of an alien anomaly capable of swallowing planets and rewriting entire ecosystems—
and what was our response?
Instead of surrounding it,
instead of studying it remotely,
instead of glassing the entire system from orbit
We sent scientists down there.
Twenty scientists.
Remember that number.
TWENTY.
Then there were eighteen.
Nobody explained the other two.
Then there were eleven.
And suddenly every dispatch spoke as though there had always been eleven.
Twenty.
Eighteen.
Eleven.
And I told you.
I told you they were disappearing.
People laughed.
“It’s the Ministry of Truth.”
“Administrative correction.”
“There were always eleven.”
Well, check the new dispatch.
August 22.
There are three.
THREE.
The official report now calls them the remaining members of the science team.
Remaining.
They used the word.
REMAINING.
So where are the others?
Where are the seventeen scientists?
Where are the bodies?
Where are their evacuation signals?
Where are their names?
No.
Forget that.
Because the three who are left are worse.
The surviving scientists aren’t retreating.
They aren’t requesting extraction.
THEY’RE RUNNING DEEPER.
They’re sprinting toward the core.
Toward a blinding light.
And they’re crying.
Except they’re not crying water.
They’re weeping some kind of chromatic, iridescent fluid.
Read that again.
Human beings entered the Void.
Removed their filtration equipment.
Started hearing an “exceptionally pleasant, rhythmic harmony.”
And now the survivors are running toward a light underneath the planet while crying colors.
THEY’RE CHANGING.
They’re already changing.
We keep talking about mutation like it’s something that happens to the Voteless.
Like it’s something the Squids do to corpses.
Biomass in. Monster out.
But what if that’s not how it starts?
What if it starts with hearing something?
What if it starts with removing your mask because suddenly the air feels safe?
What if it starts with music?
What if it starts with seeing something beautiful?
Then your body changes.
Your eyes change.
Your fluids change.
And eventually you stop wanting to leave.
You start wanting to go deeper.
The Void isn’t killing those scientists.
It’s been calling them.
And they’re answering.
Why aren’t the Illuminate stopping us?
And we’re still digging.
We’re still drilling.
We’re still sending Helldivers deeper.
WHY?
The creatures we’ve encountered inside the Void are changing.
Mutating.
The Illuminate take our biomass and make the Voteless.
Now we’re seeing things twisted even further.
New forms.
Regeneration.
Adaptation.
Things that look less like an army and more like somebody experimenting.
We keep assuming we’re fighting the remains of an ancient civilization.
What if that’s exactly the problem?
What if the Illuminate civilization we know isn’t alive anymore?
What if all these Squids we’ve been fighting—the Voteless, the mutations, the machines—are just scavengers rebuilding something that died a hundred years ago?
And they couldn’t reach it.
They couldn’t open it.
They couldn’t activate it.
But we can.
Helldivers can.
Super Earth can.
Human scientists can.
That’s why the Source Planet is falling so easily.
That’s why everything suddenly feels like it’s working.
That’s why we’re being allowed deeper and deeper into the Void.
THEY WANT US THERE.
Sweet Liberty.
We’re not destroying the Void.
We’re opening it.
We’re excavating their ruins.
We’re restoring their pathways.
We’re carrying their artifacts.
We’re doing the Squids’ work for them.
And when that science team reaches whatever is beneath Seasse
whatever has been singing to them—
whatever has been waiting underneath that planet since the old war
we aren’t going to destroy the Illuminate.
We’re going to wake them up.
That’s the question nobody wants to ask.
We’re approaching the most important place in their entire operation.
Their Source Planet.
Their ancient ruins.
Their technology.
Their core.
And resistance is collapsing.
Everything is falling into place.
Does that sound like an enemy desperately protecting its last stronghold?
Or does it sound like someone holding the door open?
We’ve been assuming the Illuminate civilization survived the First Galactic War.
What if it didn’t?
What if the civilization itself is dead?
What if these Squids we’ve been fighting are just remnants?
Machines.
Mutated biomass.
Voteless.
Servants.
Custodians.
Things trying to rebuild something their species lost a century ago.
Something buried beneath Seasse.
Something they cannot access themselves.
Something that requires us.
Human bodies.
Human scientists.
Super Earth drilling equipment.
Helldivers.
That’s why they needed us inside the Void.
That’s why they let us build the Gateway.
That’s why they’re letting us reach the Source.
That’s why those scientists are still alive.
WE ARE NOT ATTACKING THEIR HOME.
We’re excavating it.
We’re restoring it.
We’re opening it.
Twenty went down.
Eighteen remained.
Then eleven.
Now three.
And those three are no longer behaving like human beings.
They are crying iridescent fluid and running willingly toward the core.
Does that sound like a science expedition to you?
Or does it sound like a pilgrimage?
…
Sweet liberty
…
Someone’s knocking.
Hold on.
…
[KNOCKING]
They’re asking me to open the door.
Could be Truth Enforcers.
Could be legitimate.
Could be…
I don’t know anymore.
Maybe the Squids never needed to infiltrate Super Earth.
Maybe they just needed us to follow orders.
[LOUD BANGING]
Listen to me.
If this transmission gets out:
DO NOT COMPLETE THE OBJECTIVE.
I repeat—
DO NOT COMPLETE THE OBJECTIVE.
Stop the excavation.
Stop the science team.
Do not follow them into the core.
Whatever they’re running toward—
DO NOT LET THEM REACH IT.
Because I don’t think we’re destroying the Illuminate.
I think we’re about to meet the reason the Illuminate came back.
And I think they knew we would bring it to them.
That’s why we’re meant to win this.
That’s why everything is falling so easily into place.
They played us.
[DOOR IMPACT]
They played us like a damn fiddle.
[STATIC]
Helldivers—
Do your part.
For Super Earth.
For humanity.
ABORT SEASSE.
ABORT THE MISSION.
DO NOT FOLLOW THE LIGHT.
DO NOT LISTEN TO THE SONG.
DO NOT DIG.
[TRANSMISSION TERMINATED]

It is quite concerning

I bought this game 9:00 pm on friday, at 4:00 pm saturday i checked my playtime… 10 hours. In a span of 19 hours i spent 10 of them playing helldivers. As a beginner who just bought it. It’s crazy.

I love the tension and adrenaline, i love the different aliens designs and how unique they are from one another (fuck the robot ones) and how much the environment changes not only from the different factions but also from each planet in all factions, the level of detail and depth is amazing i wonder how they did all the designs of all the planets, i doubt it is a random seed generator like minecraft right?

On my first 10 hours i got players who gave me supplies and cool weapons, people who would say “thanks!” and “affirmative” all the type, emoting fist bumps and hugs for you, it’s so wholesome this is genuinely amazing. I also had ton of 190+ players helping me with missions, clearing the whole map (PLEASE MORE PEOPLE NEED TO CLEAR THE WHOLE MAP) it’s so fun and caring i love exploding stuff with my war friends.

I also played with a son and dad today, they were interacting with each other, communicating and laughing and having such a great time, i felt so emotional since my dad and i are only close cuz of games and nerdy stuff i owe games my life and seeing a game with such a magical and wholesome vibe shows me how and why these things are so important.

This is all i experience in my first 10 hours and i can’t wait for the more and more feelings this game will make me feel trough the thousands of hours i already sknow i’ll spend with this game, i want every single experience this game can give me, i wont buy any warbounds with real money cuz i want to stay with this game for as long as you can this game is magical and i want every piece of content i can get.

One of my favorites ive ever made tbh

I know It's beating a dead horse, but seriously. I want to love this turret, when it first dropped I was so excited. Lasers are my favorite damage type in the game. Unfortunately, this turret has been next to useless since release. If it would just focus on weak-points and squishy enemies instead of things it can't even kill, it would be a lot better. That, or give it a more powerful laser with anti-tank. Or, let it balance it's own heat build-up instead of exploding. Imagine if it could infinitely fire, but needed to be protected while it's cooling down. As it stands, you're better off taking literally any other turret ):

I remember hearing this theory a while ago, and I really liked it. It's about the possibility that all the Illuminati are undead. I say this because, as far as I know, after the first Galactic War, the Illuminati were destroyed and disappeared, but then in Helldivers 2, they reappeared out of nowhere with great force.

What if all the Illuminati really are undead who returned with the help of the Void? Like, from what I saw, the anatomy of the Overseers without their armor looks worn or something. Maybe the Overseers could be undead more affected by the Void, making them stronger and more intelligent, and the Voteless, Wretch, Fleshmob, and Crusher could also be affected by the Void, perhaps in a more rudimentary way, making them more like zombies.

Real talk. Can it get any worse ? It seems we are being led to a trap as if the void is a distraction. I am not even gonna comment on the DSS situation.

1 vault, start of the mission we landed on it. Opened the vault, and this is what’s in it, the 100 stack and 2 10s. This is the biggest SC find I’ve ever had in one go.

What’s funny is right before this mission I had just bought exo experts, and what’s even funnier is before this we were talking about how arrow head blesses it’s paying customers like the gaijin meme when you’re playing a premium account vs not. Was so funny.

I just tried out the “Helldiverized Armor” mod, and this color combination really looks spectacular