Helldivers,

Following the recent operation, you are instructed to review the attached strategic document in detail. It contains critical insights and data relevant to the mission's outcomes and future directives. Your attention to this matter is essential.

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The Illuminate have retreated from Super Earth battlespace. The Heart of Democracy has been defended. The Battle of Super Earth is won.

The devastation wrought upon our home is immense. Only two Mega Cities remain standing: Prosperity City and Equality-on-Sea. The remainder have been vacated by the enemy, having suffered catastrophic damage at their hands.

Across the Federation, approval for impromptu celebrations in the streets has been issued. C-01 permits approval allowances have been quintupled, though processing delays may occur following the loss of ADMINCEN 02. All know the endurance of Freedom is thanks to the innumerable sacrifices of the Helldivers, and the SEAF soldiers fighting by their side. Awards for valor for SEAF veterans are being processed. Remaining Illuminate forces were last observed making FTL jumps from Super Earth orbit. The enemy has also vacated New Haven, Pilen V, and Widow's Harbor, burning the surface of those planets as they fled. No stations detect Illuminate forces—the enemy has gone into hiding. They will be found.

After days of nonstop fighting, Super Earth stands. The mettle of Managed Democracy has been tested; the will of the people has overcome the enemy. The Helldivers have achieved victory.

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Approved by the Ministry of Truth

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By Liberty's light, I hope we can complete this MO before it expires.

Sweet Liberty! The squids have taken three megacities: Remembrance, Adminstrative Center 02, and Eagleopolis. Their slimy machinations forced High Command to convert our remaining rainforests into massive airstrips. They continue their ghastly assault on Equality-on-Sea and York Supreme.

Fight on Helldivers. Without you, there would be far more causalities than what we have already suffered.

It's good to see 227K (Steam + PS5) Helldivers defend the heart of Managed Democracy. Together we will defeat the cultist squids and their autocratic ways.

2025-05-20 Concurrent User: 163K (Steam)

Omens of Tyranny 2024-12-13: 150K (Steam)

Source: https://x.com/helldivers2/status/1924761658951385409

Mars has been razed by the Illuminate. All Helldiver Training Sites across the planet, where rigorous, thorough, and safe training of the Galaxy's Elite has long occured, have been destroyed. The expert and seasoned facility PA operators who facilitated the training died defending the planet.

Fortunately, Helldiver training has already been relocated to another undisclosed planet.

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We are performing an update to our backend logic that will change the way "impact" is dealt. Impact is the "liberation" that players deal to enemy planets or defend events. It used to be that Helldivers needed to complete an operation (usually 3 missions) in order for impact to be distributed.

Now, each mission will deal impact, and completing an operation will then deal bonus impact. This is primarily done to make sure that everyone performing missions can safely say that they have contributed to keeping the galaxy safe, without the need to have the operation complete.

Hopefully this will make the system easier to understand, and the casual diver who only has time for a mission a day can still effectively help the war effort.

Source: https://x.com/helldivers2/status/1922224252377309637

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