Area stations are rad as hell, and now one among these outposts of the ultimate frontier is changing into Helldivers 2’s newest frontier in audacious, community-driven storytelling. The sport’s new main order sees gamers partaking within the first of a four-part sequence to construct the Democracy Area Station. As soon as constructed, the neighborhood will get to vote on the place and the way the Democratic Dying Star will likely be deployed.
Perhaps the good a part of the entire deal is which you can really see the beneath building DSS in-game orbiting the planet of Gaellivare. Presumably it can change and develop as gamers full the main orders concerned in its building, an thrilling improvement in Helldivers 2’s distinctive model of collaborative storytelling. It is one factor to get these enjoyable lore updates on what Main Orders are conducting, fairly one other to see this putting, quantifiable change within the sport.
MAJOR ORDER: The Democracy Area Station has entered the primary of 4 building phases. Its inspiring, grey-toned hull can already be seen within the orbit of Gaellivare.As soon as full, the DSS will likely be a brand new strategic-level weapon. It can wield highly effective, Helldiver-directed… pic.twitter.com/h3pn3rSd1RSeptember 28, 2024
The primary Main Order is to liberate and maintain the world of Turing on the finish of a five-day countdown—doubtlessly a tall order, however the sheer cool issue on show may be sufficient to win over the required manpower from the playerbase. The in-universe rationalization, in accordance with the official Helldivers 2 account on X, “The Every little thing App,” is “to permit the Ministry of Science to ascertain a brand new, state-of-the-art Xenoentomology Heart. The Heart will prototype and develop new Excessive-Effectivity Alcubiere Drives, able to successfully transporting gigastructures just like the DSS.” All sounds good to me, although “entomology” is the examine of bugs, not interstellar propulsion. However what do I do know.
As ever, I am reminded of my 700-hour pandemic dalliance with Future 2, and the way group effort stuff there simply by no means had Helldivers 2’s cool issue—simply working the identical actions time and again to fill a worldwide meter. You want a carrot—like a sick as hell skybox of a satellite tv for pc slowly being constructed—to essentially sweeten the deal.
And I will be curious to see how the completed battlestation is deployed. “It can wield highly effective, Helldiver-directed weaponry to help within the liberation of its orbited planet,” the main order explains. “By a cutting-edge voting system, the Helldivers will decide the place to deploy the DSS, and when to make use of its capabilities.” That seems like a strong new device for tackling future Main Orders, but additionally the form of factor devoted gamers may muck with, swaying the vote in notably humorous or trolling vogue. Although, to be trustworthy, that simply seems like a part of the enjoyable to me.