Helldivers 2 Lore - Who are the Helldivers?

hello and welcome citizens of superar we've already done three videos in this Channel's lore series and we haven't yet discussed the topic of the titular Heroes of the series namely the hell divers but instead of focusing just on them I thought we'd also beef up today's video by covering the topic of Hell pods now I do want to point out that a lot of these lore videos are my own theories about the world of Hell divers there's not a whole lot of text that explains or clarifies aspects of these games so I am mainly piecing together what I can find mind and making some educated guesses please don't view everything I say in these videos as being true Canon and also a huge thanks to Community member Bender bending Rodriguez for helping me out with a lot of this script from the first hell divers game we read our pride the hell divers are the scalpel of the military might of super Earth young men and women are drafted from the regular army Corp to do their part in the unrestful Galaxy that is set on destroying super Earth from this text we can see that the hell divers are the Elite Force of the superar Federation and is made up of young men and women taken from the planet's Army the superar Armed Forces also known as the sea we can see other pieces of lore from the first game that reference other military groups inside the Federation for example an excerpt that talks about how some hell divers were former Riot police officers and were trained in military assassination tactics that's a pretty big gap to jump to be a riot police officer and then to be a trained assassin I think that says a lot about the current social climate on super Earth so it looks like the hell divers are individuals picked from the many different areas of super Earth's military and police forces we also know that at the age of 16 every citizen of superar is given a ceremonial yet functional bolt action rifle to encourage practicing their right and duty to defend democracy while Earth does have the SE to be a hell diver is amongst the highest honors one could dream of achieving but not everyone who wishes to be a hell diver is accepted as there is an extensive screening process that citizens must go through to meet the requirements of the bravest soldiers in the Federation most likely these men and women must prove that managed democracy is at the core of their very existence and that they aren't a dangerous freethinker after the war was one in the first game we are told that the hell divers were retired this could mean a few different things it could mean the original hell divers retired and went on to live civilian lives or and more likely if you ask me the hell divers were returned to their cryopods where they await the next conflict which we see in Hell divers 2 in Hell divers 2 we get a tutorial mission to introduce players to the game mechanics that is also kept in Universe my theory is that this training is for newly recruited hell divers to get up to speed but you could also say that this is a refresher course for the original hell divers that have just come out of cryo mode let me just play a few Clips here and let the game speak for itself to liberating the Galaxy stomping bugs every kid's dream good luck out there I'll see you on the front lines you're on your own from here recruit use your map to find your way to the training facility Welcome to Hell diver training your instructor is waiting for you up ahead please proceed I'm General frash super Earth's oldest and most grizzled war hero and I'm not easy to impress hell dier training is the toughest test in the Galaxy but I can tell that doesn't scare you impressive now enough J jab the upcoming obstacles will take everything your exceptional physique can muster this is it the real deal get to it soldier in all my years I've never witnessed such acrobatic Perfection I think you're ready for our highly realistic Battlefield simulator that's right the real de impeccable like I always say the best simulation is a real simulation Now activate the battlefield injury simulator I'm hereit oh sweet Liberty the your tee Soldier grab that stem and Patch yourself up Freedom never sleep there good is new now look sharp you're about to encounter democracy sworn enemy recruit there it is the terminate the scorge of Liberty arm yourself and show that bug the true meaning of freedom I am hoping that we get more lore in Hell divers 2 as at the moment a lot of this information that we can use is from the first game which again took place 100 years before hell divers 2 let's move on to the hell pods for now for starters I want to make sure that we understand there's a differ between the cryopods seen when you enter a Super Destroyer and the actual hell pods used to descend on a planet the first game's description for the hell pods read hell divers drop into battle using iconic hell pods shock absorbing tubes that break the atmosphere at extreme velocities only to crack the ground when they open to reveal their heroic cargo the wiki also tells us that the invention of the HELLP pod came about due to Super Earth's lack of air superiority during the Battle of northman's Creek an oppressive regime had dug themselves into the battlefield which forced the Federation to develop shock absorbing supersonic pods the hell pods shock absorbers are obviously built with the user in mind as they protect them from the force of impact but this does not mean that the Pod itself is safe to be around when deployed we also see that some strategems like heavy weapons use hell pods as well or at least a modified version of that technology which is equipped to hold gear and Munitions hold up recruit it's finally time to call in the big guns use the support weapon strategy to get yourself a real [Music] weapon that's the stuff now use a resupply strategy to get yourself some more ammo I got a lot of comments in the recent lore videos about the connections and Inspirations between hell divers and Starship Troopers and I just wanted to say that yes I am aware of them we did a poll recently on the channel to see if anyone was interested in a video covering that topic and the poll went great so we're going to be making that video soon if you enjoyed the content why not subscribe also let me know your thoughts down below maybe you have a differing opinion or you found some pieces of lore that I missed thanks for watching and as always go spread democracy requesting relo

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Length: 7min 46sec (466 seconds)

Published: Tue Feb 20 2024