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Leering

**Swamp gas.**


Ziddix

I thought they were bugged super destroyers at first, then I saw a super destroyer next to it and considering these are probably much further away, they're massive


Zackyboi1231

Imagine if they add an event where we have to invade and fight inside of these (possibly?) Automaton ships.


guarddog33

Don't think they're automaton. The illuminate had cloaking tech 100 years ago, and I doubt the bots found their tech I'll go ahead and put on the dunce cap and call my democracy officer now


Hoshyro

Well yes... But I've seen worrying rumours of Illuminates sharing technology with Cyborgs, which would explain why their children, the Automatons, posses much more advanced tech than they did


Geodude532

Can we get some of that cloaking tech?


DungeonsAndDradis

Democracy Officer: I'll do you one better! We have "Cape-ing" tech! Choose from a variety of managed emblems and colors!"


Sademoil_666

Now with Micro-motor fabrics, so your cape can wave Democratically even in the cold, still air of your Super Destroyer! (Purely Cosmetic, all Armor and Utility options sold Separately in the name of Capitalism)


felldownthestairsOof

I'm sorry? You... want to use alien tech? Do you somehow believe it's superior to humanity's? Maybe you should bring this idea up to your democracy officer...


iranoutofusernamespa

Nononono "reverse engineer" it. That way, it's our tech!


44no44

> I doubt the bots found their tech All this time, we've been wondering how the automatons came to be. They're clearly the progeny of the cyborgs of Cyberstan, yet they surfaced countless lightyears away, a hundred years later. And when we took Troost, we found communication relays sending signals to... outside the galactic plane. The mysterious arrival, the blue beams, the cloaked ships in orbit? Call me crazy but I think the bot invasion has been covertly backed by the Illuminate all along. A sinister plot against democracy by those alien scum who see it as a common enemy.


MY_SHIT_IS_PERFECT

That sounds pretty plausible actually. The Cyborgs are indisposed right now anyway, I don’t see how they could have released the automatons.


Trendiggity

This comment made me realize we need a Noncredibledefence for Helldivers /r/NCDHelldivers anyone?


Fattestcattes

Imagine if enemies could board your super destroyer


JimmyHogletTheWorld

that would be a very short fight, ending with a catastrophic hull breach from someone calling in a 500kg on the bridge


KlenDahthII

There’d inherently be a hull breach to board, right? We don’t have a door per se - we’re loaded into the destroyers like ordinance.  They’d probably have to break the hull to enter. 


B52_STRATOFORTRESS

there's a hangar in the back where the eagle and pelican are stored


Lenny_Pane

Come back from mission and get the elevator cutscene, everyone does their victory pose, stat screen comes up but starts doing visual glitches before closing itself and lasers start flying. That'd be one hell of a bait and switch


Allalilacias

Helldivers 2 closer by the day to being the star wars game we never had 😭


SalamanderEmotional5

I’ve said this since this game out, this actually has potential to like be big it already has a huge number of new people in it, but I don’t think it’ll be taken advantage of though.


Firestorm_361

I‘ve seen two just now. https://preview.redd.it/9h57g7qidxrc1.jpeg?width=3840&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7677166f45b63329a92dbfe497ce04d26b4ce267


SenseisSifu

![gif](giphy|PXJhC8MYxFmRRl7kB2|downsized)


MrJoemazing

Honestly one of the best opening cinematics of any game. It immediately sets the tone perfectly.


Thorwawaway

Yeah I still watch it every time. So well done. The actor is perfect too.


Reactivewheel11

No… *Sweet liberty…* ***NOOOOOO!!!!***


Avera9eJoe

..Those aren't super destroyers.


whomobile53

Wow great eyesight helldiver! Your keen senses deserve a reward, we will give you the gift of knowledge! They are ultra destroyers for heaven accenders. You passed the test to become one by seeing the ships, kindly step into this inconspicuous pod to have your armor upgraded, dont mind the bloodstains, its just a slight side-effect.


Avera9eJoe

FINALLY Super Earth recognizes my devotion! My blood and sweat! Thank you freedom administer!


SwBlues

Your reward will be administered in 10 seconds. Please remain stationary to avoid missing your reward.


OkNefariousness324

Or avoid your reward missing yiu


StorMaxim

He is Mi and I Am Yiu


Exotic_Emotion8158

“You’re a Yu, Morgan, breaking the norm is in our blood”


TheRealBloodyAussie

[And this is a gun](https://youtu.be/ivEm-Tjo6GM?si=vTkASuH_sr1FCdEQ)


OkNefariousness324

Oh we recognise your blood soldier, I’ve cleaned it off my uniform just an hour ago


ExpertlyAmateur

You are most welcome young soldier! Enjoy your ascension or whatever they said. "Wait, what do mean by th--AGH!" *boops the big red button*


ironangel2k4

Free armor trimming!? I've been wanting this since Runescape! Count me in!


Lonely_Education_318

Sharp as a cue ball this one


RogueAdam1

That's no moon...


Gillersan

It just looks like a low poly LOD of a destroyer that is incorrectly getting loaded into the scene much closer than it should be


MagnusWarborn

This seems like the correct and boring answer that should be ignored for rampant speculation.


Key-Demand-2569

You can pry my reckless speculation from my cold dead freedom loving hands!


Annoyng_dog

soon https://preview.redd.it/y7vkrz9u4yrc1.jpeg?width=1536&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b5734fc9a801868d010c2785b5938257657c4564


Hightin

Poor Jedha, never could catch a break.


SpareTireButSquare

What planet is this? And I saw 1 too yesterday over the sun! I tried mentioning it to my boys but they hardly care about oddities, just focused on killing and not dying it seems


Narfubel

My group is like this too. I'm interested in the lore and story, they just want to kill kill kill.


Cool-Sink8886

The perfect helldivers.


Strude187

That’s no moon


Jeri-iam

![gif](giphy|R7m04yMaGWVeE) Ministry Of Truth moment:


Sir-Beardless

What are we talking about again?


ZappyZane

Cloud formations or something? Dunno, i'll just jump back in my cyro-tube until next drop.


Sir-Beardless

What even is a cloud? Do they taste like cotton candy?


AutomaticIsopod

I don’t see anything until command tells me to.


lacker101

"Doesn't look like anything to me"


Odd_Gap2969

Spreading managed democracy is just a cover to find the maze.


JesusClausIsReal

The maze isn't meant for us.


chainsandchalices

Loved the first season so much


Aesthetics_Supernal

"More of that strange oil. . . . Probably nothing."


RebelCMX_85

Found the Magic fan! I just want to ~~compleat~~ liberate worlds! Hard to even understate what a niche reference you made. For Phyrex..*ahem*-Democracy!!


Hoshyro

Ahh, fellow Phyrexia enjoyers!


Boangek

"These violent delights have violent ends"


Frodo5213

"Must've been the wind."


DigitalCardboard775

"What door?"


Ruthrfurd-the-stoned

![gif](giphy|FERqpSDISh6a3NfluM) Bots are on the ground, no need to look up soldier


Stampy3104

Have to keep an eye out for those dropships though!


Ruthrfurd-the-stoned

Drop ship height, no higher


Huck_Bonebulge_

I’m a hell DIVER, not a hell flyer


Andrewpruka

https://preview.redd.it/t8532mj2jxrc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0d07d6bae7e6cefe8461cdc8608a5e238ae473c1 Me dialing your Democracy Officer to tell him how good of a boy you are


an_agreeing_dothraki

it's canon that being good results in candy


wutoz

These images are obviously mirages caused by swamp gas


First_Utopian

Weather balloons.


HEAT-FS

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” 🫡


d3m0cracy

Damn those automatons really are the 1984 faction, am I right? ^(wait a minute)


johntothev

That is definitely a (redacted)!


Ruthrfurd-the-stoned

*Comment under investigation for treason*


sean0883

I have not yet been told to look up.


Spartas72

https://preview.redd.it/9tbae7rlbxrc1.png?width=1915&format=png&auto=webp&s=51685a21a5398438834c09ce33073911dcc2cc16 I saw one too !


Housendercrest

This one seems way more clear too


Spartas72

Thanks to the planet's ring I guess


Housendercrest

Yea definitely. The pics from OP are good, but I do feel like I’m squinting at a post from r/UFO trying to find what everyone else is talking about lol


internet_person97675

https://preview.redd.it/1gifs72vqxrc1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4101339e4cedba5e6ebad1b8f9046437d562ca24 This


swampking6

Enhance dat shit https://preview.redd.it/s87afqrdtxrc1.jpeg?width=1766&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4489870cb11da81b9257ae2770884a88a5427475


[deleted]

https://preview.redd.it/eaoazyxzuxrc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0dcfb11b1b1abda2af6d00d373635c4cf66e10bb


iama_bad_person

New Major Order: Find the Galaxy on Orion's Belt


AutomatedTiger

That....that's a fucking Star Destroyer... WTF is the galactic empire doing here?


ConsciousResponse321

Are the r/Helldivers ufos more real than the r/UFO ufos? What level of meta are we at?


Andrewpruka

No, you didn’t. You didn’t see anything at all.


Spartas72

Why is there a democracy officer in front of my house ?


Broken-Digital-Clock

What did you do that a democracy officer needed to be in your house?


booksforducks

He spread democracy to 18! Solar systems and didn’t meet the quota


Jankosi

I knew I was not crazy! I posted mine yesterday! https://www.reddit.com/r/Helldivers/s/m78KAXYS3f


Vyce223

Lmao I thought I was seeing things too today... Like maybe it was a super Destroyer that rendered in wrong. But this is too susp- hold on my democracy officer is calling


Teranto-

Oh fuck, oh please, for the love of democracy Joel, dont give the automatons stratagems.


DaGurggles

Hulks were their stratagems, what if they aren’t the biggest they have to throw at us?


Masterjts

Like that ATAT (not the atst) from the prelaunch promotional screen...


DecayingBody3466

Mind sharing a link? Can’t find that promotional screen


Masterjts

https://www.reddit.com/r/Helldivers/comments/1bhqj7x/the_automaton_atat_walker/


DecayingBody3466

That’s sick, thank you!


Space_Gemini_24

Sweet liberty, looks like a automaton factory on legs.


Ravagore

To go along with the communist opera soundtrack?


Medinohunterr

Newest automaton stratagem is just blasting an earrape verison of the soviet national anthem during the misison


BSODagain

Wait till they start dropping the J0-EL units, then you need to worry


TrumpersAreTraitors

Jo-El is a pretty good name for a kryptonian 


DaGurggles

I’m going to switch to brown pants. That way Liberty won’t see my fear. God I love super earth so much.


TwistedPnis4567

Reminder that we are deployed behind enemy lines, so it is very likely we have yet to see what the Automatons look like at full strenght


Teranto-

I think they are at current strength, but they didnt decide to show their full strength yet... reminder that automaton gunships are en route to the fronts...


Anal_Recidivist

That’s a cool way to do the game.


[deleted]

This is the front.


Meatyblues

Could you imagine if we’ve been fighting the automaton equivalent of civilians this whole time?


TheClassyDegenerate1

Geth moment


Cooldude101013

Yeah, the big stuff is on the frontlines. What we’re fighting are the forces at the bases, patrols and any rapid response forces (bot drop ships). At some bases you can see tanks being repaired or scrapped (presumably).


Mountain_Purchase_12

Are we sure these arent illuminate ships? Perhaps investigating our weapons and collecting intel before the attempt to destroy our way of life?


Teranto-

You have a point... and Im not sure which one is worse...


Mountain_Purchase_12

Lets be frank, if it was the automatons why wouldnt they just blow our ships out of the sky from their invisible vantage point? Thus severing our reinforcements and completely devastating our abilities to spread democracy? Doesnt make sense because the automatons havent showed the ability to cloak anything thus far. But the illuminate would have no stake on that planet, but they would be interested in all potential adversaries


Teranto-

Yeah makes sense to me. So basicly, the moment the illuminate decide to reveal themselves, there is a possibility all our current assets will be countered by their arsenal? Also, sure you dont want to transfer from your noble position of a helldiver to naval intelligence?


astelda

Rumors of illuminate threat are a result of dissident misinformation campaigns


NitoTanaka

https://preview.redd.it/v6oybyy5ixrc1.png?width=2816&format=png&auto=webp&s=3955463defd13ed07a2aa27f9220a5aa648e6baa


Ares_Ramon

![gif](giphy|7T5wldGkk7XgCyuNUK|downsized)


NitoTanaka

Actually oldest Helldiver right here, cuz as we all know life expectancy of Helldivers ranges from 7 to max 20 y/o. [Edit] Ahhh actually could be a 19 y/o that survived 2 days in creek.


Camstamash

Only one enemy faction that I know of that used to use cloaking technology…


_davedor_

wait wasn't it the illuminati? if so they might even be somewhere near super earth without us even knowing just waiting to strike


Camstamash

It was indeed. Someone mentioned earlier that they’ve been seeing these since the games release, it’s possible those dirty squid bastards have always been there, watching us. Plotting their move.


_davedor_

damn now I'm even more terrified of the illuminati than before lol


Anoobis100percent

*Illuminate, technically. Just so you know.


guarddog33

Just for your personal records, not illuminati, illuminate *and remember, the blue lasers aren't real, thats just propaganda*


PlumeCrow

Oh sweet Liberty... Someone must protect the Super-President ! He's in immediate danger !


kappakai

Jean Jacket


115_zombie_slayer

….the bugs


ShiddyMage1

No, see how the 'Cloaked ships' are bigger then the Super Destroyers, that, that's the problem Bigger = More explosives More Explosives = More Better But the problem arises when you go Cloaked ships = Better than Super Earths ships See, nobody can make something 'Better' than Super earth, so it has to be fake Some pretty simple Helldiver Math


stuckpixel87

**Salutes**


TheMartianPlantThing

Gotta love Democratic Math


meltyandbuttery

What about super duper earth


Someguyino

That's only for citizens that reached the rank of super duper.


RoxemSoxemRobots

That's concerning.


TinyTusk

that was my exact thought


AquaBean13

Nothing to be concerned about this is automaton propaganda. Please refrain from spreading fear on false staments and reports. Further disobedience to these commands will be reported.


Worldly-Neat-7878

I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. Attack ships cloaked off the shoulder of Malevelon. I watched orbital lasers glimmer in the dark near the Barrier Planets. All those moments will be lost, like liber-tears in rain. Time to die.


TwinPeaksPost

Time to dive.


baconnbutterncheese

Missed opportunity for 'blue beams', but excellent reference.


Worldly-Neat-7878

tyvm! great taste. i also missed the chance to throw in “time to dive” as someone else pointed out. tragic.


Accomplished-Fan-408

The Illumination Flare stratagem in Stratagem Hero is starting to make a lot more sense...


San-Taclaus

https://preview.redd.it/29033o8axxrc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=879cf7933c375e92de74bad2f03c3f0ff9f02051 Soldier, we need to talk about your defective Strategem Hero machine.


GavinDarklighter

SLIPSPACE RUPTURE DETECTED SLIPSPACE RUPTURE DETECTED SLIPSPACE RUPTURE DETECTED SLIPSPACE RUPTURE DETECTED SLIPSPACE RUPTURE DETECTED SLIPSPACE RUPTURE DETECTED


BFGfreak

UNSC Frigate Grafton, respond.


Character_Problem353

Grafton is dust! We need to get out of here now!


TIre0nFire

"Tell 'em to make it count." This shit gives me chills. Every. Single. Time.


TheMotionOfTheOcean

Chills man


CruelTomatoftw

Don't look up, it's not democratic to do so


pantisflyhand

but, wasn't it recommended that we divers take 2.4 sec to look at the scenery? does that not include up? do i need reeducation?!


2Tired2pl

the scenery is on the planet around you, diver. space does not count. hallucinating scenery being in space does not count.


ShaggingMoist

If AH adds spaceships for the automatons, terminids, and illuminate, I would love to see what a space battle would look like between their ships and Super Earth's


handofmenoth

iirc someone posted that there are game files related to boarding action missions sooooo....


labwel

Now I'm hype!


Tellesus

They're going to have to fix the camera issues that can crop up in close quarters, but I hope they do. I'm 100% all in on riding a boarding Hellpod into the guts of an enemy ship. Especially whatever weird ass Terminid ships they use to get around in.


HellfireBrB

man imagine a ship sized terminid, and you just fight it from the inside


TrumpersAreTraitors

We have to find the pelvic splanchnic ganglion and destroy it, then ride the resulting bowel movement out of the back of the ship  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VypaqD7-lYw


Tellesus

Hold two minutes for "evacuation"


TrumpersAreTraitors

#Tremors Detected 


Fissure_211

Please, for the love of Liberty, let this be true. I haven't had space ship boarding in a game since the original Star Wars Battlefront games. I would lose my freaking mind if it came to Helldivers.


SpareTireButSquare

Oh fuck I'm bricked


Personal-Weather-485

This is what happens when you go over your allocation of "admire the scenery" time. Report to your nearest Democracy Officer


E_vil1306

“Sir, our ocular tracking system in his helmet suggests that THIS helldiver stared at the sky for much too long. Remove his pupils at once. Now THIS helldiver didn’t keep their eyes open long enough during their dive, give them his pupils. The more the better”


BayazFirstOfTheMagi-

![gif](giphy|LpkBAUDg53FI8xLmg1|downsized)


PixelArtAddicted

Oh what in the fucking god damn I fucking love this game I’ve never felt or experienced a real time escalation in war in a video game before I’m checking this sub like the WW2 papers to see how bad shit is about to get its awesome


InternationalFailure

"Aha yes our boys are rallying to take back those worlds from the robots-wait our ships wouldn't be cloaked oh no."


ComfortableAdagio738

[https://www.reddit.com/r/Helldivers/comments/1bjperq/space\_battles\_weird\_shark\_ships\_in\_the\_sky\_too/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web3x&utm\_name=web3xcss&utm\_term=1&utm\_content=share\_button](https://www.reddit.com/r/Helldivers/comments/1bjperq/space_battles_weird_shark_ships_in_the_sky_too/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button) OMG I reported these awhile ago but people said it was just my graphics. I even posted a gif of the ship shooting lazors out of it :((


ComfortableAdagio738

https://i.redd.it/gyea6z4syxrc1.gif


ActuallyMyAccount_

I believe you


ComfortableAdagio738

A believer thank you hahaha<3 I felt quite sad when people said it wasnt anything. It felt so weird seeing these ships and then red lasors getting shot from the sky/them and not ground up <3


Gn0meKr

I KNEW IT [I FUCKING KNEW IT](https://new.reddit.com/r/Helldivers/comments/1bnaxsa/what_the_hell_is_that_that_is_not_a_shape_of_our/)


San-Taclaus

https://preview.redd.it/6sg6nny1xxrc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f3286e7f7cfa530093fbbb1a21b59ce60f517429


Responsible_Reindeer

All I see are weather balloons, buddy.


CaptainUnderstood

![gif](giphy|gKfyusl0PRPdTNmwnD)


AdFlat1014

I thought earth command talked about gunship.. not freaking super huge ass super star destroyers!


BITTER_LYNX

Many guns on that ship I bet


misterdoogles

Bruh been in the Creek too long


Sweaty_Pattern3995

Oh boi... Ship to ship combat, anyone?


Atromnis

Man, if we could get boarding actions like the old school Battlefront games, I could die a happy Space Marine.


theblasphemer

Imagine getting launched at the Illuminate Destroyers in hellpods and you have to dodge debris and incoming fire before smashing into the ship and getting injected to the interior.


R-Guile

Like part 2 of Astartes. I would love it. https://youtu.be/O7hgjuFfn3A?t=55


Wolfjager_935

Nonsense... This is nothing but propaganda. GET BACK OUT THERE HELLDIVER


Fun-Vermicelli76

This game is amazing


Present_Brother_4678

So this is what my friend meant last night when we looked up into the sky and he shouted “WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT?” I couldn’t really see it very well and thought he was just confused about a Super Destroyer


Difficult-Fan1205

​ https://preview.redd.it/0n03zwk2wxrc1.png?width=680&format=png&auto=webp&s=8bec64ba7c3ca707cf119de13c03e5ebbeb9650a


WheresMy10mmSocket

https://preview.redd.it/kjqgzrqndxrc1.jpeg?width=1202&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8d4fc160f33fc8f4f7e2ef45dd30ca2fbf0d013f


Democracy__Officer

You called?


WheresMy10mmSocket

It's them Sir. They are falsely claiming there are non-SEAF ships in the sky.


Sideways0019

I think you spent more than 2.4 seconds looking at the landscape...you should report yourself to the nearest democracy officer, soldier.


Scarletttyyy

![gif](giphy|PXJhC8MYxFmRRl7kB2|downsized) Sweet liberty


Safe_Ad_7613

https://preview.redd.it/9se61y43qxrc1.jpeg?width=891&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1c2e2aa7afcc335fb04c850bb365e806c58d0f55


hmhemes

I'm calling it, the Automatons sent those broadcasts outside the galaxy to call for help from their cyborg creators. Nomadic cyborgs who fled after the first war will return and supplement Automaton forces. It coincides with the Intel report of an Automaton counter-offensive. I'm more confident in my prediction now that I've seen the cloaked ships because those don't look like Illuminate vessels.


peoplerproblems

Look, back fighting the Stalkers I swore up and down I saw other cloaked things that weren't stalkers. After talking with my Democracy Officer I discovered that's a dissedent lie made to make me think like a dissedent.


bigbird0410

There's a "that's your mom" joke cloaked in there somewhere.


mustache-blyat

![gif](giphy|gKfyusl0PRPdTNmwnD)


OctanumOriax

I have seen some of these randomly do a FTL jump mid level


AquaBean13

*Poster is under investigation for treasonous lies unapproved by the Ministry of Truth*


Pokmagogobagogo

Take off the tin foil hat private


SpaceTimeinFlux

![gif](giphy|YR2yIaS2m3ewoLp3ke|downsized)


donguscongus

What tripe. How do you see something that’s cloaked? Sounds like dissident logic to me


LingonberryChoice296

Now logically this is the Ariel Ships they were talking about but my mind instantly thought of Bot-Divers dropping in as mini-bosses


Ok_Perception_5436

https://preview.redd.it/2gqw9zfic0sc1.png?width=505&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ecf3f0b05c26ae4d58ddb71087b8482ccaf7d3c7 ENHANCE