Blue Beams
It looks like we can’t go more than a day or two without some new Helldivers 2 mystery, as the GM-controlled game continues to roll out new live story content featuring the player base as its pawns, along with new additions in the game at the same time. Not the normal repair process, that’s for sure.
In the wake of Termicide’s successful development in the field of Umlaut, two new mysteries have emerged.
1. Blue rays are now visible, occasionally, falling from the sky. They almost look like strategic calldowns, but as far as we know, they’re not, and players are left wondering if this is some Automaton trick or even something from a new enemy faction on the verge of arrival. Of course, Arrowhead CEO Johan Pilestedt said both aren’t real and can’t hurt you.
2. For a short time, there was a player who was on Cyberstan, an already liberated planet in the Valdis sector. Even if something is under Super Earth’s control, you just can’t… go there, so everyone wonders who was there and why, with many speculating that GM Joel was up to something. If this was another planet, you might be able to dismiss it as just a bug.
The planet in question
But this is Cyberstan, home of the Cyborg nation that has an…interesting history. Here are some traditions:
“Cyberstan, home of the Cyborg nation, is a barren snowy wasteland on the galactic fringe. Whenever it is conquered by Super Earth, the Cyborgs are forcibly “democratized”, forced into the polls under the threat of losing their political rights. Super Earth’s Army Tactical Command always stations troops on the planet for a period of 5 years to “keep the peace and run government posts”, after which time the Cyborgs’ culture is supposed to have transformed into a “fully democratic” one (by Super standards of the earth). Meanwhile, the Super Earth Construction Company (SECC), a government contractor, takes over Cyberstan’s massive forges and industrial complexes. Eventually, inevitably, another bombing starts this whole cycle again.”
So, blue beams? Anyone hanging out in Cyberstan? This sounds like an organization for the next great order, and perhaps some kind of rebellion on the planet. As far as we know, the Automatons are creations or descendants of the Cyborgs, and I wonder if we’ll get completely new Cyborg units if Cyberstan is a plot point after all.
We’ll probably know by reset time next week, until then watch the sky for blue rays and keep an eye on Cyberstan for more sightings of Joel or whoever he is.
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