So, it’s finally come to this. Helldivers 2 players have been given a new order: Destroy Meridia. And I don’t mean wiping out its rapidly reproducing Terminid presence. Helldivers 2 must use Dark Matter to completely destroy the planet, turning it into space dust.
With the completion of the first phase of Operation “Enduring Peace,” Helldivers now must pump the volatile goo into Meridia’s surface. Once the divers reach “critical mass,” the planet will implode into a black hole, taking the super-horny Terminids in its wake. I guess nuking things from orbit just isn’t cool enough for today’s modern kids.
Helldivers 2 players set off to kick an entire planet’s ass
This is easily the most significant event in the short history of Helldivers 2. Not even the temporary removal of the Automaton faction, nor the sweet liberation of Malevelon Creek, can compare to Samus Aran-ing a planet completely off the galaxy map. If divers are successful, Meridia will no longer be a playable area. And there will be no take-backsies.
“The destruction of an entire planet is an irreversible action — one that all Super Earth citizens know is a terrible tragedy,” reads the mission brief. “But the tyrannical actions of the Terminids have left us no alternative.”
It may be a bit undemocratic of me, but it should be noted that Meridia’s fate may have been avoidable if Super Earth didn’t, you know, actually create this mess. Termicide, a chemical the finest minds of SE assured was safe, is what caused Meridia to become a Terminid breeding ground. It’s up to Helldivers to fix the problem again, but this time for good. Maybe.
The operation relies on players to complete a new mission type: ‘Deploy Dark Fluid’. From what I’ve gathered, you must call down a ‘Dark Fluid Vessel’ which pumps the stuff into the planet’s crust. All the while, you’re attacked on all sides by angry Terminid. It might not be going so well. But at least the Dark Matter packs you can equip function as a better Jump Pack.
What’s most interesting is that Dark Matter isn’t simply going to turn Meridia into a bad memory; the planet will “collapse into a black hole.” Recent theories have mentioned that the second coming of the Illuminates is tied into this. Will the high-tech Illuminate faction use the black hole as a gateway to return to our galaxy? All I do know is that things have been going swimmingly so far — ignoring all the Terminid and dead scientists.
