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After a stressful Major Order that saw the community defend X-45 against the Automatons, Arrowhead Game Studios seems to be giving players a break because this Major Order calls for mindless eradication. Rather than focusing on supply lines and liberating planets in a set order to ensure victory, this new Major Order is sending the Helldivers 2 community on an killing spree to wipe out the Terminids. A went live earlier today, and it is incredibly vague, ordering the eradication of Terminids to conduct “scientific research.

” So far, throughout the Galactic War, Helldivers 2 players have killed over 35 billion Terminids, which will have given Super Earth more than enough research material. Is there more to this than meets the eye? “In order to better predict certain previous unforeseeable outcomes, the Ministry of Science has begun a Termind Research Initiative. This initiative, if successful, will lead to more democratic outcomes for all of humanity, and ultimately, the Terminds themselves.

Termind evolution is known to accelerate under duress. Therefore, in order to observe potential outcomes, applying controlled duress to the Terminds will be necessary to scientific progress. The Helldivers are ordered to kill the designated number of Terminds—ideally utilizing a variety of means—in order to aid in scientific research.

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