History Recap / HelldiversII

Unfortunately, Legitimate Undertaking would immediately be revealed to catastrophically coincide with the total failure of the Terminid Control System on the Terminid front (see ''"The Umlaut Disaster"''), stopping the planned counteroffensive dead in its tracks and rendering all the ongoing sieges of Automaton-held planets to fail as [[MassOhCrap all Helldivers' attention was directed towards the rapidly spreading Terminid supercolonies now with an unimpeded path toward Super Earth]]. The order to liberate Choohe perished miserably and the civilian lives on the planet were likely slaughtered to a man by the unfeeling Bots, severely impacting progress in the then-ongoing development of improved AT mines. The fact that the Terminids made a resurgence ''just'' as Super Earth was about to strike against the Automatons has not gone unnoticed by intelligence, who began attempting to further investigate any possible evidence for Bot and bug collaboration. In the meantime, Helldivers went to total war against the bugs and Legitimate Undertaking was shelved for the time being, with a small Helldiver retainer staying on the Automaton front to keep them from further advancing.

With Operation Definitive Undertaking underway against the Automatons and the Helldiver Corps' attention largely focused towards that front, other Helldivers continued to push back against the Terminids, repelling several Insectoid attacks against Oshaune and Estanu whilst beginning attacks on Omicron, a planet that Helldivers had attempted to liberate earlier in the War, but failed and were pushed back into the Mirin and Draco Sectors. This time, however, the Second Battle of Omicron was progressing well in Super Earth's favor, and by April 29th it is just about liberated fully. Helldivers were pleased with the progress they were making, despite the fact that Arthropod-occupied Hellmire continued to stood firm against Helldiver attacks. However, the near-liberation of Omicron only served as the calm before the storm, because something absolutely beyond prediction happened at the same day.

Then suddenly, [[FailedASpotCheck without warning or prior indication that anything was off]], [[GoneHorriblyWrong the TCS failed, and catastrophically so.]] Instead of culling their population, the Termicide instead massively boosted the Arthropods' reproductive cycle, causing Terminid populations in all planets in which the TCS is active to [[ExplosiveBreeder absolutely explode]]. Within a matter of minutes, the Umlaut Sector was almost completely overrun by the Terminids with the notable example of Meridia which was fully and irrecoverably occupied and became a planet-wide supercolony, cutting the whole of the rest of the Terminid Front off in addition to Crimsica becoming assailed by Insectoids once more. SEAF High Command responded by putting Operation Definitive Undertaking on indefinite hold and ordering all Helldivers to scramble to the Umlaut Sector immediately in order to keep order, to salvage anything they could and to deactivate the failed Terminid Control System before it causes even more mutations.

The Terminid Control System was an array of complexes across the planets of the Umlaut Sector such as Erata Prime, Fenrir III, Turing and Meridia that functioned to distribute into the atmosphere Termicide, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a chemical designed to kill Terminids]]. It was installed onto these planets by the Helldivers in early March to serve as an impenetrable wall for the Bugs to not be able to stray too close to Super Earth. For almost two months, this system worked wonderfully, despite treasonous "concerns" (read: Dissident propaganda) that [[GoneHorriblyWrong the Termicide would backfire and in fact mutate the Terminids in unpredictable ways instead of culling their population]].

Then suddenly, without warning or prior indication that anything was off, [[GoneHorriblyWrong the TCS failed, and catastrophically so.]] Instead of culling their population, the Termicide instead massively boosted the Arthropods' reproductive cycle, causing Terminid populations in all planets in which the TCS is active to [[ExplosiveBreeder absolutely explode]]. Within a matter of minutes, the Umlaut Sector was almost completely overrun by the Terminids with the notable example of Meridia which was fully and irrecoverably occupied and became a planet-wide supercolony, cutting the whole of the rest of the Terminid Front off in addition to Crimsica becoming assailed by Insectoids once more. SEAF High Command responded by putting Operation Definitive Undertaking on indefinite hold and ordering all Helldivers to scramble to the Umlaut Sector immediately in order to keep order, to salvage anything they could and to deactivate the failed Terminid Control System before it causes even more mutations.

%%!!A New (Old) Enemy Emerges

Unfortunately, Legitimate Undertaking would immediately be revealed to catastrophically coincide with the total failure of the Terminid Control System on the Terminid front (see ''"The Umlaut Disaster"''), stopping the planned counteroffensive dead in its tracks and rendering all the ongoing sieges of Automaton-held planets to fail as [[MassOhCrap all Helldivers' attention was directed towards the rapidly spreading Terminid supercolonies now with an unimpeded path toward Super Earth]]. The order to liberate Choohe perished miserably and the civilian lives on the planet were likely slaughtered to a man by the unfeeling Bots, severely impacting progress in the then-ongoing development of improved AT mines. The fact that the Terminids made a resurgence ''just'' as Super Earth was about to strike against the Automatons has not gone unnoticed by intelligence, who are attempting to further investigate any possible evidence for Bot and bug collaboration. In the meantime, Helldivers went to total war against the bugs and Legitimate Undertaking was shelved for the time being, with a small Helldiver retainer staying on the Automaton front to keep them from further advancing.

* '''Super Earth Strikes Back'''

%%The Squ'ith of Squ'bai Shrine, better known to humans as the Illuminates, are some of the most pernicious enemies to Democracy the galaxy has to offer. Hating freedom in all its forms, the Illuminates willingly let powerful supercomputers run their society for them in an inherently inferior manner to [[MirroringFactions Super Earth's democratic and liberty-based voting algorithms]]. During the First Galactic War Super Earth was forced to pre-emptively strike against the Illuminate menace after it was discovered they were stockpiling weapons of mass destruction to use on innocent voters, and after many harrowing battles drove them from the galactic borders, co-opting their wondrous technology for a more deserving nation. [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything But like the worst kinds of vermin, they simply will not stay stamped out]]. Helldiver operations against the Illuminates are recorded here.

With Operation Definitive Undertaking underway against the Automatons and the Helldiver Corps' attention largely focused towards that front, other Helldivers continued to push back against the Terminids, repelling several Insectoid attacks against Oshaune and Estanu whilst beginning attacks on Omicron, a planet that Helldivers had attempted to liberate earlier in the War, but failed and were pushed back into the Mirin and Draco Sectors. This time, however, the Second Battle of Omicron was progressing well in Super Earth's favor, and by April 29th it is just about liberated fully. Helldivers were pleased with the progress they are making, despite the fact that Arthropod-occupied Hellmire continued to stood firm against Helldiver attacks. However, the near-liberation of Omicron only served as the calm before the storm, because something absolutely beyond prediction happened at the same day.

With Operation Definitive Undertaking progressing against the Automatons and the Helldiver Corps' attention largely focused towards that front, other Helldivers continued to push back against the Terminids, repelling several Insectoid attacks against Oshaune and Estanu whilst beginning attacks on Omicron, a planet that Helldivers had attempted to liberate earlier in the War, but failed and were pushed back into the Mirin and Draco Sectors. This time, however, the Second Battle of Omicron is progressing well in Super Earth's favor, and by April 29th it is just about liberated fully. Helldivers were pleased with the progress they are making, despite the fact that Arthropod-occupied Hellmire continued to stood firm against Helldiver attacks. However, the near-liberation of Omicron only served as the calm before the storm, because something absolutely beyond prediction happened at the same day.

The Terminid Control System was an array of complexes across the planets of the Umlaut Sector such as Erata Prime, Fenrir III, Turing and Meridia that functioned to distribute into the atmosphere Termicide, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a chemical designed to kill Terminids]]. It was installed onto these planets by the Helldivers in early March to serve as an impenetrable wall for the Bugs to not be able to stray too close to Super Earth. For almost two months, this system worked wonderfully, despite treasonous "concerns" (read: Dissent propaganda) that [[GoneHorriblyWrong the Termicide would backfire and in fact mutate the Terminids in unpredictable ways instead of culling their population]].

Then suddenly, without warning or prior indication that anything was off, the Terminid Control System failed, and catastrophically so. Instead of culling their population, the Termicide instead massively boosted the Arthropods' reproductive cycle, causing Terminid populations in all planets in which the TCS is active to [[ExplosiveBreeder absolutely explode]]. Within a matter of minutes, the Umlaut Sector was almost completely overrun by the Terminids with the notable example of Meridia which was fully and irrecoverably occupied and became a planet-wide supercolony, cutting the whole of the rest of the Terminid Front off in addition to Crimsica becoming assailed by Insectoids once more. SEAF High Command responded by putting Operation Definitive Undertaking on indefinite hold and ordering all Helldivers to scramble to the Umlaut Sector immediately in order to keep order, and to deactivate the failed Terminid Control System.