This is a bit of a weird question regarding Helldivers lore, but who exactly is the armour from the Force of Law warbond designed for? I would assume whatever the equivalent of military police are, but that is kind of covered by the Truth Enforcers.
Some of the names for the weapons and stratagems would imply that these helldivers would be deployed against citizens of Super Earth for riots or protests or such, but I feel like that would usually be a waste of helldivers and helldiver-related resources. It could also just be normal law enforcement gear that has been... adopted by the helldivers as the war has continued.
@helldivers-2 No clue if you guys have any of the lore for that warbond, but I'd be interested to hear what you have to say. (also, if you could ask the dev team to put the emblem back on the Force of Law FRV pattern, I'd appreciate it)
Yall, I’ve been super curious as to the biology of the terminids. I just love em, something about the stalkers make them look like bug cats.
But, are they even bugs? As in, insects?
Obviously they wouldn’t fit into any known species, but I bet we can at least determine what would be new. Please keep in mind that I am neither biologist nor Helldivers expert, and if I get anything wrong, feel free to correct me.
I thought the best way to identify them would be by standard taxonomy, to see how far down the list I could get. https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Animalia/classification/#Animalia had a nice tool to help with this.
So, the taxonomy of the terminids, as best I can figure:
-Animalia, they’re ambulatory and intelligent enough for basic tactics and communication. There is mention of them spreading by spore, but that could easily be mislabeling. By the rules of reality as WE, MODERN HUMANS KNOW THEM, they are animals. There is a chance they outright don’t fit this system, but that’s lame.
-Eumetazoa, they aren’t sponges. Going forward, I won’t even mention why I didn’t select sponges or coral; terminids cannot be either, because they are ambulatory. There is a chance they are a super colony of microorganisms, but I would be shocked.
-Bilateria, as they are not parasitic(I’m pretty sure) nor are they flat by any definition. I also do not believe they are jellyfish, as they seem to be intelligent and more complex.
-Dueterostomia, by process of elimination. As of yet, we do not know if their anus forms before or after their mouth, but that seems to fit it best. However, there is a very real chance that they are related to lobsters. I do not know.
-Echinodermata. They aren’t acorn worms. Per my in-game observations, they do not have spines, and therefore cannot be Chordates.
The taxonomy stops here, as they do not seem to be part of any class inside echinodermata. If you don’t know, that includes things like sea stars, sea urchins, and sea cucumbers. Not even close, and probably wrong.
I don’t know where I went wrong. Somebody smarter than I could probably do better, but this took like an hour so I’m moving on.
The most reasonable conclusion, based on my research, is that they are related to lobsters. They have many superficial similarities, such as the claws, shells, and mandibles. I’m willing to bet that I was wrong to classify them as Dueterostomia, as I’m very confident in my prior selections.
Perhaps the taxonomic approach is also faulty, somehow. Maybe even the website I was using. Oh well, it’s still a fun headcanon
To answer the original question: they are not insects.
