Children to Man Mortars and HMGs?

[@JohnSmith-jx5wm]

Fuck yeah child soldiers, we need everyone to fight the bots and bugs, we got carbines they could use

[@SuperEarthSalute]

Agreed, Helldiver! May Liberty reign! FOR SUPER EARTH AND DEMOCRACY!

[@TruthKeepersOfficialHD2]

⭐ 🛡️: Language

[@JohnSmith-jx5wm]

@@TruthKeepersOfficialHD2 I will not be Captain Americaed

[@TruthKeepersOfficialHD2]

@@JohnSmith-jx5wm so you have chosen... Deth

[@caintwelve]

uhmmmmm that might be a bit dangerous, we shouldnt do that because they will cause possible rebellions because people think its "unsafe, dangerous and stupid" and honestly, i kinda agree because these kids need to learn democracy and liberty in school before they should even touch a weapon.

[@thesilentking.]

They should make a small backpack with 2 children and a miniature mortar on it.

[@SuperEarthSalute]

An excellent idea, Helldiver! FOR SUPER EARTH AND DEMOCRACY!

[@SuperEarth_ArmedForces]

Wouldn't the muzzle force decapitate you?

[@thesilentking.]

@@SuperEarth_ArmedForces not when democracy is with us! Do you doubt the power of managed democracy?

[@SuperEarth_ArmedForces]

@@thesilentking. Of course not, but there are logistical concerns

[@thesilentking.]

@@SuperEarth_ArmedForces report to your nearest democracy officer

[@smileyvr4438]

We had a kid with a microphone join the squad once. He was new to the game. We gave him a mech with autocannons. He ran around screaming about Democracy and blowing up bugs everywhere. It was glorious.

[@rinayasi]

The children yearn to spread managed democracy

[@Kingborax501-ce3ju]

Im 14 and this is my favorite game I’ve ever played, but I’m starting to realize now that the vast majority of people who play the game are adults 😂

[@vader_darth_vader]

I got The same reaction, when I give Mech to cadet who just started game 3 h earlier 🤩 This is just insane how much happiness they get 😁 This is a beat regard for our service 😎

[@aen.1]

@@rinayasiwe absolutely do

[@Killerthemerc]

Ah the old squeakers definitely reminds me of my last game session of generation zero I gave a newbie who was a 10 year old a lmg he starting Ramboing while screaming die bots die XD kid has spirit but is too young

[@That_British_bloke]

Remember if they want to be a child soldier then its not a war crime For super earth and democracy 🌏

[@SuperEarthSalute]

FOR SUPER EARTH AND DEMOCRACY!

[@korhol2065]

But then you’d get the same arguments of “consent”, “kids don’t know what they want”, “they need me or they’d be dead in a week”

[@Cthulhuwarlord]

It’s not a warcrime if used against clankers or bugs they don’t have rights

[@AustinConklin-ij3dl]

Sounds like Horus heresy all over again.

[@thevoidschool]

what's a war crime?

[@thebluespacecraft_4218]

The bots are not prepared for the younglings

[@SuperEarthSalute]

Even the children of the Federation are built tough, Helldiver! FOR SUPER EARTH AND DEMOCRACY!

[@Wolvenstorm-5271]

Like a certain space wizard, I think the bots are prepared for younglings.

[@GeneralGrievous_CIS]

@@Wolvenstorm-5271 I wonder who that might be

[@danielbeck2739]

So, if the offensive is failing on the bots front and when implementing a scorched earth policy Super Earth going to execute Order 66?

[@Anonymous-Frenchman]

Let's hope they dont have a cyberanakin

[@sabschatz]

"COME MY CHILD SOLDIERS" -chuckles the space clown

[@genaralhux9385]

Mustard? How about mustard gas

[@keeganawaarethusa2931]

I am become a SPACE WARLORD in the outer rim

[@AlliedMastercomputer_AM]

Sundowner has entered the chat.

[@Anglomachian]

Gosh I wish they had wine in hell...

[@xannplayz]

"I AM GOING TO COMMIT VARIOUS WAR CRIMES!! I'LL BE WANTED IN AT LEAST 13 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES!"

[@solaroid2152]

Children are cruel, Helldiver…. And I’m VERY IN TOUCH WITH MY INNER CHILD!

[@KuromoriDiscord-yr8sd]

„Father, shall I point-blank him with the Senator Revolver?“

[@L84grub]

"Yes son"

[@Imortalpat66]

IM F***ING INVINCIBLE! -Sundowner

[@on_the_inverse_5193]

JUST LIKE THE GOOD OL' DAYS AFTER THE FALL OF MALEVOLON!

[@thetf2foundation39]

Imagine being in super school and one of the SEAF helldivers walks into your super math class and says "Alright kids, today we'll be learning how to fire a mortar."

[@brody7714]

SEAF =/= Helldivers

[@CHRF-55457]

Hehe, calculate the mortar's arc so it accurately hits the target would have made math classes a joy.

[@Extermedication]

Engineering department notes. Experimental Armery list 03: "Las-50 Reaper" Energy based Sniper Rifle. Doesn't need reloading but if it overheats, a new heatsink must be fitted. "HEG-Emplacement" Variation of the HMG-Emplacement using Energy instead of bullets. Safety Mechanisms prevent overheating but prevent consistent fire. "MSHR-Missile" Missile shot from the Super Destroyer equipped with a cheap camera. Manually steered via wrist monitor to annihilate a target from anywhere on the map. Perfect for clearing out small outposts. "RFG" Limited Amount of Tungsten Spikes causing heavy devastation and annihilating anything within a large Area.

[@zevailes]

Oh the MSHR-Missile idea sounds sick as hell.

[@GR1DL0CK3D]

The RFG should be called the "Rods of Democracy", in reference of those old blueprints uncovered in Storage Sector 58-USA-Weapons

[@DRAK0NSLAY3R500]

Cruise missile sounds so cool

[@Daratango356]

RODS FROM GOD (Super earth)

[@noxora]

Kids these days are so proactive, it's brilliant to see. I keep a picture in my hellpod of my son playing with his child sized quasar cannon.

[@singulardingular64]

"In great armor shall i clad them and with the mightiest weapons shall they be armed" -Big E

[@karal_the_crazy]

In the grim darkness of the 41st millennium there is only *democracy*

[@Shadowslavia]

I like you're profile picture :)

[@Eclipse-7567]

same(ish) pfp

[@SethMMX]

"If they volunteer for the cause, how are we the problem?" - Captain Daniel of the 54th Artillery Corp

[@Scarecrowshelldivers2]

Tbh, this is problably one of the most interesting legions, not like others

[@moose_overlord9349]

“I’m doing my part!” -that one kid from starship troopers

[@hughshax5903]

*the rest of the troopers laugh*

[@bweh455]

The small frames of these little Helldivers will allow them to perform untold acts of stealth against the bots

[@vin7490]

You will firing drill at 5 You will assembl disassemble at 10 Orbital drill at 15 Fight against strider at 17

[@juliansommer2754]

The creek Stands o7

[@vin7490]

@@juliansommer2754 drop pot drill i forgot to mention sorry

[@azikhan1707]

@vin7490 The planet broke before the guard. Did cadia stands

[@UnionCowboy]

This is fin- what? Geneva? Who's geneva? What about her conventions?

[@mitchellbarton7915]

Geneva was wonder woman at comicon. 😂

[@alyssongabriel5116]

Morty the mortar and aaron the airstrike.. these are my imaginary friends everytime i launch a stratagem.

[@Diamond_Brony]

Yeah. I already signed my sister to the service on the Precursor. She may be not able to even lift the smallest rocket, but she can always operate barrages from the console. Remember Helldivers, everyone does his part! o7

[@cckenshin]

Oh my Sweet liberty! Kids Joining The War The Future generation Will Respect Them And Learn to be like them - Death captain Johnny.

[@SuperEarthSalute]

Death Captain Johnny, we will raise the children in the ways of true Democracy and skilled warfare! FOR SUPER EARTH!

[@MarkusxJxKeetz]

If anything, I wouldn’t mind them helping with logistics on the Harbinger of Supremacy until they can get their places on the field. It’s always good to have kids know how the destroyer works! I follow the idea that “a Helldiver needs to know his ship, as much as know his weapons and enemy”. A Diver should know everything they can when it comes to the war!

[@zradrron]

An idea for the engineering department: An android drone piloted by children or sick/wounded helldivers could be a great addition, it would increase our numbers and allow young to learn how to think like a helldiver. For Super Earth!

[@aen.1]

Like a Dreadnought-esque mech/drone. I like it

[@johnnysilverhand-k5j]

For suuuuper earth (a strider gets dropped on a team of five year olds)

[@conner9352]

Super Earth really do be "Scraping the barrel"

[@THATotherGUY415]

Wow. Super Earth did it. They found a way to weaponize cringe.

[@tatepatrick3095]

At this point, I’m surprised there’s non-diver soldiers

[@HoldenMacIntosh]

Bro, imagine dropping in some child soldiers that can crawl inside a tank and just destroy it from the inside

[@The_Domen]

Day 2 of researching the gloom. We have sent another version of the probe into the gloom to see if it will survive. We HAVE to reach contact with John the Helldiver. FOR LIBERTY!!!

[@SoundWave24]

Ahh, I’m finally home after a few weeks, and goddamn, Eagle 1 is a fatass

[@The_Domen]

@@SoundWave24 😳 Really???

[@SoundWave24]

@@The_Domen not like weight wise, but I was gone for what 2 weeks? And she ate a months worth of food I left for her 😭😭

[@The_Domen]

@@SoundWave24 😭 Jesus Christ. Does she have an eating disorder or something like that???

[@Groovelicious.]

"COME, MY CHILD SOLDIERS INTO THE BATTLEFIELD"

[@yphoenix5957]

Makes me so proud to serve Super Earth... As they day, "the children yearn for the mines" so we could teach them how to prepare them!🥰

[@JankExpeditions]

I know my son wants to be an eagle pilot when he grows up, but being a mortar operator is a good place for him to start, FOR SUPER EARTH AND DEMOCRACY! TO CLAORELL!!

[@eyeballpapercut4400]

"Ministry of Science (shows Helldiver in black and red)" HAVE THE CHAOS DIVERS TAKEN OVER THE MINISTRY OF SCIENCE??

[@silentshadow9983]

No what we saw was one standing over the corpse of the “genius” who decided child soldiers were a good idea.

[@SaidSanchez-ro5dh]

Even the kids want to join the battle against the bugs and bots,this shows that our children have the democratic spirit.for super earth and democracy!

[@ZolteVII]

"Is that a child??? geT ThEm INtO thE ArMy!!! "

[@Anglomachian]

I actually had this great idea for training geese into gun drone attack companions... the Ministry of Science only sent back a reply with the bloodied imprint of a goose foot.

[@UREt3rnal_Leg1t]

I’ve got an idea for those under 15 they will stationed on planets that have a good amount of helldivers and isnt too dangeroues so that there arent any child casualties but for those above 15 they may participate in larger scale battles but not major ones until they are 18

[@Lazymindflayerwithcofffee]

The bugs and bots will feat those proud helldivers who served democrasy since age 5

[@PremiumBlank]

Kid: IM DOING MY PART! *Adult laughter*

[@MrMonkeyy5]

Reminds me of something that a certain country did around 80 years ago🤔

[@tdpuuhailee8222]

Come my child soldiers. -Chuckles the Clown, Space Warlord of the Outer Rim

[@jarridschmidt1305]

It does my heart good to see young civilians looking up to our divers

[@boltzmail8805]

You call in the SEAF support stratagem for the first time when it’s released that drops soldiers. a long yellow pelican drops down. You can hear kids bop playing, muffled through the walls of the ship. The door opens, allowing the music to ring out onto the battlefield as 3ft soldiers March onto the battlefield, ready for war

[@agentarclight3016]

My 8 year old son is always thrilled to bits to fire my destroyers 380! He'd be even more excited to mount an HMG!

[@dreariestcoma9254]

Inside each mortar is a child feeding rounds to the weapon. It's Canon now 😂

[@AverageHeavyMann]

“I don’t know sir- isn’t it safer to let the kids test the Super-simulations? The average Terminid Hunter is the size of a 10 year old, and they seem to get bigger with that Liberty-damned Gloom!” - SES Defender of Oh God Don’t Give the Kid a 500kg

[@JtheInsane]

My 7 year old is very excited to join the effort to spread liberty all over the galaxy!

[@PoorlyDrawings]

It would be cool to look at Automatons being hesitant to kill the kids at first and instead force them to run away, but as the game progresses more and more Automatons start just straight up killing them to the point they don’t care anymore, showing how war changes everyone even who we consider enemies, Automatons are completely heartless tho so i don’t really think if it would be good or not

[@feasogachsionnach1872]

I'd trust children manning weapons than some people I've met while fighting the bots XD

[@t-wolf8502]

The children yearn for the battlefields.

[@endertrade4893]

You know you have a great government if even children are willing to fight for you.

[@ARC1701A]

I guarantee there is a helldiving dad somewhere whose kid is team reloading him.

[@parchedpigeon9950]

Of course, I followed the ministry of truth and maybe I would suggest these children study upon becoming part of the bridge crew could really help on a new fresh mind helping strategize

[@Dudeimdrew]

THE CHILDREN YEARN FOR THE MORTARS. I mean the mines… I MEAN THE MORTARS

[@BobThebuilder-nq5rx]

6 year old: (Squeaks) IM DOING MY PART!! adults laugh

[@The_Modern_Viking]

Eagle 1 being a drone piloted by toddlers, which is why my 500 kg kept missing lol

[@Joker-DarkKnight]

Child soldiers...SWEET LIBERTY!!

[@AlexWynne-zj4uy]

Imagine them on the DSS as like the clone troopers from star wars on kamino. i can just imaigne 25 kids walking in a platon arund the DSS.

[@IHaveAName1824]

"but there may be hope" LMAO

[@brainfreezzzze6900]

Imagine being so weak that your getting used for child fieldtrips to learn how to use a HMG emplacement. Truly humanity rains supreme!

[@Nindragotheexcommunicado417]

This is N4 of the Emperor of Pride, I can't believe that high command leaked that embarrassment they called A "Secret Mission" that they assigned me! It was humiliating enough I had to wear that puffy costume instead of my standard uniform along with 2 other teachers. Although at least it was successful as to inspire future Helldivers on the front lines, I wished it didn't cost me my dignity..!

[@ChlomakiFan]

We fight for SUPEREARTH AND DEMOCRACY!!!!!

[@ULQGameDev]

As a Child Soldier, yeah.

[@flowerhana__1]

My children are already signing up! I could never be more proud of my miniature bringers of democracy!

[@screech.8299]

Ship upgrade "crew extension" Every cooldown is reduced by 15%

[@aquadragon0019]

I'll teach the younglings "friendly fire prevention"

[@username_etc4957]

Brings a tear to my eye to see such bright, young, patriotic children wanting to do their part in the war effort! I for one welcome the Little Divers with open arms!

[@A-literal-insect]

I see in no way this could ever go wrong in the future!

[@RiceneEue]

Already training the young ones to kill bots

[@X-SPONGED]

"Kid troopers? I call that a smaller hitbox." _-Skull General Williams, SES N.A.H._

[@gamingofredarmy3092]

Heavy machine gun is best tactics to against bots and hulk too

[@SuperEarthSalute]

An exceptionally good choice, Helldiver! FOR SUPER EARTH AND DEMOCRACY!

[@gamingofredarmy3092]

@@SuperEarthSalute that why I fight defend against bots with HMG

[@BlissBatch]

If I hear anyone calling this "ludicrous" or "insane," I'm reporting that flag-forsaken traitor to my Democracy Officer.

[@letsgopeewoop]

The genuine mocking tone you used when saying “insane” made me crack up

[@oddguy5356]

A great tradition of Earth's history.

[@Ecks_06]

This brings my democracy filled heart joy

[@Super-Earths-Ministry-of-truth]

“ they grow up so fast “

[@nofurry353]

I will be doing this at 7 or above, which happens to be the perfect enlistment age

[@jacsonf1341]

*WE CAN HAVE KIDS CHARGING INTO BOT STRUCTURES WITH AN 380 STRATAGEM IN HAND!!!!*

[@Ng6HeavyWeaponsMann]

I thought it was the STANDART HMG not the EMPLACEMENT but thank god it was the emplacement HMG not the handheld one

[@gryby6483]

Childrens are good at one thing, playing video games, while it is not the best idea to put them in danger in active combat zone it might be beneficial to let them remotely operate sentry turrets and drones.

[@kevinprice3501]

Drone control is the awnser kids control our auto turrets and more... helps explain why they hit the wrong thing sometimes

[@TheShogun47]

Everyone is doing their part!

[@stormshadowsmet1915]

Are you?

[@soulessslime433]

I saw a soldier get cut IN HALF, I tried to use a reinforce strat, but it was denied. I looked over and watched the legs walk over to the torso and reattach. I tried to ask what was that, but then the legs sneezed. So I decided it was none of my business as the helldiver named Addult Man is clearly a new soldier of democracy.

[@CaymenEditz]

imagine you get reinforced and are just 4’9

[@thespacebirb1743]

ONI from Halo: “Now this, this I can get behind.”

[@AlaiasAlias]

I dont see the problem here, bug's children are on battlefield, so should ours!!

[@AllTheUsernamesRUsed]

That's a verbal contract, these kids have already signed up.

[@zombie_ghandi215]

"the kids are unfit for war, but there may be hope" what a sentence

[@Grim-uw7hc]

"COME MY CHILD SOLDIERS!" -Chuckles

[@Cyberstan_Broadcast_Center]

If a child opens fire on us, don't expect us to hold back

[@Mr.Shepherd.]

Kids love to cause trouble and run away. This is a "protect the target" mission I can serve

[@liamrichardson6830]

Kids are cruel Jack, and I'm very much in touch with my inner child. - Sundowner.

[@Grandbee7182]

You could have them operate it from a distance using controlers

[@depressedgamerzz]

As a child helldiver Doing their part. I love seeing fellow child helldivers being supported I thank you

[@Honkious5824]

When he said they were too young to serve I thought for a second that Super Earth actually had some shred of humanity left in it, then he started talking about the mortar crews and I was promptly reminded Super Earth gave up all it's humanity to rule the galaxy.

[@dylankahn168]

This one right here democracy officer.

[@Common_moth]

"sniff" I think I smell treason

[@thecumbucketofficial]

Super Earth is the pinnacle of humanity tf u mean?

[@what4521]

They weren't admitted because they were 5, SEAF is open to children from 7 years and forth, so they just need to wait for two years max to join our glorious armed forces!

[@henrykkeszenowicz4664]

A child can handle an smg with a good recoil compensator.

[@dominicgorriceta6487]

Any Super Earth Citizen who can't field strip his own rifle by age ten was born on the wrong planet.

[@xlordeverlife9566]

"GO MY CHILD ARMY!!" -Chuckles the Clown

[@gabrielpennock]

"Kid manned killer missiles" strategem be going crazy next update

[@svejobaron]

That would be cool for a "total war scenario" when we fight on core planets. Couple of ai controlled outpost that try to hold their ground and we helldivers try to save as much as possible

[@oklord6415]

"Alright kids today you'll be doing a bit of math, specifically parabolas. Also known as when you shoot something up, it comes down." -Z4, math teacher enlisted

[@Jaxsen-nh6rj]

How many children can we fit in a hell pod