The developers are foreshadowing...

I knew something was wrong when I heard this sound today. But I didn't expected THAT.
By the way, don't speak about it to my Democracy Officer. He got hit by a tentacle in the knee, he used to be an Helldivers like me. He could use some rest.

[@Daemolya]

Well. I was so excited that I forgot we were in June and not May anymore. Of course it's the 2nd of June at 00:03. Sorry !

[@tactilelite05]

Ummm? Pin this message?

[@Daemolya]

@@tactilelite05 I was unable to do this action less than a week ago. Something about 3 months of activity. Seems now that I can !

[@TravisStockton]

I wrote this story arc on the steam discussions on may 20th. the post is called "how to make starship troopers great again" in the story our entire galaxy gets sucked into the black hole and we get spat out the other end of a portal to a parallel universe where the SES Bringer of Balance doesn't exist. I threw some political satire in the story as the name of the black hole was a little rage bait to distinguish the imbeciles from the ordinary reddit contrarians and man, the post immediately devolved into me fending off people with brain damage and resulted in me getting a 30 day ban. who knows, the devs might have saw the post but it's hard to believe this wasn't canonically written more than 10 days ago.

[@ponivi]

damn missed the pin comment

[@josh7352]

damn, mistakes like this must be so annoying because you cant go back and fix them

[@davida4224]

When the first galactic war broke out, the Illuminate weren't prepared. They were still formidable foes. Now, they have had a century to really lean into war tech.

[@DARK_DEEP]

As i can see in files they degrade as tecnologists, but evolved as a cult

[@zathary564]

​@@DARK_DEEPso they're even more fanatic and determined... great

[@officer_miller]

chances are the ones we saw were a diplomatic party meant to negotiate with humanity now that we have sent a giant planet full of terminids we have crossed the line and the're gonna send in their actual army i think this would be the first time super earth actualy fights an organized army

[@shoulderpyro]

@@zathary564 At least they still have their tripods - oh wait thats bad news.

[@Voltz6000]

Tbf on them, Super Earth started war on them only because they found out the Illuminate had super weapons like the Dark Fluid, but they had no intention to use it.

[@voldartthesorcerer9490]

We didnt crush the planet in a black hole we sent it to the illuminate and opened a rift in space

[@klortikterra4423]

knowing the leaks they most likely were like "wtf is this shit" and just... wiped the bugs off it.

[@Daemolya]

That's my theory as well ! We sent the Supercolony in outer space !

[@phylippezimmermannpaquin2062]

I can imagine they would be really pissed to suddenly receive a planet size angry hornet nest

[@Andyisgodcky]

Enjoy the terminids Lummys!

[@GooiYingChyi]

Or they could just farm E-710 from the supercolony. Better for their FTL efforts.

[@thecameraman7002]

The engineer on the ship said that she wonders what will happen if we compress a planet filled with e-710 (the thing we use to do ftl jumps), i think this is definitely a portal

[@electroninja7419]

Well, at least this will allow for some possible multi faction combat.

[@safermurderweapon]

This. We are literally farming the bugs for ftl fuel and we just shrank an entire supercolony filled with the stuff

[@Gmh-]

I don’t think our old friends are gonna be happy that we destroyed a planet with the Dark Fluid and could’ve destroyed the galaxy

[@darckap2785]

Imma be honest, I'm not sure we really destroyed it anymore. That looks more like a portal than a black hole to me.

[@hoovy4629]

Pretty sure its a black hole, it has the accretion disk and such. And if it was a portal, then things could come through it, but theres no light escaping from it, which further proves its a black hole.

[@kellywilliam3708]

I mean, it might be unsettling to consider the galaxy could be destroyed, but really, with Super Earth and Managed Democracy, is the galaxy even worth keeping around?

[@soriel5318]

​@@kellywilliam3708 Those are dangerous words, soldier..

[@brandonclark3188]

​@@kellywilliam3708 ...sounds like treason

[@VadoF1]

Hope you all have been practicing menuverability to evade tracking one-shot lighting balls while your controls are inverted.

[@Daemolya]

Down, Left, Up Up Up !

[@mizuchi6209]

If only jetpacks dont have any cooldown like the good ol' days...

[@dinonspace8620]

I totally forgot about the inverted controls. Newbies are going to be MAD

[@iedgetomahoraga]

oh god

[@CrazyKidXXI]

Tbh I think they might go for some Dnd style sanity or fortitude check on screen to stop you from shooting your teammates

[@BOOMDIGGER]

That Soundtrack is haunting wtf

[@Daemolya]

I listened to that for so much time I was mesmerized. It is Ominous as hell.

[@smellycat57]

it sounds sick

[@PlebNC]

We threw a hornets nest at the Illuminate. The Illuminate will thrown back a WMD.

[@taddad2641]

question i have is will the illuminate attack the terminids or will they jut isolated the planet and study the creatuers. ........ oh no what if they figuer out how to communicate with them and team up? O.o

[@PlebNC]

@@taddad2641 Squid aliens riding chargers like cavalry and using Bile Titans as siege engines.

[@nimifisch.6134]

​@@taddad2641we use E-710 for FTL travel, we might have just given them the fuel they needed to get back

[@darckap2785]

@@PlebNC NO! DON'T GIVE THEM IDEAS!

[@JoiH_Squigs]

not before i throw these hands at them square up squids 😤😤😤

[@qwerty10384]

it is interesting that it sound like swimming in water, since the illuminate are a aquatic species and their way of travel is by "swimming" in space. Expect some sick space ships

[@rendyx1365]

The sped up version sounds like there are some whale (singing) sounds lol maybe the illuminate have normal animals like humans on their planet?

[@SimonCatCatCatCatCatCatCat]

THE ILLUMINATE IS REAL

[@Arkane331]

Right there democracy officer !

[@machloof]

↓↓↓→↑

[@mizuchi6209]

​​@@machloofwould be ⬇️⬅️⬆️⬆️⬆️ if based on hd1, would be dope if it's ⬇️⬇️⬇️➡️⬆️ or oh maybe even ⬆️⬆️⬆️⬅️⬇️

[@KaraKrash612]

The truth is out there…

[@Jacob-fisher]

This post has been reported to my democracy officer, we can’t have false information spread.

[@Thefry399]

There is something in there something that we don’t want to see

[@Spruce_Bringsteen]

Obviously not from Super Missouri.

[@jacobfoxfires9647]

When you stare into the void…

[@snkypow129]

@@jacobfoxfires9647the void stares back

[@jaredjosephsongheng372]

*SLIPSPACE RUPTURE DETECTED, SLIPSPACE RUPTURE DETECTED, SLIPSPACE RUPTURE DETECTED* "Damn it! It must be the whole damn Illuminate Fleet!"

[@orlandos8183]

the illuminate def coming through the black hole

[@IceFire1800]

we only assume its a blackhole because it's a super dense collapse. could be a dark matter gateway

[@indeedthatguy]

"What I remember about the rise of the black hole is... is how quiet it was. During the waning hours of the galactic wars, the Helldivers were discreetly transferred back to Meridia. It was a silent trip. We all knew what was about to happen. Did we have any doubts? Any private, traitorous thoughts? Perhaps, but no one said a word. Not on the flight to Meridia, not when we entered the hellpods, and not when the drills pumped the black fluid into the ground. Not a word."

[@EgoEroTergum]

A man of culture and taste. For the Republic. For the Empire.

[@PantheonContent]

"There were four of us on that planet, sir. But all I remember is looking around and seeing my fellow Democracy-loving Helldivers dead on the ground. And the gun in my hand was still smoking. I'm scared, sir. They turn your thoughts against you, they turn Democracy against itself." -Unknow veteran

[@arsonexc]

Made me think how did we banish the Illuminate in the 1st place? We couldn't have just pushed them off the galactic map and call it a day cuz we'd have borders to keep track of their movements. So would it be unlikely we used the Dark fluid with the intent on killing them under the guise of banishment? Cuz if so, ignoring the super colony we gave them, they are probably gonna be thrilled now that their "door" is open again.

[@Daemolya]

In the video linked into the KZbin card (the one about Dark fluid) I speak about the Closed Timelike Curve theory a bit. If the Illuminates came back from this "black hole" it will be a nice video subject.

[@mikezacowski8078]

but we indeed pushed them back, but before we did it they sent a signal, we don't know what for, but if they're the last one of their species, they wouldnt do that, right? just like with automatons back in a day, it was only a scout fleet they had whole century to prepare for war, and now we just opened the doors for them to came back to our galaxy

[@Daemolya]

@@mikezacowski8078 I'm really curious about that last message you are speaking of, can you enlight me about it ? It may help for a future project !

[@officer_miller]

for all intend purposes we think the guys we fought were actualy a diplomatic party that we were bullying well now they are gonna be bullying us

[@mikezacowski8078]

@@Daemolya you mean their signal? if yes, then well... in the first helldivers, while we're eradicating Illuminates from our galaxy, during the last battle they sent a signal, something like SOS, calling for help from their comrades (that's from what I heard and read from people who played HD1, so keep that in mind) but why would they do that when, theoreticaly (dunno if i wrote this correctly, i'm not native so pardon me) we're fighting the last ones of them? it kinda doesn't make any sense so was with the last time during HD2 when we pushed back Automatons, we thought that we 'did this' and we can fully focus on Terminids front, and then suprise! they just came back stronger than before, we pushed back just a scout fleet i think with Illuminates it's the same goddamn thing - it was just a scout fleet, not even comparable to what they could have now, and on top of that - they had WHOLE BLOODY CENTURY to prepare to war with us

[@silentjustin]

We knocked on the devils door. And now someones going to answer.

[@muaxh03]

Man, can't wait to fight illuminate

[@Boxdx2]

despite the fact that THEY ARE SO SIMILAR (the soundtracks) btw i love your vids, entertaining

[@sensonokage4676]

That’s no black hole… that’s a warp-gate…

[@draak4066]

that will become an illuminate portal i tell you. they will be back.

[@miragelee9754]

Oh no. They’re coming… The Illuminates. *High alert is issued*

[@CaptainGrief66]

...The illuminates will come through the Meridian Singularity... [Spacetime anomaly detected] ...Liberty be with us

[@julianvdr8808]

I swear to god I'm hearingb whale sounds in there. Wouldn't be surprising since the Illuminate seem to be a somewhat aquatic species.

[@tatertime]

From everything I have seen from HD1, they are

[@gatorking4953]

They are I think one of their nicknames are squids

[@trulers8713]

They call themselves the squ'ith, sometimes nicknamed squids. They were originally an aquatic species but through evolution and technology advancement over hundreds of thousands of years they've become an ftl civilization. Their social hierarchy is centered around acquisition of knowledge. Some of their most elite soldiers, the "Illusionists' achieved their ranks through their extensive knowledge.

[@BathSaltShaman]

Oppenheimer hold my beer

[@SloMoMonday]

We just need some bug spray to clear out a few planets. What's the worst that could happen.

[@PanRokador]

Sweet Liberty, what we have done...

[@danigamer_0620]

I noticed the water creatures sounds the 1st time I was there

[@HammyD]

My buddy thought that was how theyd introduce that new new illuminate faction. I thought the blackhole was creepy on its own until he said that

[@RykerHeldt]

When u stare into the abyss, the abyss stares back.

[@roboticintelligenceunit1a652]

THE HORIZON NEEDLE

[@Casual_Cthulhu]

In the name of liberty, what have we done….

[@arkking552]

An entire planet of E-710 squeezed into a single atom

[@Boxdx2]

Bro i got shocked so much when i heard they are similar

[@DarkVenom98]

Imagine the Iluminates attacking us on a Bug Planet or on a Robo Planet, just to but pure fear in our Mind.

[@shoulderpyro]

personally i dont really care so much that they're gonna come back. What I am curious about is the looks of their outposts and buildings. and if they get any unique objectives related to their faction like the other two

[@noheroespublishing1907]

Still hoping that Helldivers 2's ending is the total defeat of Super Earth; it would be such a bold and unique choice for ending a game of this magnitude to do something totally different and unexpected. I'd respect the hell out of them is they did.

[@madladam]

I personally would like to see a revolutionary movement, that ends in a super earth victory. In media we always see the revolution/rebellion from the revolters' pov, but I'd like to see it from the quellers' instead.

[@noheroespublishing1907]

@@madladam That would just be repeat of the first game though.

[@madladam]

@@noheroespublishing1907 oh fr? Well, I wanna see a repeat then

[@noheroespublishing1907]

@@madladam Yeah, that the Cyborgs were the separatist movement.

[@madladam]

@@noheroespublishing1907 bruh no I'm talking about like, a standard human revolution on super earth and we go quell the rebellions

[@Azure_Iolite]

The scary thing is, we were making absolutely 0 progress on the liberation meter, but then I check in the very next day only to find we're making an emergency jump We went from 0 to 100 in a single day, with only 1 day left on the major order too, I have no idea where those extra reinforcements came from but they sure came in clutch

[@Daemolya]

The Super Colony had a 10% HP regen per hour. Everytime an operation was successful, this regen rate dropped a bit. That's why everything went so fast in the end : Meridia wasn't able to heal back !

[@Reviire]

Where we're going, we won't need eyes to see

[@slevingaius]

What are the odds Super Earth sent the super colony to the illuminati home world... Just like how the zerg infested the protoss world... Also at 1:02 I thought the opening chords was the Avengers theme.

[@Daemolya]

That's what I think. If we really sent this down an Illuminate world they will be at best pissed, and at worst really really pissed

[@Grape7676]

It's so cool yet unnerving, like some otherworldly force is coming. Especially the music, I just can't explain how epic it is and how Helldivers is like a movie. Like some conspiracy we just figured out and maybe even something relating to Cthulhu or something!

[@ThisIsAHandleOrSomething]

I’m still not sure if AH is ready to add the Illuminate as of yet as the last set of leaks I saw they’re still in development. Maybe another blue laser fiasco might happen again. With them slowing down on patched and making sure to test it might be a little longer until we get them.

[@Jules.69]

Was thinking something similar but the last leaks I heard about were from like the first month so im hoping it's soon but tbh I'm expecting us to take back cyberstan before anything illuminate related happens I could be wrong tho kind of hope I am would love to fight something new😂

[@godtheone2083]

So we may agree that is a portal so... does that mean the helldivers that were accidentally eaten are doing a doomslayer and doing their best to survive in there? (They may already be dead sadly)

[@Bobthebuilder-fv3xc]

Bro it’s not a black hole it’s a wormhole so he just gifted them a bug infested planet for free as a sorry gift

[@derptomistic]

Veterans of the first war look to this anomaly with suspicion and recognition of what is to come while the new blood ponder what they are gazing at in the void

[@fazegabi7564]

I would be interested to see if someone could pull the sound file from the black hole and run it through a spectrogram, just to see if the devs were hiding some

[@gunilive781]

theres already leaked audio files of the guy on your ship talking to you about illuminate signlas being detected near meridia

[@Cowboysnake-mb9qf]

GOD DAMN ILLUMINATES ARE COMING

[@Xiox321]

I'm pretty hyped for whatever this leads to.

[@bolothegiantfriendlypillbu4075]

No... *illuminate invasion flashback*

[@Black-mamba2014]

That sound track they said that is going to be the fighting music for the Illuminates that’s what they said I don’t know

[@Legendstar55-cj5ie]

Helldivers, if the Illuminate are to make a return, I expect you all to be wearing your armor from the Cutting edge warbond.

[@thegamingdragon490]

maybe the black hole we activated is a portal for the ilunamte?

[@neverblockhit2934]

Pretty sure that's just the ship making the sound seeing as wed probably be getting slightly pulled into it..

[@Daemolya]

There is sound from the ship (you can hear it at the start of the video) but there is also something else. 00:18 sounds are clearly music notes slowed down, despite my Music Settings being set to 0.

[@Muzzle1300]

I think a theory is when the illuminate were pushed out of the galaxy they ended up becoming more zealotry and ended up enslaved by eldritch gods. Maybe during the process they’re in a separate dimension unable to return but this black hole is a portal that will allow them to return, could be tragic that they’re just trying to escape enslavement or they’re fully possessed and are being used to conquer our galaxy

[@cyborgparrot1996]

They're coming...

[@ATAT1]

When the music is sped up further it's actually "Hero" by Nickelback.

[@foxtrot570]

YES!! I was hoping the Iluminates are gonna have the same vibes as the erdian stuff from Borderlands!

[@AMGG]

I mean its bound to happen anyway.

[@NathanielNerquaye-Tetteh-uz2nf]

We must have a fleet ready at the Meridian warp hole to ensure a quick victory against the Illuminate

[@SEB800r]

The beast, it awakens

[@jackstone9569]

I honestly think they may not drop the illuminates until the second galactic war because it would be such a massive update

[@gentelmenpootis1208]

So, 2 months ago this thing was uncovered, now is a reality.Data mine thing, the audio files. Meridia is not a black hole it's , in fact, a GOD DAMM SQUID PORTAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@gehrigmichael8166]

I'm calling it now, the illuminate are coming out of the black hole. Perhaps they were too far away to do anything after we beat them the first time, and now we've given them a direct line to super earth.

[@angryfoxzd5233]

I think we just traded one bad situation for another. I hope super earth egg heads are cooking up those new weapons and vehicles.

[@Daemolya]

Let's say that I have my own idea about this whole event and if it is linked to the dissapearance of the Illuminates we may have caused an issue.

[@DechuViva]

no wonder why the new update has been taking so long 😅

[@skie6282]

SPACE.... WHALEEESSSS

[@WisdomThumbs]

I got to go inside the black hole for one last Dark Fluid mission. We made it back out.

[@MaximusTheGreat509]

Gazed into the black hole a few days back, it almost sounds like a big space whale is in there. Very ominous

[@MurathanSaipKays]

Now there will be 3 Intelligent Species(Automatons,Humans and Illuminates),I wonder what would happen if Illiminate encountered automatons

[@TheMisterBerry]

If it were a black hole, I don't think it would have glowing rings around it. That's a portal. A portal Super Earth says not to get near for "risk of spaghettification" which could possibly be a coverup

[@thespacexplorer6552]

Actually, it would. It's called photon rings

[@TheMisterBerry]

@thespacexplorer6552 does it not need to be pulling something in to be visible? I thought we see black holes because they pull in dead stars and the like and create light ?

[@mopsfor1]

@@TheMisterBerry no, a black hole cant create light, it just has light from elsewhere orbiting it, until that light is sucked in and never seen again

[@NameName2.0]

Space sharks!

[@polar3488]

All these comments seem awfully undemocratic. The Illuminate were exiled and arent coming back.

[@Maxinator.09]

So are we getting a new planet or just a black hole?

[@jbarriossandrea]

What if the black hole opens a new galaxy to fight on?

[@ponivi]

*2nd of june i keep making the same mistake with the drg release coming up lmao

[@kingboo333]

They are coming

[@cheislies0012]

0:58 can you feel mahar?

[@L_C01]

Caseoh reached critical mass 😮

[@A20FtPancake]

They are coming..

[@pact7836]

We are gonna see the worst enemie nown to the galaxy.

[@lukemehalick370]

Oh shit that music is intense!!! Lets doooo thiiiiiiiiiis!

[@terrified057t4]

Wonder if there's a secret within the sound. I forget what it is called but like, the sound can reveal an image in the noise?

[@Daemolya]

That's a Spectrogram ! And if there is an hidden message we need to find the sound into the gamefile, not recorded like mine ^^

[@dwarfdigger135]

...we were too loud

[@arkauthor]

Spunds more like eldritch horrors, kinda hoping it is.

[@benkurdi8199]

The npc next to the robotics workshop says that it was so easy to capture dark fluid from the illuminate in the first war that its almost like they wanted us to have it

[@Tuks_A_Million]

That means those things… Planned it

[@MrSeed2018]

the 2 of june!

[@LauftFafa]

they are already here we just dont see them

[@shadowfoxlorcogaming1533]

I have noticed one thing ftl in the black holes in front of you, load in and its behind like you jumped through it. Then the ship faces it when you walk on your deck. Also its pull is interesting, i know things were millions of miles away but shouldnt that still be pulling planets towards itself, yeah its pulling spores and stuff. But it feels we can be closer than a safe distance. We also delivered if its a wormhole, an ultradense core of ship furl plus a sectors worth of spores. If i was a betting man, two things will happen, the illuminate attack down south, at the same time they release from the hole a modified varient of the bug spores creating new bugs, causing our distraction. Its also likely, considering cyborys had more advanced units than the bots, and they have had free reign of cyberstan, its more likely that the bots will be upgraded. (If the bots were aided by the illuminate i dont know, as they came from out of sector and they were in comms with an unknown group outside the rim we have) But yeah.... this hole while really cool... is gonna be an issue

[@samuelbishop3316]

If it causes time distortion is it possible that the Illuminate could come through from the past?

[@Daemolya]

We don't know what exactly opened. It could be "only" a black hole. It could also be a Worm Hole. But this Worm Hole could lead to another part of the universe. Or to another universe. OR even to the past or the future. And you can mix several of these claims.

[@DaDude796]

This isn’t a black hole, a black hole has the weird light surrounding and in front of it disk. This is more likely a wormhole. A wormhole bends space time and cuts a 2d hole in the flat fabric of the universe, what’s a circle in 3d? A sphere. You could see the stars on the other side of the wormhole normally ( if we ever encountered one )but since the illuminate were banished, they might be like the reapers from mass effect, stuck in deep-space where it is so incredibly dark that you cannot even see your own body without a light. This is a worm hole that forced the terminid super colony into from the inside out, leaving most likely a destructive and desecrated planet in its wake, with trillions of bodies of dead terminids. This is easily indirectly a threat to the illuminate and their salvation from being stranded in the darkest part of the universe, they will then come through the worm hole and invade with an indescribable force. Terrifying.

[@RoflcopterPunch]

Here comes Squiddy and co

[@josh7352]

Watch this before the ministry of truth silences us!

[@Kanxervero]

Anyone else getting Doom eternal vibes with the music...

[@aliceroorback3717]

I only know lore from in the game but one of the NPCs on the ship (the one not near the map) talks about the Illuminate giving Super Earth the fluid so I didn't think the Illuminate were a secret?

[@aliceroorback3717]

Service Tech Lasota. She also says E710 comes from bugs and it powers the ship warp drives. So what happens when a supercolony full of bugs full of E710 gets compressed into one tiny point?

[@thescruffinator8830]

The illuminate are from the first game and are currently believed to be wiped out as of the end of the previous game.

[@aliceroorback3717]

@@thescruffinator8830 Yes I re-listened to what she said, she says the fluid was recovered from the illuminate after they were killed. So they didn't give it to Super Earth it was taken from them after the Illuminate territories were liberated.

[@muhamadsyahmi1624]

Damn, it's must be Evolto work

[@RobadobaChannel]

What does the purple light represent? I played HD1 up to level 30 but don't remember it's meaning.

[@Daemolya]

That's a color highly linked to the Illuminates. The red is often seen with the Cyborgs and the Yellow with the Terminids.

[@RobadobaChannel]

@@Daemolya True! I guess I mostly associated them with blue, but purple and blue are right next to eachother on the colour spectrum. Thank you!

[@GooiYingChyi]

It's more violet purple than red purple, violet is next to blue, yes. So it could be that it was emitting violet previously, just not as much. It may indicate progress, yes.

[@IceFire1800]

their colour on the galactic map is rather purple compared to HD1

[@GundamChief]

Yeah, Illuminate is coming back. Playing HD1, I've faced their strongest, which is terrifying compared to the bugs and borgs because of the sheer mental power they commanded. The entire Meridia mission I was "We need to exterminatus this place now." but the Dark Fluid, an crushing it into a black hole, made me wary. Now... "We made a terrible mistake."

[@James-iu2eb]

That’s the illuminate theme from hd1 oh fuck were so died

[@dragonbornwerewolf]

Remind me... what happened to the scientists who made the pesticide that inadvertently led to the super-colony... Sweet Liberty... what's going to happen to the poor sod who decided THIS WAS A GOOD IDEA TO DO!?

[@Im_a_rock764]

We’re fucked…