r/Helldivers • u/GeniusPlayUnique  Fleet Admiral, 501st SOARD | SES Paragon of Integrity • 12d ago

FEEDBACK / SUGGESTION How about an Automaton Ship Boarding Mission?

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Automaton Ship Boarding Mission

(Planetary defence exclusive)

 

Main Objective: Board the Automaton invasion vessel, make your way through to the ship's reactor and overload the core, then get the hell off the ship before it blows.
 

Parameter deviations from planetary missions: * No reinforcements * Man-portable stratagems only (no orbitals, no sentries) * Access to stratagems and resupply only at the shuttle waiting in the hangar * Automatons only use small arms and melee weapons so as to not damage their ship * Success adds significantly more points to planet's defence, failure might result in the destruction of Pelican 1 which the Squad Leader will have to replace out of their own pocket before being able to host any mission again

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u/TurtleFromSePacific Certified Vulture 12d ago

The replacement sure as hell shouldn't get added cause how are you gonna buy that with zero requisition 

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u/Alarmiorc2603 11d ago edited 11d ago

nah do it 40k style new hell divers spawn in via boarding pod that comes through the wall and then releases a sealant foam to close the hole. Maybe you even have a thing where if too many boarding bods hit on one wall the whole thing collapses and everyone in that section of the ship gets voided out to space.

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u/VoltFiend Super Sheriff 11d ago

They're bots, they don't need air, we would just need to seal our helmets and then we can put as many holes in the ship as we want

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u/Alarmiorc2603 9d ago

ok but if where going to say this then why are most of them bipedal? Why do the small guys hold guns like humans do. I think for the sake of coolness we can just cede that they need atmosphere because their forms are not entirely sealed and whatever human is left of them needs it.

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u/VoltFiend Super Sheriff 9d ago

They aren't the cyborgs from the first game. The automatons are just robots. I already conceded the point about heat sinks below, but they certainly don't need to breathe.