Helldivers 2 is set in the years 2184-2185, a century after the victory of Super Earth and its Helldivers over the Cyborgs, the Bugs, and the Illuminate after the events of the first game. Super Earth discovered that, upon death, the Terminids produce a unique and highly valuable resource, Element-710. Terminid farms were established on human-colonized worlds. However, containment is eventually breached, releasing the Bugs and causing chaos and destruction in the eastern sectors of the galaxy. Simultaneously, a new threat emerges from the west in the form of the Automatons, a mechanical army intent on destroying humanity. Helldivers, who are elite shock troops dropped from orbit to reclaim the colonized lands, are redeployed to regain control over stolen lands and ordered to engage in liberation campaigns across the galaxy once more.

The Super Earth Armed Forces, a.k.a "SEAF," is the military arm of the Super Earth Government. They employ Helldivers and S.E.A.F. troopers to accomplish their goals, and defend Super Earth citizens and territory.

The Federation of Super Earth, commonly referred to as Super Earth, The Federation or Super Earth Federation, is the largest faction in the Milky Way, consisting of 259 planets grouped into 55 Sectors. Super Earth follows a system of government called Managed Democracy, in which Citizens must fill out a form from which a computer algorithm will take the answers and produce who they truly want to vote for. The population of the Federation is centered around Super Earth, with colonial outposts of various sizes scattered about the galaxy. The Super Earth Armed Forces (SEAF) have billions of active personnel and an elite Helldiver Corps, several millions strong.

The Helldivers, formally The Helldivers Division of the Super Earth Armed Forces and officially referred to as the Helldiver Corps, are one of the main military branches of the Super Earth Armed Forces, acting as the S.E.A.F.'s elite unit, responsible for defending and spreading the ideals of Super Earth against its enemies at all costs. Extremely well-trained and exceptionally equipped by the Ministry of Defense, Helldivers are sent deep behind enemy lines through the use of the ingenious Hellpods, shock-absorbing pods launched directly from orbiting Super Destroyer ships.

In Super Earth society, Helldivers are hailed as venerated heroes, and the fallen as martyrs for Super Earth. Citizens who excitedly join the Super Earth Armed Forces, out of a sense of patriotism and a desire to protect others, have the chance to be drafted into the Helldiver Corps, which is viewed as one of the greatest honors; to pass the rigorous training and be bestowed the gift of bearing a Helldiver cape, a beacon of Freedom and hope for Super Earth and its citizens, is a point of pride unmatched by almost anything.

Currently, Super Earth defeated the Great Host from invading Super Earth, spirits are high, but the war rages on.

The Class 6 Series Crewed Interplanetary Combat Vessel, better known as the Super Destroyer, is a faster-than-light capable warship mass produced for use by the Helldivers of the Super Earth Armed Forces (S.E.A.F.). Upon reading the Contract of Employment and completing Helldiver training, each Helldiver is assigned command of a Super Destroyer to carry out their missions, at the start, Ironhand is chilling, waiting for the next major order.

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