Are Hell divers in the pods clones?

[-Eon-Tarkus]

Just wondering of the Hell divers in the destroyers clones or are they all just random people?

[asura]

No. Per the devs on twitter or something, the Helldivers are normal people that didn't know they were going to be frozen and then wake up to a lifespan of about 2 minutes.

[VoiD]

Originally posted by asura:

No. Per the devs on twitter or something, the Helldivers are normal people that didn't know they were going to be frozen and then wake up to a lifespan of about 2 minutes.

There are some survivors too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiUMMWrl1qE&t=1s

[VelxraTV]

Well we all have plugs in the back of our heads and the only exposed skin we see is metal.

I know and have seen nothing...

[asura]

Originally posted by Velxra:

Well we all have plugs in the back of our heads and the only exposed skin we see is metal.

I know and have seen nothing...

Cyborg propaganda.
The plugs in the back of the helmets are for breathing gear.

[Fannidan13]

Originally posted by -Eon-Tarkus:

Just wondering of the Hell divers in the destroyers clones or are they all just random people?

It's been my headcanon that they are clones, yeah. I'm sure the people who enlisted didn't know they'd be flashcloned over and over either. It's how I rationalize all the deaths after 169hrs, and still dropping in...

"Clone #863, reporting!"
Thinking on that, it actually fits the environment... You will never return to your family/friends as the same person, let alone the same individual. A grand conspiracy... if you're a dissident.

[Dynamiez]

You all know the film "Moon"? Thats my headcanon. We all signed a contract to be used as clones in an endless cycle. Perhaps our original "self" lifes happy after on earth as a super citizen...

[Spaceman]

a lot of people just enlisted

[Xan84]

It makes sense with the cloning, including memories. How can the next diver that comes in, have the same, rank and even weapons?

[Gryregaest]

It wouldn't make sense to have all the recruitment propaganda if they were all clones.

[Fannidan13]

Originally posted by Gryregaest:

It wouldn't make sense to have all the recruitment propaganda if they were all clones.

Well, at least part of the recruitment adds are targeted for SEAF, which is apparntly a different branch than the Helldivers. And given how many bodies of SEAF troops you see strewn about on different worlds... they could probably use the people.

It also wouldn't make sense to needlessly throw your population into wars of attrition if you are controlling population numbers so severely that you need to file a form for reproductive approval. Clones seem a good alternative to government ran breeder farms...

I'm sure not all of them are clones, but the Helldivers most likely are, at least to my reasoning and headcanon.

[General High Ping]

I want my diver to drop into combat yelling SPOONS!
Because the cloning process has gone a bit wonky for this one.

[sh3riff]

go watch the game intro ..
each diver is a person, like you and me .. no copies
in the intro it says somewhere that survival rate is about 18% or so

[TamTroll]

i like to justify it as this:

The other people frozen in pods after the tutorial? Other helldivers all on their way to their own ships. you're just the last one in.

The other people frozen in pods on your ship? Ehh, graphical limitation. they gotta be there for unfreezing animations to make sense. maybe they're just on standby reinforcements, or are in transit to some other location.

You un-freezing when getting onto your ship or someone else's ship? For some reason, the best way to travel between ships is inside a cryo pod. reduces the mental strain of sitting in a shuttle for a few hours as you travel in space. maybe it's safer idk.

When you die and reinforce back onto the battlefeild? That wasn't YOU that died, that was some other guy. you're only just showing up now for the first time. And when you die again, the "You" perspective is again shifted to the reinforcement helldiver, and the individual you WERE playing gets shifted to "Yeah that was just some other guy". "You" are only ever the living character you are presently playing. Any past individuals who died were other, unluckier helldivers.

[Ghost from warp]

Originally posted by Xan84:

It makes sense with the cloning, including memories. How can the next diver that comes in, have the same, rank and even weapons?

You are not a helldiver, you are ship full of cannon fodder. It's not your helldiver rank and acces to better gear. It's you ship access. Each helldiver is another human wasted in mindless war for resources.

[Fannidan13]

Originally posted by TamTroll:

i like to justify it as this:

The other people frozen in pods after the tutorial? Other helldivers all on their way to their own ships. you're just the last one in.

The other people frozen in pods on your ship? Ehh, graphical limitation. they gotta be there for unfreezing animations to make sense. maybe they're just on standby reinforcements, or are in transit to some other location.

You un-freezing when getting onto your ship or someone else's ship? For some reason, the best way to travel between ships is inside a cryo pod. reduces the mental strain of sitting in a shuttle for a few hours as you travel in space. maybe it's safer idk.

When you die and reinforce back onto the battlefeild? That wasn't YOU that died, that was some other guy. you're only just showing up now for the first time. And when you die again, the "You" perspective is again shifted to the reinforcement helldiver, and the individual you WERE playing gets shifted to "Yeah that was just some other guy". "You" are only ever the living character you are presently playing. Any past individuals who died were other, unluckier helldivers.

LOL
A literal "couldn't be me." I love it.