How does helldiver replacement work

[pizzamanager846]

How does it work when a helldiver dies a new one is replaced do they just have clones or is there just alot of people who share the same personality and armor and SOMEHOW status within the army

[Zephyr]

Lore wise, it's a new Helldiver replacing the dead one. They are frozen in cryo sleep and waken up as need be. So yeah, no clone, just a LOT of people dying.

[fruhead]

The latter. Your destroyer is just filled with fresh troops ready for the grinder. The default being set to "random" for appearance/voice is done to show that. I imagine having the same loadouts/equipment could be done or lored as "this is the uniform/equipment for SES Sword of Justice".

[dyra55]

Yes, lore wise each time it's a different person who volunteered to join the helldivers

Everything else is for gameplay purposes, i think it would be annoying if you lose your levels and have to unlock everything again each time you die

[Zeorik]

Originally posted by dyra55:

Yes, lore wise each time it's a different person who volunteered to join the helldivers

Everything else is for gameplay purposes, i think it would be annoying if you lose your levels and have to unlock everything again each time you die

I like the headcanon that we, the players, are the Ship. The helldivers are just our avatars; Any upgrades we make, go to the ship. Points are spend on new equipment to be stocked in the Ship. Our helldivers never really get stronger, just access to greater lists of equipment.

[dyra55]

Originally posted by Zeorik:

I like the headcanon that we, the players, are the Ship. The helldivers are just our avatars; Any upgrades we make, go to the ship. Points are spend on new equipment to be stocked in the Ship. Our helldivers never really get stronger, just access to greater lists of equipment.

Yeah and super destroyer is the one that gets to have a name after all
I can see that

[dyra55]

Originally posted by Liberty Goon:

There is one thing I have wondered about...

Whenever you depart from an allied destroyer, we see a new diver step out of cryo on the home destroyer. What happened to that other diver?

Same animation plays when you join another player's super destroyer

So i guess probably returned back to a cryopod they stepped out from

[TunaHematoma]

The devs wanted it to be a new random person every time, yes. With same body build, and clothes and rank. Best they could do was randomize the voice pack (out of 4 lol).

All I can suggest is don't dwell on it too much or take it too seriously. As far as I'm concerned we're immortal souls getting transplanted into a new body each time. That's why we're Hell-divers, cause we die and go to hell only to get yanked back up.

[MagikarpMagi]

I think the uniform and equipment could be explained away as: that's the uniform requirement for divers on your ship.

It's a weak explanation, but this has probably already crossed into overthinking.

[asura]

Technically you're more playing as the destroyer than the individual helldivers.
So the ship/crew probably just pop you out with whatever you deemed important to the mission at that time (which would explain the armors and loadout, etc).

The goal of the destroyer/ship crew/Super Earth is to send you down to harvest E-710 efficiently and on a budget. Individual helldivers might as well just be assault rifle bullets.

[forcecomdr]

As far as the armor and weapons / strats,
The way i view it is, the captain (you) has selected the optimal equipment for this mission and all HD grab the chosen loadout before they drop.

[darkblade]

Originally posted by pizzamanager846:

How does it work when a helldiver dies a new one is replaced do they just have clones or is there just alot of people who share the same personality and armor and SOMEHOW status within the army

Nope just a new soldier who got out of training

[Sweet C]

They're clones. Don't believe the propaganda.

[Vanta]

Canonically, each Helldiver is a different person who probably has a family somewhere in the galaxy.

[MoonBeech]

As others have said, canonically the dev's vision was that Helldivers are cheap undertrained fodder soldiers and each is unique. It's implied that their involvement in the war is one of the ways the Super-Earth autocracy is reducing overpopulation in demographics capable of being drafted. They literally have so many brainwashed people they can afford to throw hundreds of thousands of them at any planet that is causing trouble

Personally I am okay with the rhetoric and satire there but I really prefer the headcannon that each Helldiver is taking on clone bodies and the superdestroyer with the original Helldiver's mind aboard is basically each player's protagonist. It still maintains the cheapness of life theme but also shows that Super-Earth is willing to use basically immortality technology to wage endless wars. Also, I like playing games with a singular protag so that's generally the route i find more intriguing.

[DtHouse]

I start to thinks that all helldivers in a destroyer are just clone of the first owner. Can't be possibile to substain a galactic war with all this loss. They must be clone or the human we will be on the verge of extictions