The (Real) Story of Helldivers 

Helldiver Kknowley: You have been found guilty of spreading false information by the Super Earth Ministry of Truth. Us on Super Earth are appalled by this media creation from a respected Helldiver who saved the armaments industry millions in not shooting bullets on Helldive campaigns. As such your punishment will be carried out immediately, an impact grenade will be delivered shortly in your vicinity by another of your Helldive companions, Cdawgg. She seemed very eager to carry out this act of democracy for some reason.... We appreciate your service, but you will not be inscribed on the wall of Martyrs for this indiscretion. Super Earth.

That thumbnail doesn't look very democratic! ⬆️➡️⬇️⬇️⬇️

Okay, but now that we've seen the (real) story of Helldivers, I need to see the "totally real" story of Helldivers.

It appears your service without ammo has done a number to your supposedly invincible Helldiver mind, I will be informing your democracy officer

Fun fact, there were never any weapons of mass destruction found

If I understand correctly, the cyborgs might have been birthed from the severe mining operations that were being done on cyberstan, their work conditions so poor that integrating lost limbs and parts was practically a necessity.

Undemocratic joking aside. Knowley saw that the other type of helldivers content is done to death at this point. And this POV will be a refreshing piece of new content.

[THIS BROADCAST HAS NOT BEEN APPROVED BY THE MINISTRY OF TRUTH]

It was nice knowing you, former Brother in Democracy.

friends? brother I just got unfroze and shot out of a cannon friends are the least of my concern

I like the inclusion of the HD1 footage, but my enemies will continue to be Bugs, Cyborgs and Squids.

>words words words Automatons can't meme

While I love the overly blatant propaganda most people use to tell HellDivers story, I do appreciate just pulling the curtain back and seeing what's actually going on. Or at least what we can know from what little we get from all the propaganda twisting the truth.

i do enjoy that the treasonous approach to Helldivers content is still very much grounded within the setting, with the "THIS BROADCAST HAS NOT BEEN APPROVED BY THE MINISTRY OF TRUTH" message at the start, recounting the history of Super Earth like an actual history rather than fictional canon/lore, etc etc. one of the most powerful elements of the Helldivers community is the dedication to the bit when it comes to roleplaying, it really does feel like the developers, players, and content creators are all acting out the story of Helldivers together and I'm very excited to see people start to branch out and start playing the other side of the coin. looking forward to more dissidence against the Ministry of Truth and the lies of Managed Democracy, and i wish you luck in evading the Hellbomb currently being dropped on your grid coordinates by Super Earth loyalists as we speak!

“I think I smell treason. Do you smell treason?” “I smell treason.” **unanimous ⬆️➡️⬇️⬇️⬇️**

And this, Helldivers, is what happens when you ignore those Illegal Broadcast secondary objectives too often.

Don't expect getting any C-01 forms in the near future!

Always happy to get more lore vids from kknowley. Branching out from a "main series" can be hard for youtubers, but I've always liked the lore dives from this channel more than the challenge runs.

❌ You're fighting for expansionists that don't value human lives! ✔️ You're fighting for a united humanity!

Thank you for sharing this as a hellmire native with a familial conection to the cyborgs it hurts to know how many people kill without thinking yes i am and will remain my pyromanic helldiver self but that is due to money being easy for somebody that already had to mingle with the bugs in the farms

I hope the last threat Super Earth faces is other humans

You know the rules and so do I ^_^ *calls democracy officer*

I love this video. It feels historical, including the tone. You, my friend, have a new subscriber! Eagerly awaiting new helldiver info updates!

Ok but on a serious note, i can't wait to see how arrowhead will handle the illuminates this time around. Where automatons are already a fairly tough competition, a technologically advanced species will definitely be a tough competition 😊

Don't mind me, just a humble bug farmer deliberately breeding my livestock for outright warfare, carry on :v

The Ministry of Truth does not approve this message

Dude you have to escape before Super Earth finds you

“Treason?” “Treason,” *proceeds to use a 500kg*

And this is what ministry of truth shows to citizens who wants to see how automatons see us.

This video has given me a lot to consider. I have reported myself to the nearest democracy officer and they have assured me their emergency corrective education team will banish any doubts that may have arisen and appreciate my demonstration of loyalty in reporting this video, my own deviant thoughts, and all other information I have to them. After my emergency corrective education I will be rewarded with deployment to an essential mission evaluated at the Helldive threat level - so thank you video! You have made my dreams come true!

I feel like Helldivers 2 would benefit from the Tanya the Evil form of narrative. For those who haven't watched it, Tanya the Evil takes place in an alternate version of WW1 with magic. In this series WW1 and WW2 kindof blend together. Tanya fights on the side of "The Empire" which is pretty much Germany. It's stated at the beginning of the story that the Empire will lose: much like in the real World Wars. Helldivers 2 can do something similar where Super Earth's genocidal thirst for conquest will result in it's downfall. Super Earth can be doomed to loose, then when they finally do Arrowhead can just reset the game board.

Democracy officer, I think I found a traitor.

Of course the guy who mainly does videos on the criminal simulator Payday 2 and 3 is against Super Earth.

So glad to see the post-payday content! Can't wait for what's next :)

Why do I smell treason?

This sounds like treason, I don’t know if I like this…

Hell yeah I am here for this! I loved your Payday content over the years but now with the rise of Helldivers and Payday 3 going though a period of slow repair and hopefully rebirth, you are the perfect RU-vidr to chronicle the treasonous lore other Super Earth patriots are too afraid to tackle. As a Heister and Helldiver I will eagerly support you in this new direction.

The terminid/automaton/illuminate meatriding is CRAZY

While I don't currently plan on signing up for the armed forces, I will be eager to follow the developments of the Helldivers' battles. As in, even as someone just following the fandom, Helldivers' story is quite engaging.

Reporting this to my nearest Democracy Officer

The Hive adapts, you made us this way. All we wanted was to live peacefully, we didnt care that you were living around us. You got scared by a non threat and started a genocide. Super Earth caused everything.

excellent video, however ⬇️⬆️⬅️⬇️⬆️➡️⬇️⬆️

This one right here, Democracy Officer!

Yall hear treason? I hear treason

I honestly would like Super Earth to lose the 2nd Galactic War. For 1 because they deserve it, 2 the internal contradictions of their own ideology breeds failure, and 3 it'd make for a more interesting story.

To be fair regarding the terminids, humanity is hard wired to hate arthropods. It is literally in our nature to fear and wish to destroy bugs. Blame scorpions, who were the earliest predators of our earliest land fish ancestors. It’s a very old and deeply ingrained instinct.

YES! Knowley going to do us some Helldivers content!

I love how it was for the most part caused because they wanted oil

Thanks for not following the tone of the rest of Helldivers content. The constant nonstop roleplay was funny at the beginning, but now its just annoying. Videos like this are refreshing and its nice to be able to learn the *actual* lore of Helldivers instead of some pseudo in-universe propaganda piece.

SC-37 Legionnaire Armor set in Helldivers is described to be based of the uniform of the Super Earth Legion. Just in case you guys want to imagine what they looked like.

The only thing drenched in blood is my ministry assigned helldiver suit after I leave errata prime

0:05 on that note im off to my local democracy officer.

I hope the next news update begins with him diving in and leaving a Hellpod, implying he had just been 'Freed'

Treason detected

I’m reporting you to my democracy officer.

I hope people roleplaying in the comments actually know this happend.

This is awesome, but I WANT TO KNOW MORE. I need a 2 hr long exploration of all details!!! 😅🙏

In all seriousness, helldivers and its lore would make for an amazing movie.

I've also heard a tip that super earth might have an overpopulation problem as well which is why there are so many helldivers signing up for the war.

Heresy.

It’s nice to have a breakdown that’s actually out of character (not satirically fascist) for once. I like the game and the community but the way everyone keeps character all the time reminds me a little too much of when I used to think that my friends were just making racist jokes “ironically” 😅😅😅 Live and learn, I guess. Anyway, thanks for the well told story! I knew less of that than I’d expected, and I’m looking forward to your next one!

It's a pity that I can't transfer data of my original helldiver from 2017 to HD2...

A fun twist to Helldivers 2 could when we wipe out all opposing factions, the Helldivers turn on The Super Earth government.

Always remember: a soldier for mamaged democracy *is a soldier for your most hated corporate entity*

Reading item descriptions helps build the world, also

That thumbnail is really looking like treason to me ➡️⬇️⬆️➡️⬇️

Someone forgot the broadcast objective again.

It's never a good thing when a country has a ministry of truth. Never. Edit: Unless it's Arstotzka, of course. Glory to Arstotzka!

Thank you for an actual lore video, a lot of other RU-vid videos I’ve been watching just say it’s a lore vid but turns out to just be a video that comes off as a personal game review. Hope to see more like this from you In the future as I have just subscribed! . . . Steps into role playing boots “. . . . But.” ⬆️➡️⬇️⬇️⬇️

As a Canadian I must say much of my country is already deemed an inhospitable wasteland, no WW3 needed

Im definitely reporting you to the nearest democracy officer

bug propaganda

Even if super earth was the bad guy, it still wouldn’t matter because it’s all fictional and all just a game not meant to be taken seriously

You shall be hearing from my democracy officer.

This video has been reported to the heroic, democratic, liberty loving, ministry of truth for fear mongering. Glory to super earth!!! In all honesty very good video it's a lot like the payday lore recaps you've done, I'd love to see a bigger kind of this video when the story of HD2 has played out a bit more.

Primary Objective: Terminate Illegal Broadcast

Sounds like treason.....

Someone make sure this man is safe 😅

Your video has been flagged for undemocratic content

This video is currently under review for treason.

"DEMOCRACY OFFICER, YES THATS THATS HIM." "OK LEAVE THIS TO US"

Reported to the local democracy officer. ⬇️➡️⬇️⬇️⬇️💥💣

Even though there is zero hard evidence to support it, I like the theory that the hell divers of the player characters in HD2 are clones. The recruitment process is real, everyone is cloned, and those that show promise (actually survive) are cloned repeatedly. Every time you step out of a cryo pod, that’s a new clone being thawed out. Connecting to play with a friend is thawing out your clone on their super destroyer. Not only would this explain how any kind of military success would be possible, despite hell divers having such an abysmal survival rate, it also feeds the super earth propaganda machine. It’s easy for someone to be a legendary hero if you can combine the successes of all of their clones and conveniently ignore the times they died.

Reported for undemocratic activities.

I will be reporting this to the super earth ministry of truth and the local democracy officer

Mmm, that's very compelling. Now, face the wall please.

As the war rages on and we start to hear that our own brothers may have been turned into the automatons, i can only pray they're wrong

We need not get the democracy officer involved, we can simply tell the helldivers that he works for Sony.

I need to report myself to my democracy officer after watching this.

This one right here democracy officer

Say hello to my democracy officer

You hear treason? I hear treason

story of helldivers series?

I can why we kill bugs but not why we kill the automatons

this has been declared as dangerous information and the creator will be put to justice soon thank you loyal citizens of super earth.

Hello, Ministry of Truth? *Him.*

Great video !

9:06 cyborgs have become more Despicable then the Federation

I'm hearing dissident speak Exterminatus.

sounds like treason to me