With the week Helldivers 2 players just went through IRL, distracted by Sony's regrettable own-goal and subsequent reversal, it should be no surprise that the ongoing Galactic War effort has suffered similarly, with the situation looking worse all the time. Having failed to contain the Terminid Supercolony on Meridian, the Barrier Worlds in the Umlaut System have been lost; Super Earth has shifted its efforts to the wholesale decommissioning of Automaton forces, using the associated scrap to construct a new Strategem.
Previously, the community had the option of unlocking one of two Strategems, depending on which planet it saved first: Choohe or Penta. Players opted to save Penta, securing the RL-77 Airburst Rocket Launcher. Now, for the low price of just 2 billion Automaton skulls, the MD-17 Anti-Tank Mines will be unlocked for general use. Previously, Arrowhead tasked the community with slaying 2 billion Terminids, a feat achieved within just 24 hours. Later, Arrowhead would confirm that the tracker itself was bugged (or a bug); expect significantly stiffer opposition.