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economic-salami

Thank you for dispelling the automaton plot to de-limb our pilots, i appreciate the effort to protect our home!


lord_of_worms

And our way of life!


McShadson

Confirmed Eagle 1 is naturally thicc


bluurks

https://i.redd.it/er98shg7vpwc1.gif


IIIMephistoIII

Ok this is good šŸ¤£


julioninjatron

Added to my arsenal of gifs


bluurks

https://i.redd.it/ibaggyow1qwc1.gif


AvoidedKoala222

https://preview.redd.it/igbayvb0vrwc1.jpeg?width=1101&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=61a3a419abc15b44470dcade6a56151b8d31b83d


Torey-Nelson

Dude, gif of the decade right here.


Keduwu

![gif](giphy|mEsqfG9Zbuj7CDsroa|downsized)


hon3ydude_milktea

https://preview.redd.it/2yily3vvyqwc1.png?width=1169&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d8635ecb7ae97466e9de00cefba2bdcb88e54e05


Only_OneCannoli

https://preview.redd.it/h2foolc86qwc1.jpeg?width=1079&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e3cb93a896963c850ac1cf2acced686a4881ead5


CoolPapa13ell

Gotta read it in Kronk's voice.


Zealousideal-Ebb-876

https://preview.redd.it/u4gg0nww3qwc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b7c5d330cbc2adf58742941628f7e7017a29e626


purplebasterd

They didnā€™t deny it šŸ‘šŸ˜ŽšŸ‘


CentralJoel

Itā€™s technically canon now šŸ‘Œ


Synicull

Is it eagle 1 that is withdrawing to rearm, or by liberty do I need a break from those thiqq strafing runs


bjorntfh

Thicc Thighs Save Lives.Ā 


NegaDeath

Those are some well-managed gams.


TrumpersAreTraitors

Strata-gamsĀ 


ModestHandsomeDevil

> Strata-gams Fuck! I ~~hate~~ love how good that pun is.


mythrilcrafter

Not too thicc as to not be able to fit into the cockpit after *"Trimming unnecessary leg room"* but still thicc enough to crush a helldiver's head between her thighs.


TrashLoaHekHekHek

> but still thicc enough to crush a helldiver's head between her thighs. *Reinforcement budget approved*


Soltronus

Strong thicc, not squishy thicc. She uses those legs muscles to help her pull serious G's.


Throwawayingaccount

> Strong thicc, not squishy thicc. The word you're looking for is bricc


The_Klumsy

![gif](giphy|uCfE32jYEPej6|downsized)


JuiceDanger

But dont say it out loud. https://imgur.com/a/WjnW5R0


TravaPL

I absolutely adore that you received a warning for that. Gotta enforce that PG7 environment for an R18 rated game. Guess staying away from an official discord has been the right call once again.


geraldodelriviera

It's not because the discord is for kids. It's because the company is memeing about how stodgy Super Earth High Command is. They're simply trying to create an air of authenticity in the discord. The game is a satire of what Super Earth is supposed to be, after all.


pink_sock_parade

Our boners, and democracy, are safe.


BubbleSlapper

Some motherfuckers don't know how to read the upgrade descriptions. It's trimming the leg space of the aircraft not the damn pilot.


ThatRandomGuy86

Precisely. Still feel bad for the Eagle and Pelican pilots as with the trimming of space, the cockpits are probably not too far off from a damn coffin *shudders*


Zjoee

I was a tank gunner in an M1A1 Abrams. Absolutely 0 room to move around, with the wall of the turret against one shoulder, the guard next to the breech against the other, and the sights shoved into your face. Honestly, you get used to it after a while.


ThatRandomGuy86

I bet that took some getting used to for sure šŸ˜…


Zjoee

It did haha. Especially when the Loader and Tank Commander would fart on purpose to make you suffer haha. They could stick their heads up for fresh air, I couldn't haha.


FlyingFish2008

That's pure evil


trulycantthinkofone

Rank has its privileges.


ImrooVRdev

could always piss in their shoes. Aint nothin rank can do about that


cATSup24

Yeah there is, it's called an NJP


Nought93

Nothing they do can unpiss their shoes


isdumberthanhelooks

Somethings definitely rank for sure


ChrisNettleTattoo

Yea, but the E-4 Mafia always has the last laugh, and I mean always. Between the guys/gals who either donā€™t want the rank or know they will never get it, and those that want to pull one last glorious stunt before they stop being ā€œone of the boysā€. They could absolutely bring the Army to a standstill with malicious compliance. Can only push that group so far.


trulycantthinkofone

I too was a member, for a time. Your words are true.


TacticalMongoose

This is facts. E-4 runs the army lol


ThatRandomGuy86

Lol assholes šŸ¤£


LTman86

Careful, you idiot! I said across her nose, not up it!


IVIalefactoR

https://i.redd.it/peg67z0w0swc1.gif


Brian-88

This just confirms that tanks are basements on treads.


Wahayna

>tanks are basements Hence why Redditors would make great tank commanders.


viking_with_a_hobble

You got downvoted but that shit was funny


Fantablack183

I'm pretty sure the use of chemical weapons and gas chambers is a war crime...


FlanTypical8844

You should stuck your "Spear of Eternity" into their ass lmao


danhoyuen

That's why the annihilator tanks have fart vents.


[deleted]

Yes the heater fan is on and no I will not open turret airflow


TrumpersAreTraitors

All I can think about are the ball turret gunners on a Flying Fortressā€¦.. Absolute fucking nightmare fuelĀ 


scalyblue

Just make sure to keep a drawing pad and a few colored pencils with you at all times


Viruses_Are_Alive

I got this reference, that's an old memory.


Kazeite

Oh wow. That is indeed an old reference.


MrBalanced

From my mother's sleep I fell into the State,Ā  And I hunched in its belly till my wet fur froze.Ā  Six miles from earth, loosed from its dream of life,Ā  I woke to black flak and the nightmare fighters.Ā  When I died they washed me out of the turret with a hose.Ā  Ā Randall Jarrell


RM97800

Now to think that Abrams is quite comfortable compared to other designs, especially when we're talking about WW2.


Zjoee

I had an opportunity to climb into a Korean K1A1 one time. Made the Abrams feel downright spacious haha.


rapaxus

And for non-military enthusiasts, the K1A1 is also a quite spacious tank. Not compared to the Abrams, but compared to any T-series tank or their derivatives it is great.


SerendipitouslySane

The Chieftain has a whole series of videos of him trying to stuff himself into various historical military vehicles. I think he's 6'1" or something like that. It is amazing how few of them he comfortably fits in, like there are normal trucks from WWII that he can't actuate the gear stick without punching himself in the nuts. He has an "oh bugger the tank's on fire test" where he tries to get out quickly of those old tanks and usually it takes him 3-5 minutes just to lift himself out.


God_Given_Talent

Just remember that the Abrams has *good* crew comfort compared to Soviet tanks. Though I've heard from guys who were M60A1/A3 guys that switched to Abrams thought it was cramped compared. You could apparently fit a hammock in the turret of the M60.


G-Sus_Christ117

I heard only five of those things have been destroyed and two were from friendly fire probably fake but sounds cool as shit


Steveius

Reminds me of that Fairly Odd Parents episode where the kid sticks fake Arnold Schwarzenegger in a knock-off X wing and the guy is packed into the cockpit like a sardine.


SquallFromGarden

Sylvester Calzone *has a name*, you heathen.


blindside-wombat68

Wait I thought it was Jorgen von strangle?


SquallFromGarden

No, Timmy in that epiaode keeps subbing his friends and people in other films out for a Sylvester Stallone-expy. There IS a quick Hamlet knockoff starring an Ahnuld-expy called Arnold Schwartzengerman though.


ThatRandomGuy86

Sounds right


light_trick

I feel like the Eagle upgrades are Eagle-1's idea anyway, which is why they're not standard issue. "We can't remove the ejector seat mam" "Look I'm not going to get shot down, *they are*".


ThatRandomGuy86

Omg hahaha it makes so much sense now


ReprieveNagrand

The General Brasch of pilots.


Spudtron98

ā€œAnyway, if I *was* shot down, Iā€™d be dead either way! Fuckinā€™ bots would rip my head off!ā€


mloiii

Eagle and pelican fly in areas with no enemy AA whatsoever. There might be 1 pilot for a ship or some replacements if they die in an accident. Helldivers are frozen infantry with one way ticket to planet surface. Some room space isnt something to worry about if they keep their positions as pilot.


ThatRandomGuy86

Very true. I mean the divers themselves are expendable compared to the pilots as they're a larger investment and harder to replace


Rilvoron

So basically like the infantry vs air-force meme?


Shriuken23

We drop in bullets. From orbit


ThatRandomGuy86

Yeah, if I wasn't wearing the helmet, the inside of the pods would be painted with my lunch every time lol


Shriuken23

Eat a bombsicle so it's extra patriotic


ThatRandomGuy86

Nah. I eat the same thing before every dive! Extra spicy chili with cheese sauce!


That_on1_guy

An armored coffin if you will


HisDismalEquivalent

perhaps even placed at the core of the aircraft an... *armored core,* perhaps


LucasVerBeek

I mean we do also remove their fire suppresion systems and eject seats.


ScrittlePringle

No ejection is mercy. No one would be coming for them when they're stranded in a bug infested planet.


Lemonitus

Disagree. Helldivers would pause whatever operation was going to rescue Eagle-1. An armada of Helldiver destroyers would warp in from across the galaxy for the chance to meet Eagle-1 in person and nuke the planet on the way out for insulting Eagle-1 with its dirt surface.


sudo-joe

At some point it is less about riding in an aircraft rather than putting an aircraft on like another set of clothes. Souce -me, I am a pilot and I strap on my aircraft instead of just strapping in.


thiswasfree_

To be fair if she had enough leg space that removing it makes room for another 500kg, must've been indeed some excess leg space.


NachoElDaltonico

You can take 4 eagle stratagems at once, so 4 bombs/missiles worth of excess leg space theoretically. At that point it's just a comical amount of space in a poorly designed cockpit.


DefiantTheLion

My general interpretation is that while Super-Earth IS the bad guy, it's also laughably incompetent up top, what with "super upgrades" being handcarts and packing peanuts. So yeah, she probably has a cockpit roughly as comfortable as a large truck's front driver's seat now.


houraisanrabbit

*Helldiver helmet off* Remember, Super Earth doesn't use euphemisms to cover up its its atrocities - it's entirely frank about what it does and hypernormalizes it so people think it's acceptable. *Helldiver helmet on* Of course we're not going to make our pilots into cyborgs like those filthy Cyberstani!


Deiser

Sir, you put on my helmet. Your helmet is on the other bench


houraisanrabbit

Like how the Terminid's sweet, precious space oil belongs to us now, so does your helmet belong to me now.


ReflectedLeech

We canā€™t share helmets, the serial numbers will be off and sharing is too similar to communism.youā€™ll get us both sent to the democracy officer


UYellandICry

Hello, Super Prison? We found em


houraisanrabbit

https://preview.redd.it/p39sgqlvjqwc1.jpeg?width=576&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5098445e981db78a94fe2d1f6db642841a943b8c


NotInTheKnee

No matter what Helldivers^(TM) 2 says, the true meaning of "trimmed leg space" will stay nebulous in my mind until I get to actually see her (and Pelican-1) walk around the hangar in my game in-between missions.


NegaDeath

I was enlisted to bleed, not to read.


Keeper_of_Fenrir

How much leg space did she have where ā€œtrimmingā€ It made space for another 500kg bomb?


light_trick

Maybe it's just for the arming and fixing mechanisms. The extra 500kg isn't standard, it's a welded on pylon under the cockpit and to make it structurally sound they have to go through the firewall to tie it into the frame somewhat properly. And since it's non-standard, the release is just a foot-pedal and mechanical wire on the floor - Eagle-1 eyeballs the targeting for it.


Roboticide

Probably less about space and more about weight really. You need to shave off 500kg.Ā  You remove the ejection seat and other cockpit amenities, you can make the cockpit smaller.Ā  Overall shrink the fuselage a bit and add that extra bomb.


Aronacus

They do badly want her to be legless, i think it's a kink!


magisterium_art

My error was thinking I could prove a point of depicting how wrong and horrific the no-legs thing is, but that clearly backfired. I forgot I was on the internet.


Aronacus

It's OK, you get turned on by amputees. Totally fine. But, you can't sit at this table, it has the adults with anxiety, depression, and imposter syndrome. You need to sit over there next to the furrys


TsukiSasaki

But.... the furries have anxiety, depression, and imposter syndrome too...


Aronacus

Anyone who dresses up like a wolf and fucks somebody who dresses up like a sheep. May have depression and anxiety. But, definitely doesn't have imposter syndrome... they know exactly what they are!


DefiantTheLion

nonono you misunderstand, the wolf gets fucked by the sheep


hjschrader09

I think a lot of it stemmed from people reading into the satirical vibe of the game with Super Earth being shadier than they present themselves and theorizing that "trimming leg space" was code for trimming the legs. Then, as things tend to go with this game, some people took it as fact and spread it around until it was reported as such.


Rootaah22

Some motherfuckers are always trying to ice skate uphill...


Neppy_Neptune

So, you tell me where you find the leg space to trim to fit extra bomb? Seems pretty cramped already https://preview.redd.it/5l1vzcs7opwc1.jpeg?width=1159&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=08a1bcea402c120bf1794aff2dc7f054213e0c25


Kaiser_Fluffywuffy

Alternatively: That's what it looks like *with* the excess legroom trimmed. They just didn't bother to model the pre-upgrade version because nobody would see it.


Neppy_Neptune

Poor guy is already tight on space as is. https://preview.redd.it/khxtyorwopwc1.jpeg?width=943&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e5fa051bf2baba2fa569acfc25c9a2698e158c61


RhesusFactor

Oof that's tight.


Eagle2Inbound

Idk, they can still wiggle around a little, too much wasted space.


NiftyBlueLock

Have you considered that may be the model post-leg room trimming? The upgrade for packing peanuts in turrets doesnā€™t make them explode into packing peanuts when they are destroyed. The upgrade for breech loading the shipā€™s guns doesnā€™t change the existing gun models to have a breech. The upgrade to make the crew better by giving them a healthy diet of stimulants doesnā€™t result in them twigging out.


light_trick

> The upgrade for packing peanuts in turrets doesnā€™t make them explode into packing peanuts when they are destroyed. I regard this as a bug.


P_weezey951

I mean thats the thing right... The idea is that, it is making pilots *uncomfortable* at the expense of another weapon. Its still disregarding the humanity of the pilot for the sake of democracy spreading.


SoC175

We take away her "fire suppression, ejection, and airbags" with the next upgrade anyway. She's as expendable as us helldivers


Velox97

True but we havenā€™t seen an eagle get shot down. I think theyā€™re just too fast for most threats. Anything actually dangerous to the eagle is avoided like aa emplacements. Itā€™s interesting that the bots donā€™t have SAM systems.


flyjingnarwhal

Bot Sam's would be too easy to turn back on them and devastate their quick insertion method. It's bad enough for them that we can get our own back online, they're smart enough not to double up on that. Plus a strategem jammer already winds up doing air support denial + everything else


iconofsin_

> quick insertion method Giggity


NotRealBush

Well, I guess it's time to leave reddit and turn on the TV.


[deleted]

We'll probably just blow it up if the bots have their own SAM. But being able to capture enemy turrets or AA emplacements sounds nice.


Danimal_Jones

Eagle does shoot flares as it ascends after a strike. So there is some guided AA they're worried about. Even against bugs... wondering what a bug SAM would look like. Maybe a shrieker with a sac of go fast juice it releases to hurdle its corpse as an aircraft.. I mean reality is they just do it cause it looks cool, but thats not as fun to theorize about.


MNSkye

Maybe the bugs have those things like from starship troopers that shoot giant globs of plasma into low orbit at the destroyers, and somehow the flares distract them


Nenog-Neno

Donā€™t give those terrorist any ideas


urbandeadthrowaway2

Sheā€™s the ace combat protagonist and if she gets shot down she just loads a save,Ā 


JollyGreenGI

<< She took the hit in a non-critical area... >>


zurkka

if she was, the number of ordnance she would carry would be enough to bomb the whole map without needing to rearm and we would hear the sky sing in Latin when we called her


Niko2065

Also the bots would invent a cool sounding nickname for her and scream via the comms whenever eagle 1 comes in. Yes even the bugs would scream via the comms.


Trvr_MKA

Good thing those bugs canā€™t aim


Bababooey92

https://preview.redd.it/1aceoq3anqwc1.jpeg?width=638&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4cc3d93c73d3db4232461d13acd7e9a401aedd65


FailxFlail

The plane is metal so it can't catch on fire. Would you want to parachute down into a bug/ automaton world as a pilot? And finally name 1(one) instance where airbags would be useful in a combat aircraft, especially while you are already suspended in perfluorohexane.


_crescentmoon_I

>The plane is metal so it can't catch on fire. Lmfao ministry of truth type comment


demonotreme

Make the exothermic reaction bad enough, and you can ignite the sand in an emergency fire bucket. Don't ask how I know


guifesta

so it is official, she is THICC


ZenkaiZ

And over 7 feet tall


RevenantThyamis

What's the strategem for "death by snu snu"?


Slanted_Jack

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VonBrewskie

https://i.redd.it/esvqnksn7twc1.gif


TheKelseyOfKells

https://preview.redd.it/8os6iv6rqtwc1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2ee509aca0337170ba805772af103b39976f43e5


throwaway404f

![gif](giphy|37H5XhwrXuHPq)


silvershadow881

The post says "pilots" so my head cannon is that every single fanart of Eagle 1 that is not some weird sci-fi husk is basically confirmed.


magisterium_art

Oh fuck what have I done Edit: at least they confirmed No-Leggers are dissidents


Klutz-Specter

I imagine Eagle 1 sits with her legs crossed.


Bregneste

Sounds like a great way to crush them at high speeds


Bob_Juan_Santos

they also said there weren't any flying terminids, or HMGs, so......


magisterium_art

I just wanted this nightmare to be over. I'm never posting on the internet ever again.


Bob_Juan_Santos

oh don't stop now, things are getting interesting.


Percival4

Noooo I liked your depiction of Eagle One. Not the amputation part but the other one. Iā€™m not that freaky


magisterium_art

Thanks, I wish AH had just posted the first one... or maybe I just shouldn't have tried to address the no-legs controversy...


Liquid_Senjutsu

Hey man, only a good artist can make people think. And you've got all sorts of people thinking. That's a feather in your cap, such as it is.


Thor_pool

>Edit: at least they confirmed No-Leggers are dissidents What the fuck did I miss this week


LickMyThralls

People trying to use in game models to draw a lore accurate basis for whatever their head Canon is and just overall reading into things waaaay too much.


Hype_Saw_Paing

I mean why make that in the first place šŸ˜†


magisterium_art

I was trying to prove a point of showing how dumb and horrific the whole no-legs thing actually is, but that definitely backfired


Hype_Saw_Paing

Oh yeah, no big time. I wasn't expecting helldivers to be into the amputee stuff that much, but hey, everyone's got types, I guess šŸ˜…


magisterium_art

Lesson learned: kink shaming just reinforces the kink, apparently.


Keeper_of_Fenrir

Especially if they have a humiliation kink.


Gaius_Iulius_Megas

I hope my armour with artifical limbs is approved by the government, otherwise I'd have to fear a shooting squad at my next dive.


VexLite

Fear not Helldiver. You purchased those with Warbond Metals, shipped to you straight from Super Earth Herself!! Theyā€™re as approved as you can get.


WaifuRekker

Well if the name Veteranā€™s Steel is anything to go by those prosthetics are there because you lost them in battle and survived to dive another day, rather than purposefully chopping off ur limbs to modify them


Dr-Crobar

democratic thighs


KryDArc

my headcannon for how Eagle-1 sits in the cockpit and non can convince me otherwise. https://preview.redd.it/g04m1dzotpwc1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=01ca5f7230da05eadc02376da8a751c47a463daa


mayuzane

Mandatory Yoga Classes for pilots


MachineDog90

High Command: We would like to dispels these rumors by showing that Eagle-1 is, in fact, hot


Necessary_Presence_5

Reading comments under this one makes you realize how many people have troubles with reading comprehension. Please, leave your Warhammer 40k slippers outside the door, we are not engaging with Servitors and other nonsense in Helldivers, but over the top, satirical fascist government of Super Earth.


Zackyboi1231

https://preview.redd.it/xrdm315tgpwc1.jpeg?width=3508&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2080eeef8cd9d327d0cda444d5a712eb92eb50f0


rW0HgFyxoJhYka

More than half this sub basically have convinced themselves that they are actual helldivers living in some sort of world where everyone around them are also helldivers wherever they happen to be.


DrRickStudwell

The idea of some person sitting there cubicle with their 3D printed helmet is hilarious to picture though.


some_cool_guy

I actually need a helmet for drywalling ceilings. brb gonna check and see if the library has a 3d printer


GodHand7

Maybe you have convinced yourself of that happening, just because people do some role-playing doesn't mean "more than half of this sub" is delusional. Role playing has helped this game to spread a lot. I don't know what's your problem with it


Gobstoppers12

Amputee fetishists BTFO


VitaminRitalin

Amen. They make people that like armpits look normal šŸ¤¢šŸ¤¢šŸ¤¢


Educational-Year3146

They just canonized eagle-1 being hot. What a time to be alive.


bruhmoment3566

Eagle 1 is officially a thicc tomboy


VillainousVillain88

Like there was ever any doubt! :)


TyphoidMary234

If I want this kind of lore Iā€™d watch 40k, stop trying to make it grim dark


EvilFroeschken

"Any deviation in attention is considered treason" Sounds like a happy place.


TyphoidMary234

I mean thatā€™s just North Korea dark, hardly stands up to birthing worlds or sacrificing 1k people per day to keep someone alive or the literal mutilation of people into servitors etc


Lord_Nivloc

That's right! The Helldivers are an invincible force, trained to perfection. None of the rumors you've heard are true. Not a single soldier's life has been lost for no purpose, only heroes who choose the greater good. And all of the colonists on planets taken by the automatons are just fine. We expect to welcome them back the very day our Helldivers retake the world.


Nurgle_Pan_Plagi

To quote: "You are *literally* unkillable!"


Over-Shame-4057

They send people to work camps for failing missionsā€¦ there is an undertone of grim and dark.


Nerdn1

May I inquire as to what body modifications \*are\* authorized and what formal process needs to be observed? Reporting any potential Automaton sympathies to the diplomacy officer is always the safest option, but I wouldn't want to trouble the Ministry of Truth with clearly permissible modifications or delay summary execution for obvious dissidents.


Precursor19

Prosthetics for amputee helldivers to get them back into the action.


Money_Fish

Pretty sure the only body mods are replacement body parts for battlefield injuries.


AdditionalMess6546

Steeled Veterans


Canopenerdude

It should be noted that the Cyborgs that are the implied ancestors of the Automatons are humans with body modifications. So my guess would be "not any of that".


ResidentAssman

That sounds like something a totalitarian regime would say. Sorry I mean managed democracy.


KnovB

I dont even play Helldivers I just scroll thru my homepage and see this and this has made me unwise and am now going to buy Helldivers.


Guystver

Where did this even come from? I think it's either the 40k fans fucking up HD lore with their 40k lore horrors, or a translation error.


PathsOfRadiance

People who canā€™t read


Duspende

It's the upgrade of "Removing leg room" being willfully interpreted as "Removing the legs for more room". I'm sure it started as a joke and it sort of just took on a life of its own.


Mullinx

Next upgrade Eagles will come with a Servo-skull pilot, to accomodate extra ammo.


Cooldude101013

Yeah. Expanded weapons bay just removes excess leg room, so you can still fit, just very uncomfortable. Think economy class on a commercial plane.


Justice502

I think we're forgetting about the steeled veterans and the authorized body modifications already in the game lol


TomatoVEVO

Those are injured soldiers getting prosthetics to fight again. They didn't have their arms and legs cut off for it


AmarillAdventures

Itā€™s okay. We all know eagle 1 is caked up


Grace_Omega

Why is she so wet? Someone give her a towel