At last, democracy has come to Helldivers 2: A new Democracy Space Station lets players vote on which planet gets bombarded for truth and justice every 24 hours

The Helldivers 2 spokesperson wears a cheesy grin, about to be wiped off his face when a Terminid invades but - hey, can't win 'em all.
(Image credit: Arrowhead Games / Sony)

Helldivers 2 already had democracy in spirit (my democracy officer, who is definitely not standing over my shoulder with a gun, tells me this) but now it has democracy in practice. After a gauntlet of major orders, a feature so thoroughly anticipated that it encouraged players to form the Freedom Alliance, the Democracy Space Station (DSS) has been deployed.

This thing is actually way more than just some flavour text for your next major order—it's a whole new game mechanic, and a great place for already kitted-out divers to spend their hard earned resources. Once every 24 hours, the divers of Super Earth can literally vote on a planet for the station to be redirected to.

Once there, certain actions—purchased with heaps of samples and requisitions—will bombard whatever imminently liberated planet the DSS is dispensing democracy over. Now, it's not clear whether this aid will make missions easier or harder, but who cares. More explosions! Do you wanna live forever?!

While there's not been much beyond a post to X (shared below) in terms of info, the official Helldivers 2 Discord does have a helpful bot, which I'm told is under no circumstances an Automaton, with the following key information: "The DSS will move once every 24 hours. The DSS will only move to a planet that the Helldivers have majority-voted for the DSS to move onto. Helldivers can only vote once per movement cycle, so use your vote wisely as you can not undo nor change your vote once you have voted."

The current actions which are, at the time of writing, just over a little halfway to being complete, are as follows:

  • Planetary Bombardment (Rare Samples): Fires periodic Orbital Barrages during missions, accelerates liberation campaigns.
  • Eagle Storm (Common Samples): The same as the planetary bombardment, except with eagle runs and a buff to defence campaigns.
  • Orbital Blockade (Requisitions): Stops defence campaigns occurring entirely, gives the Hellpod Space Optimisation booster to all divers.
Recent updates

Update, November 15: The Democracy Space Station's Planetary Bombardment action is, uh, killing players indiscriminately. You can read the full story here.

Each of these actions has a maximum donation you can make, and will only be active underneath the planet that the station is currently hovering over.

Harvey Randall
Staff Writer

Harvey's history with games started when he first begged his parents for a World of Warcraft subscription aged 12, though he's since been cursed with Final Fantasy 14-brain and a huge crush on G'raha Tia. He made his start as a freelancer, writing for websites like Techradar, The Escapist, Dicebreaker, The Gamer, Into the Spine—and of course, PC Gamer. He'll sink his teeth into anything that looks interesting, though he has a soft spot for RPGs, soulslikes, roguelikes, deckbuilders, MMOs, and weird indie titles. He also plays a shelf load of TTRPGs in his offline time. Don't ask him what his favourite system is, he has too many.

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