Operation Enduring Peace
Operation Enduring Peace was a military operation against the Terminids during the Second Galactic War in Helldivers 2. It was a significant operation aimed at destroying the Meridian Supercolony, using the stolen from the Illuminate Dark Fluid. It resulted in the creation of the Meridian Black Hole.
Phase I
The goal of the first phase was securing a route to Meridia, by liberating 3 neighboring planets: Turing, Fenrir III and Angel's Venture.
During Phase I a Dark Fluid research facility on Moradesh had an incident where 12 facility workers were spaghettified by a micro-black hole, which soon evaporated, fortunately the black hole didn't cause any further damage.
Fenrir III and Angel's Venture were already under Super Earth control, with only Turing remaining under Terminid occupation. Helldivers quickly liberated Turing, marking the success of the Major Order.
Phase II
Phase II of the operation aimed to destroy the Meridian SuperColony.
This phase introduced a new mission type: Deploy Dark Fluid. Helldivers were tasked with drilling into the planet using Tectonic Drills that were equipped with Dark Fluid, which was then deployed into the planet.
The Helldivers quickly destabilized the planet. The tectonic integrity began to decrease and many Terminids attempted to flee to neighboring planets: Fenrir III and Acamar IV, leading to failed defensive campaigns.
The final push was made by the Helldivers. Meridia began to collapse under its own weight and a gravitational anomaly occurred on the planet.
Aftermath
The Operation Enduring Peace was a success. Meridia collapsed into a Black Hole.
What the Helldivers didn't know was that they had created a weapon that the Illuminate will use against them to destroy Angel's Venture.
