Super Destroyer
Super Destroyers are a class of military spacecraft manufactured and operated by the government of Super Earth. Each Super Destroyer holds an unknown, but vast, number of Helldivers in cryonic storage, each of whom is granted full control of the Super Destroyer after being thawed.
Super Destroyers are the Helldivers' "forward operating bases" as they liberate the oppressed planets suffering from Automaton or Terminid tyranny. Each Super Destroyer is equipped with an Alcubierre drive which is fueled by Element-710, and allows the ship to travel between star systems in seconds. Super Destroyers provide orbital fire support, as well as equipment packages and Eagle close air support used by Helldivers.
Gameplay
The Super Destroyer is a player's base of operations; it's where they plan missions, buy upgrades, buy new stratagems, customize their Helldiver, select their loadout, and play Stratagem HeroTM.
When in a mission, the Super Destroyer provides support in the form of Stratagems. After the mission's timer (12 minutes for blitz missions and 40 minutes for standard missions) has run out, the Super Destroyer will leave low orbit, deploying an emergency extraction shuttle and providing no more Stratagem support or reinforcements.
Interior
The interior of the Super Destroyer is equipped with Ship Modules, an Eagle Hangar, a Workshop, a Hellpod/Helldiver Storage, a Command Center including a Galactic War Table, Hellpod Launchers, and is populated by a few NPCs. Namely:
Trivia
- It is stated multiple times in-game that the Super Destroyer is in "low orbit" before and during a mission; however, the atmospheric scattering present at the Super Destroyer's altitude (as well as its total lack of horizontal motion) suggests it is actually floating stationary in the planet's upper atmosphere.
- In-game testing based on the Orbital Precision Strike's call-in time and projectile speed suggests that the Super Destroyer is at ~1,080 meters altitude during missions. This is about 3,500 feet, around 1/10th the cruising altitude of a commercial airliner and far below the 100 km limit for what counts as "outer space."
- One potential (perhaps most-likely) explanation for this discrepancy is corruption of language over time; in the Helldivers timeline, the term "orbit" eventually becomes synonymous with simply floating above a planet's surface using whatever technology allows the Super Destroyers to counteract gravity.
Gallery
- Super Destroyer's images. Credits: damik323.
Change History
1.000.400
2024-06-13
Fixes
- The Super Destroyer's bridge is no longer cast in perpetual shadow.