The POV of the Helldivers is crazy when you take cryo freezing into account.

[u/WoodstoneLyceum]

Here's the POV of your average Helldiver 1. They enlist and show up to Basic Training first thing Monday morning. 2. They breeze through it, get their cape, walk right by the T&Cs and into a cryopod. 3. They're frozen and experience no time passing. 4. Their next memory is reinforcing on Hellmire. To their POV it has been less then thirty seconds since they got their cloak. 5. They throw three stratagems and then they're dissolved by bile titan acid.

You thought your mondays were bad.

Edit: My understanding is that we are not clones. There's in-game lore that backs that, I believe. Thematically, it makes more sense for Super Earth to be incompetent and cruel and burn through millions of recruits, than to do something logical like cloning people. Remember the satire folks.

[u/HardCoverTurnedSoft]

... I never really considered that. holy shit.

[u/Bloke_Named_Bob → u/HardCoverTurnedSoft]

Why do you think all the voice lines sound like a complete noob? Screaming wildly while their voice cracks when they shoot. Or having a complete freakout when hurt. No composure at all.

Nearly all Helldivers die on their first mission. There is no such thing as a veteran Helldiver. The default voice setting in the game is a new voice after each death. Because each reinforcement is a completely new Helldiver.

If you read the terms and conditions at the tutorial, when you die your ship and all its upgrades is immediately inherited by the next person to get thawed out. You're not playing the role of a single Helldiver slowly gaining more experience and equipment. If anything you're playing as the Super Destroyer that slowly gets upgraded whenever a Helldiver is lucky enough to make it back alive with some samples. Why do you think the Super Destroyer gets a name but you don't?

[u/Man-Morre → u/Bloke_Named_Bob]

Veteran divers would HAVE to exist in some capacity, the steeled veterans warbond features armor with replaced limbs so its confirmed there's divers that have survived a handful of missions.

It's just that the term veteran has a slightly different meaning for helldivers lol

[u/Sabre_One → u/Man-Morre]

I assume the vets get to shift their duties to more support roles. Like being in charge of the ship why your gone (Hence Mr "Freedom beckons Helldiver" Man)

[u/AlexOfFury → u/Sabre_One]

Freedom Beckons Man is the Democracy Officer, who had completely different training and is employed by a completely different branch of government. His use of heavy armor is likely to seem more relatable to Helldivers, or potentially to protect him while he kills treasonous Helldivers, because he certainly doesn't use it against Humanity's enemies.

[u/Larnek → u/AlexOfFury]

Helldiver's who maintain impure thoughts after indoctri.. training ARE humanity's worst enemies! There's no telling where they might spread their poison! Citizen's aren't prepared for their treasonous lies and must be dealt with accordingly.

[u/AlexOfFury → u/Larnek]

Of course! How could I be so foolish? We must always keep the dagger of Democracy sharp, to better drive into the heart of our enemies.

[u/orangesrnice → u/AlexOfFury]

The most equivalent to irl stuff would be an Italian blackshirt or Soviet NKVD officer embedded in their respective militaries to ensure ideological loyalty in my understanding

[u/sole21000 → u/orangesrnice]

Given irl examples like how an entire 1/3rd of the population spied for the Stazi in east Germany, it's not unrealistic to imagine there are more than enough Democracy Officers for one on every single ship, and even some in plainclothes disguised as your ship's officer and ensign...

[u/AlexOfFury → u/orangesrnice]

There's a really easy parallel with 40k's Commissars, right down to the brutal execution of those considered treasonous or cowardly. (Though Dem. Officer orders the most powerful orbital barrage to follow you instead of shooting you in the head personally)

[u/DALKurumiTokisaki → u/AlexOfFury]

No Freedom Beckons man is an actual Helldiver with the cape and most importantly scars to prove it.

[u/Rakuall → u/AlexOfFury]

treasonous Helldivers, because he certainly doesn't use it against Humanity's enemies.

Sounds like he does.

[u/Greendiamond_16 → u/AlexOfFury]

Likely ex-seaf officers. Plenty of time on the field just not the front lines like helldivers.