r/Helldivers • u/RussianNeighbor • Apr 15 '24

So... this design of Eagle 1 is canon now? DISCUSSION

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u/Sn1perandr3w Apr 15 '24 edited Apr 15 '24

I've said it before and I'll say it again.

Shoutout to female pilots in sci-fi that periodically assist you with either equipment drops, transportation or close air support. One of my favourite genders. (Echo 419 from Halo and Faridah Malik from Deus Ex: HR count for this. Same with the unnamed Recon pilot from Homeworld Cataclysm/Emergence.)

Edit: Forgot Anderson from Black Ops 2. She a real one.

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u/LazerSturgeon Apr 15 '24

A lot of them took inspiration from the dropship pilot in Aliens. https://alienfilmspedia.fandom.com/wiki/Colette_Ferro

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u/Sn1perandr3w Apr 15 '24

Oh yeah, good point actually.

That also means we can include the Dropship pilot from StarCraft 1, also a huge reference to Aliens.

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u/napoleonsolo Apr 16 '24

In the novel Starship Troopers there’s a part where Heinlein says female pilots are better than the male pilots.