After releasing the mechs, Helldivers 2 calls on players to free 4 "high-priority" planets to "activate the Terminid Control System," and it sounds like a big deal

News
By published

The next Major Order is now on

Helldivers 2 Stalkers
(Image credit: Sony)

Helldivers 2 has a brand new Major Order focusing on quarantining the Terminid threat, but players will need to rapidly liberate four planets to clear the objective.

The brand new Major Order to 'Activate the Terminid Control System' has just gone live in Helldivers 2, immediately following the culmination of the huge offensive in Tien Kwan to initiate the massive mechs. The new operation kicked off just earlier today, March 12, and it already looks to be a grand operation for Helldivers 2 players to partake in.

Four planets are now available for liberation in Helldivers 2: Erata Prime, Fenrir III, Meridia, and Turing; all on the eastern side of the Galactic War board. These four planets have a brand new mission type, which tasks players with activating the Terminid Control System in Helldivers 2 to contain the buggy threat.

Article continues below

Instead of the usual 'Liberation' bar, all four of these planets have a 'TCS Installation Progress' bar, which governs how much the new initiative has been progressed over the four worlds. In fact, these four aren't the subject of the usual 'Liberation Campaign' - they're actually classed as a "High-Priority Campaign." 

This isn't the first time the TCS has been mentioned in Helldivers 2. While the operation to free the mechs on Tien Kwan was underway last week, the TCS was rumbling in the background, although the four planets weren't yet available to fight on. Since Tien Kwan is now free from the Automaton threat, the presumption is that the engineers in that world are headed over to install the TCS on Erata Prime, Fenrir III, Meridia, and Turing.

Here's hoping that, once the TCS installation meter is completely finished on all four platforms, the "Termicide" will rain down and vanquish the Terminids for good across the frontier. Given that we've already seen twists in the effort to launch the mechs in Helldivers 2 though, I feel pretty comfortable saying Game Master Joel could have a twist up their sleeve. 

One month into the Galactic War, the Helldivers 2 community learned that spreading democracy isn't as easy as it looks. 

Hirun Cryer
Hirun Cryer
Freelance Writer

Hirun Cryer is a freelance reporter and writer with Gamesradar+ based out of U.K. After earning a degree in American History specializing in journalism, cinema, literature, and history, he stepped into the games writing world, with a focus on shooters, indie games, and RPGs, and has since been the recipient of the MCV 30 Under 30 award for 2021. In his spare time he freelances with other outlets around the industry, practices Japanese, and enjoys contemporary manga and anime.