FACTORY STRIDER

Factory Strider

The bloody Automatons weren't screwing around when introducing this abomination to our worlds during Operation: Swift Disassembly. Few Helldivers have met this prototype horror and lived to tell the tale. Those who make it back alive and still have their wits about them report giant walkers manufacturing and deploying Devastator-class units en masse, drowning out our brave Helldivers with steel and lasers. Nicknamed the "Benjamin" (some reference to the hit arcade game Superkill), it's a near unstoppable beast that seeks to march in, crush defenses with its own armaments and then deploy its machine horrors to mop up the remains. The Ministry of Defense advises Helldivers to keep their distance, and if push comes to shove, bring your most powerful orbital stratagems Super Earth has to offer. 

• While formidable in size, armour, and arms, they are nowhere close to invincible. The Ministry of Defense has identified multiple weakpoints such as their neck, leg joints, head armour.  and most importantly that of their underbelly, though the very latter should only be reserved for the bravest of Helldivers alone.

• Their incredibly thick armour is by no means indestructible. Reports from survivors state that enough damage causes the plates to buckle and break, no doubt a sign of their inferior understanding of metallurgy.

• SEAF Survivors have also noted the vulnerability of its own armaments, namely its massive cannon turret and its own chin-mounted chainguns. The Ministry of Defense recommends dispatching these hardpoints with precision weaponry.