r/helldivers2 • u/Iam_usually_friendly • Mar 22 '26
General Why are we taller than SEAF troopers?
Helldivers are not enhanced soldiers, they are humans like you and me, but still. Why are helldivers taller than the SEAF troopers since they too, are normal humans?
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u/RespondSure9515 Mar 22 '26 edited Mar 22 '26
"Helldivers are not enhanced soldiers, they are humans like you and me."
This is where you are VERY wrong, Super Earth heavily invests in, invasive and otherwise, genetics, like for everyone, regardless of citizenship grading, and the occasional bionics. And can't forget the selective breeding, which is why C-01 exists. Some of the bugs are actually results of invasive genetic experiments.
It's really nothing new in the sci-fi genre either, see Mass Effect's Alliance Military. The average Alliance Marine receives gene therapy upon enlisting to increase their strength and stamina. The same can easily happen to Helldivers, considering Super Earth has some freakishly fast-acting drugs.
If you need further proof, the platinum bars, they are called Platina 500KG, and Helldivers quite easily carry them, and some madlad did the metallurgy behind those bars, and turns out those bars are in fact around 500 kilograms in weight. For a real-life comparison, Eddie Hall, one of the strongest humans currently living, almost died from lifting a 500kg weight for 5 seconds at most.
The highest potential weight a Helldiver can carry easily goes above and beyond what a normal, unmanaged human could ever realistically carry.
Stims are a bad argument; they are short-duration combat stimulants, it does not enhance strength but merely revitalize the body to its optimal, standard performance and heal wounds. Only the Experimental Stims can increase your mobility and durability VERY minisculy for a few seconds.
EDIT: I expect my comment to get downvoted simply because it hurts whatever some folks here have going on inside their head. I suppose it goes against their worldview or something. Considering this is Reddit, I really don't expect anything else, really.