Helldivers 2 players getting all hot and bothered over Eagle-1's lovely voice now have an in-game solution—Eagle Sweat, the glorious smell of democracy

While the outlines of Helldivers 2's Galactic War are fairly clear, and the major orders give players a through-line to follow in the unfolding narrative, much of the game's world-building is left to hints and lore snippets that players piece-together themselves. Some of this is quite serious and consequential stuff, such as whether the Automatons may be trying to communicate, or the Illuminate are behind Super Earth in the first place.

Other elements of the world… well, let's just cut to the chase. Pretty much every hero of liberty has the hots for the unknown female pilot of Eagle-1, no doubt helped by the fact that she delivers 500KG payloads to any xeno-infested planetary surface on demand. This gets a little too in-depth at times, such as a line of text about expanded weapons bays in the cockpit leading to theorising over whether she was an amputee (officially it's a no), or the constant shipping of the Eagle-1 and Pelican-1 pilots, and yes there's plenty of horny art.

But it does all come from a relatively sweet place. These poor Helldivers, out there against impossible odds, love their heavily armed friend with the soothing voice. It's deeply comforting to be in some bug-infested volcanic nightmare and hear «Liberty returns, locked and loaded.» So it was that, after a mission last night, I returned to my Destroyer (the Fist of Selfless Service), covered as usual in bug guts and streaked with blood, before an in-universe advert began playing.

It is for Eagle Sweat, «the scent of victory» and «Eau de Liberte», which masks your Helldiver's natural odour from Terminids and enhances your survival chances. Well, maybe. «Based on a survey of one Helldiver squad, results showed a 50% survival rate with minimal limb loss.»

[We interrupt your feed for a message from a partner]Get the scent of victory. Eagle Sweat smells of liberty AND helps to mask your natural body odour from Terminids!**Based on a survey of one Helldiver squad, results showed a 50% survival rate with