Meissa

""Abundant with life, this wet planet is covered in deep oceans, thick forests, and tall grasses""

Meissa is one of the five planets that reside within the Ymir Sector. This world is covered in plant life and receives heavy rainfall and fog. At nighttime, beautiful green moonlight can be seen peeking through the fog occasionally. On April 20th, Meissa become a frontline planet. Although Meissa is a world of nature and democracy, an Automaton offensive risks the planet being converted into a planet of machines and machinations.

Topography
Meissa is a relatively flat world with some rocky features. The air is filled with plant debris and ash, and the planet is often very foggy. Rain is nearly constant. Large oceans and many lakes also are found here. Plant life like trees and tall grass is uniformly found everywhere. Other life forms like small flying bugs that glow red or blue are also present. Helldivers should be aware of the dangers of the rain and the volcanoes here. The volcanoes have the potential to create patches of fire in key areas.

Prelude to the Battle of Meissa
Fighting in this part of the Northwestern part of the galaxy began on April 9th, 2024, when the Automatons arrived from an unknown location via FTL jump to the Valdis sector. The surrounding area is heavily contested. Super Earth's victory in establishing the Menkent Line pushed strategic interests further Southwest, to the Andromeda sector. The nearby world of Martale became a strategically important planet.

On April 17th, after the recapture of Marfark, Martale became the main focus on the Northwestern Front. A heroic plan known as the "Martale Gambit" to cut off the Automaton invaders on Charon Prime was proposed on April 19th. If Martale could be fully liberated, then Charon Prime, which is facing an Automaton assault, would lose access to Automaton reinforcements. Super Earth could thus reclaim two planets with one campaign. The importance of Meissa was a strategic oversight in this plan. The Automatons were able to cut off Martale from reinforcements just as we planned to do to them on April 20th by assaulting Meissa, cowardly cutting off the flow of supplies and Helldivers to this planet, effectively securing it for their tyrannical socialist regime.

Defense of Meissa (April 20th - April 21st)
Automaton forces began to assault Meissa on April 20th. This attack cut off the only remaining FTL line to Martale, causing it to fall into enemy hands. This attack was part of their wider joint-offensive with the Terminids. So far, Helldiver forces have been too overstretched to respond in force to the attack on Meissa. There was no substantial change to this part of the front on April 21st. The time to defend Meissa ran out, leaving the planet in Automaton hands.

Liberation Campaign of Meissa (April 22nd-)
Meissa fell into Automaton hands after the failure to defend the planet. Because of how overstretched both sides are on this front, progress is extremely slow to retake the planet. The liberation percentage averaged at 1.05% per day. With the Automatons already having secured Charon Prime, their offensive continued to the south of the Meissa system on Charbal-VII and Choepessa IV, which are currently seeing counterattacks. The liberation campaign for Meissa has been slow and drawn out, only making the nectar of inevitable victory ever more sweet

FTL Lines

 * Martale