Factory Strider

Called "Walkers" by some Helldivers, the Factory Striders are giant heavily armed behemoths of steel that are the foundation of Automaton construction. As walking Factories on legs, Factory Striders in their default state can stride into battle firing their cannons at Helldivers and release numerous Automatons, or roam across the planets surface and transform themselves into different Automaton structures like Automaton Fabricators, Command Bunkers, Detector Towers or Stratagem Jammers to create new outposts. Due to their functionality and transformative nature, it is no surprise the Automaton are able to deploy and spread on Super Earth colonies so quickly.

Factory Striders are extremely tough, reports indicating they are able to survive several 500kg bombs.

Tactics

 * The Orbital Laser Strike alone is enough to destroy a Factory Strider, however the gargantuan machine takes the entire duration of the laser.