| “ | "Rocky outcroppings punctuate fields of tall grass in a planet dominated by misty highland terrain." | „ |
| ~ Official description |
Acamar IV is one of the six planets that reside within the Jin Xi Sector. After the inauguration of the Terminid Research Preserve, Acamar IV was been left under "Terminid" control, while in reality just serving as a experimental craddle for Terminids to be studied "in the wild". As such, it was under Super Earth control but appeared as Terminid controlled on the Galactic Map.
On November 12th, a massive breach in the Terminid Research Preserve occured and Acamar IV immediately returned to total Terminid control, which triggered Terminid assaults on all of the planets connected to Acamar IV.
Topography[ | ]
Acamar IV is a rugged and wild planet, with dramatic mountain peaks and rocky highlands. The defining feature of the planet is its mountains, which cover much of the landscape. These are broken up by green and fertile valleys and a jagged mist covered coastline.
History[ | ]
Second Galactic War[ | ]
Supercolony Spore Outbreak[ | ]
The planet of Acamar IV was initially able to avoid the worst of the second galactic civil war, until massive bug outbreaks suddenly erupted across the planet, along with nearby Heeth, Angel's Venture, Veld. The spores that caused these outbreaks being identified as originating from the Meridian Supercolony, which was producing far more spores than other infested planets, leading to unpredictable outbreaks within its vicinty. The researchers of the Ministry of Science set to work searching for an effective countermeasures, though in the meantime Helldiver Corps was ordered to contain these outbreaks, before they could spread out of control.
In these efforts, they were partially successful, with the outbreaks on Heeth, Angel's Venture and Veld being brought under control. However the outbreak on Acamar IV was only partially contained when the major order finally expired, with the terminids spawning yet more agents of tyranny. Even worse however is what kind of effect these spores will have on the planets topography, though if Meridia is any indication, it can't be anything good.
As such, evacuation orders were issued for all nearby planets in the Jin Xi Sector and beyond. The citizens of Super Earth were forced to flee their homes, with only the clothes on their backs and their family flags. Yet this is unlikely to be the last of the necessary evacuations or outbreaks, which must be contained until the Ministry of Science finds a way to combat the Supercolony.
Despite the valiant, unmeasured efforts of the Helldivers, Acamar would end up being too late for liberation. The Ministry of Humanity wants all readers to allocate 1 full minute of their lunch break in order to commemorate all the lives lost in this unforeseeable, inevitable calamity.
Operation Enduring Peace[ | ]
Acamar IV, while being lost during the initial Supercolony Spore Outbreaks, would not be lost outright, instead enduring several weeks of liberation campaigns and recaptures due to the persistent connection to the Meridia Supercolony. However, its salvation would come from a dangerous, unlikely source. Scientists in Moradesh had been tasked with manufacturing a new type of super-weapon, rooted in recovered Illuminate technology from the First Galactic War: The Dark Fluid, a weapon capable of artificially creating black holes.
On May 28, 2184, the Super Earth High Command made the decision to deploy the Dark Fluid on Meridia, which would obviously and regrettably mean its destruction. From May 28 to May 29, the Helldivers fought to hold a line of planets that connected Moradesh to Meridia, which were Fenrir III, Turing and Angel's Venture. Then, from May 29 to May 30, the Helldivers would fight tooth and nail to deploy the Dark Fluid, keeping away the hordes of Terminids as they drilled the Dark Fluid into the surface of the Supercolony. By the afternoon of May 30, the Dark Fluid had managed to reach critical mass and collapsed into a black hole, destroying the Terminid Supercolony for good and siphoning away all of its spores into itself, crippling the Terminid advance and paving the way for a counter-attack.
From May 31st on, Acamar IV, along with Erata Prime, Turing and Phact Bay, are on the sights of Super Earth, their liberation now imminent. The Major Order was completed on June 6th.
Falstaff and Jin Xi Lockdown[ | ]
From June 6th onwards, Acamar IV would see mostly peace, with only occasional Terminid assaults touching it, mostly coming from neighboring Gacrux. Even as other planets like Pandion XXIV and Phact Bay saw much worse invasions, Acamar IV would remain mostly untouched and would spend the majority of the major order under firm Super Earth control.
Operation Righteous Expunge (July 18th - July 21st)[ | ]
Acamar survived most of the anti-bot operation in tenuous peace. On morning of July 20th, SEAF infrastructure reported Terminid Spores reaching the planet surface. Bugs immediately begun spreading, and the Terminids inside E-710 farms went rabid as hivemind established itself on planet. Scant SEAF forces were overwhelmed on following day.
Operation Glorious Xenocide (July 21st - July 23rd)[ | ]
During the break between Major Orders, majority of Helldivers redeployed onto Acamar to contain the bug infestation before it could spread further into Jin Xi sector, as well as Umlaut. Shortly thereafter, a major Terminid Spore Barrage has hit neighboring Turing, winch was swiftly defended. Following in their decisive strike, full planetary control over Acamar was re-established in morning of July 23rd, and any runaway bugs were herded back into their sufficiently sized pens.
Operation Brute Force[ | ]
Following its liberation, Acamar IV would spend the rest of July and the 2 weeks of August in well-earned freedom, with the only minor interruption being a Terminid outbreak that would be quickly repelled during Operation Benevolent Sanitation. However, it would be during Operation Lighthouse that Acamar IV would face the new horrors that the Terminids were bringing. With the apparition of The Gloom, the Terminids were now bolstered and began to launch multiple successive assaults, with Acamar IV being assaulted at the same time as Erata Prime. Acamar IV's defense would honorably sacrifice itself in order to allow the Helldivers to concentrate on Erata Prime so that the Barrier Planets remained unsurpassed. Acamar IV would fall to the Terminid infestation and remain as such for 4 long, horrid days as the Helldivers were ordered back towards the Automatons as they advanced into the Marspira Sector.
However, once the robotic threat was repelled, the Helldivers would be ordered back to the Terminid Front. After the sabotaging of Operation Prometheus, Super Earth High Command was detecting rapid spreading of the Gloom's intergalactic Terminid spores. As such, they issued a major order in order to hold back the incoming fascist nebula while culling as many Terminids, and especially Bile Titans, as possible.
While Acamar IV was not part of the operation's targets, it wound up being liberated on August 24th, shortly after nearby Crimsica. Acamar IV's liberation would happen at just the right time since, some hours later, the Terminids would begin a dual assault onto Estanu and Socorro III, which would enjoy all of the Helldivers' attention now that the Gloom was beginning to slow down its expansion in the face of the mighty Super Earth.
Operation Leap Forward[ | ]
Acamar IV would remain free for the rest of August and most of September. However, the Terminids would not allow that freedom to last. On September 24th, mere days after being righteously dislodged from Pandion XXIV, the Terminids launched an assault onto the underdefended Acamar IV. Due to the required focus on the Automaton-controlled Gaellivare and Clasa, Acamar would fall to Terminid control the next day.
Operation Alcubierre-II[ | ]
However, this would not be the end of it as, pretty much a day later, the Terminids at Acamar immediately made a move for Turing. However, this move couldn't have been timed any worse, as Super Earth had just issued plans for the construction of a Xenoentomology Center in order to make the Super Destroyers' Alcubierre Warp Drives more efficient in their E-710 consumption. As such, the Helldivers were ordered to hold Turing by all means. After a whole 2 days of defending the planet, the unusually resilient Terminid onslaught was repelled and sent back to Acamar IV, where part of the Helldiver Corps gave chase but couldn't really make much breakthroughs, as the Bugs had managed to deeply entrench themselves into Acamar IV.
Once the Helldivers repelled the assault on Turing, they immediately set up Acamar IV's liberation as a secondary objective for the operation, as Acamar IV presented the most immediate threat against the construction of the Xenoentomology Center. For 6 days, the Helldivers fought tooth and nail over Acamar, making slow but steady progress towards the grassy planet's liberation until, on October 3rd, Acamar IV would be liberated almost on tandem with the nearby defensive victory at Turing, which completely crushed the Terminids and allowed the Xenoentomology Center to be completed, granting the Helldivers victory.
Operation Ring of Freedom[ | ]
Shortly after the victory at Operation Alcubierre-II, the Xenoentomology Center would see a special need to study the Terminids on a "natural" environment. However, the SEAF was wary of the Terminids being left unchecked. As such, a Terminid Research Preserve had to be constructed in a planet neighboring Turing. And the best fit was Acamar IV, which had been recently liberated.
This research preserve was to be heavily guarded and monitored, as Terminids would be carefully seeded into the planet and continuously monitored and contained with electrified fences and armed guards. However, for this to work, Acamar IV had to be completely detached from the main Terminid broods at its adjacent planets. As such, on October 11th, the order was given for all of the planets connected to Acamar IV to be taken and held by the Helldivers for 6 days while the Terminid Research Preserve was constructed.
After some initial pacification efforts and the preventive closing of FTL Supply Lines, Acamar IV would be designated as a "Demilitarized Terminid Zone", meaning that it would appear as if it was under Terminid control on the Galactic Map but its FTL Supply Lines were still usable by all Super Earth vessels.
On October 18th, Acamar IV's supply lines had been secured and the Terminid Research Preserve had been opened. Terminids had been seeded carefully into the planet and were heavily monitored by SEAF Wardens at all times of the solar cycle, contained with electrified fences both above and below ground and, in case of a Terminid outbreak, nuclear bombardment was set to automatically initiate upon the first signs of a containment breach.
For the civilian population, a new section called the "Tyranny Park" was opened, meant to allow the bolder civilians among the population to visit and even participate in tours called "Big Tyrant Hunts", meant to fund the Terminid Research Preserve and encourage the general population to deepen their understanding of the Terminids' horrid fascism and, obviously, how to appropriately deal with the insects.
Operation Spark of Liberty[ | ]
Acamar IV would have remained pretty much untouched after the inauguration of the Terminid Research Preserve. In the weeks that proceeded it, many advancements were made and the Democracy Space Station would be completed thanks to its contributions. However, not everything was going to go right for the grassy planet. On October 24th, Gacrux and Pandion-XXIV fell to a Terminid attack from Partion, which left Acamar IV exposed to the main Terminid territories and the Gloom's influence until both planets were liberated 6 days later. At the time, it seemed nothing had happened, but this lack of caution would be the spark that ultimately spelled disaster for Acamar IV.
On November 12th, in the middle of a busy day for the Tyranny Park, a massive underground Terminid hive erupted spontaneously, leading to a bloody massacre of visitors and park staff alike. Acamar IV was overrun in mere minutes, which prevented the nuclear security measures from being activated and allowed the Terminids to take over the planet without any impediment. Once Acamar IV fell, it launched 5 simultaneous attacks onto all of the planets connected to it. This catastrophe could not have been any more poorly timed, as the Jet Brigade had also just returned in massive numbers and destroyed the DSS Logistics Hub on Tarsh.
The painting was clear on the wall that the Helldivers had to act quick before more damage had to be done. Despite Acamar's positioning, High Command gave the indication to protect the Xenoentomology Center at Turing by all means, as it still contained critical research material on the Terminids, pretty much dooming Acamar IV and all of its attached planets to perdition.
While Turing was able to be saved, the tragedy at Acamar IV was a complete military disaster, product of dissidents among the Helldiver Corps that caused their attention to be divided and their focus to be lost in the moment when it counted most.
As Acamar IV's liberation campaign is underway, millions of refugees poured into the Celeste Sector through Turing, fleeing from the violence as their homes burned and the SEAF scrambled to alleviate the situation.
On November 17th, Acamar IV would be liberated, shortly after the arrival of the Democracy Space Station. With it, the Helldivers would manage to quickly contain the Terminids and secure control of what little remained of the Terminid Research Preserve, as well as the ruins of the now devastated Tyranny Park.
FTL Lines[ | ]
- Crimsica - Draco Sector (Established on June 20, 2184)
- Darius II - Borgus Sector (Established on September 28, 2184)
- Gacrux (Re-established on June 13, 2184)
- Pandion-XXIV (Established on May 5, 2184)
- Turing - Umlaut Sector (Established on May 8, 2184)
FTL Timeline[ | ]
- February 8th, 2184: Acamar IV is connected by FTL to Gacrux.
- May 5th, 2184: New FTL line to Pandion-XXIV is established, FTL line to Gacrux destroyed.
- May 8th, 2184: New FTL line to Turing is established.
- June 13th, 2184: FTL line to Gacrux is re-established.
- June 20th, 2184: New FTL line to Crimsica is established.
- September 28th, 2184: New FTL line to Darius II is established.
Trivia[ | ]
- Ancient Mediterranean and Middle Eastern cultures referred to Eridanus as “the river,” and Acamar was called “the end of the river.” This name had previously been given to the star Achernar before Acamar was added to the constellation. The ones who liberated this planet are: SpacedStrafe360 And Sizzle_gecko
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Democracy Space Station - DSS Logistics Hub - Xenoentomology Centre – Deep Mantle Forge Complex - Terminid Research Preserve - Factory Hub | |