Editing Angel's Venture (section)

== Destruction of Angel's Venture==
{{Quote|"This unspeakable tragedy will be avenged. But only if we come together as one, and eliminate all traces of dissent."|President of {{Super Earth}}}}Since its last defense in January, Angel's Venture once again reclaimed its title as a jewel of liberty in the east. With the Terminids officially pushed out of the Orion Sector with the liberation efforts on both [[Heeth]] and [[Cirrus]], Angel's Venture remained untouched and undisturbed, once again surrounded by nothing but liberty... or so it thought.

At the beginning of the month, with all Helldiver attention in the Galactic West to contain the rebuilt Automaton Jet Brigade, a shocking event would begin to occur just to the north of the beautiful planet in the [[Umlaut Sector]] that would end all notions of total peace for Angel's Venture. The {{Illuminate}}, the vile faction whose shocking return to the galaxy remained shrouded in mystery, finally revealed their true intentions to Super Earth. They were using the Meridian Singularity, now deemed to be a wormhole, as a weapon and began to somehow move it in the direction of {{Super Earth}}. The Illuminate seemed to be able to move the Singularity by harvesting [[Dark Energy]] through their constant raids in the Galactic south, disturbing gravitational waves and somehow changing the orbit of Meridia. With every successful raid by the Illuminate, more and more Dark Energy would be gained and would accelerate the velocity of this wormhole.

On the afternoon of February 8, 2185, High Command issued an Order stating that the current trajectory of the Meridian Singularity had it headed right for Angel's Venture, spelling disaster for the noble and peaceful citizens of the vibrant, elegant world. All Helldivers would be ordered to immediately deploy to the Galactic South to stop the Illuminate from gathering Dark Energy in the hopes of preventing what is now a rapidly dangerous situation unfolding near the planet.
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For the next 4 days, the Helldivers fought tooth and nail in the Galactic South, repelling as many Illuminate invasions as possible to stop imminent catastrophe from unfolding. While the majority of the Helldivers would fight hard against the xenophobic squids, they would end up losing 4 invasions out of the first 11 they faced, hindering their ability to try to slow the rapidly moving Singularity. It was seemingly unable to be stopped, rapidly traveling through space as it continued to move further and further away from its original orbit as a planet. Despite all the Helldivers' best efforts, the mood became more and more somber surrounding the jewel of Angel's Venture, the stunningly beautiful world now on the path of a collision course with the face of pure evil. Many began fearing the worst for the elegant world, now clinging to a small semblance of hope for a last-ditch miracle.

In the morning hours of February 12, the freight train-like Meridian Singularity was officially noted as moving past the border of the [[Umlaut Sector]], officially crossing into the [[Orion Sector]]. Simultaneously, the Helldivers continued to fight like hell on [[Irulta]] to stem the flow of the [[Dark Energy]] powering Meridia's movement. Despite this massive effort, Irulta's time-crunched defense moved at too rapid a speed for the Helldivers, who were on the precipice of gaining the lead over their xenophobic enemies on the planet but just could not gain the advantage. The situation began to look more and more bleak, with the peaceful citizens on the Venture terrified over what was to come next.

Just a few hours after Meridia had broken past the Umlaut-Orion border, High Command would release the most sobering and urgent of Priority Alerts. They stated that the Meridian Singularities' momentum was far too great and that it could no longer be slowed enough to avoid barreling into Angel's Venture. Most haunting and heart-shattering of all, the Alert read: "Angel's Venture can no longer be saved." 

The news sent shockwaves throughout the Corps and many of Super Earth's loyal citizens. Many in the Corps would make it known that this incoming atrocity would never be forgotten, that the beautiful rolling hills of the planet would remain etched in the memory of the entire SEAF and Venture's colonists forever. Others on Super Earth were fearful of what was next, with the hungry Meridia seemingly unimpeded in its journey of destruction. 
[[File:24-hours-mourning.jpg|thumb|267x267px|Across the federation flags flew at half mast as a sign of mourning<ref>https://x.com/helldivers2/status/1890354436796567918/photo/1</ref>]]
In the 24 hours that followed the apocalyptic announcement from High Command, the {{SEAF}} attempted to evacuate as many millions of citizens as it could off the planet's surface, starting with the higher priority class citizens first. Reportedly, a single ensemble orchestra decided to voluntarily remain on the planet's surface, playing the soothing tunes of Managed Democracy even in the face of certain death<ref>https://x.com/Helldivers_NOW/status/1890094798671102317</ref> just so they could help calm their fellow compatriots.

Then, on February 13th, 2185, at 14:37 SEST - UTC, the Meridian Singularity would make contact with the Angel's Venture system. Whilst the singularity didn't engulf the planet's surface as many assumed it would, the mere proximity of the singularity and it's gravitational waves was more enough to tear its mantle apart and shatter its core. As many as 500,000,000<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myU2701bkgE</ref> citizens who were still on the planet's surface were killed, with the death toll still continuing to rise. The once prosperous planet, its surface having been farmed for generations, the proud pines of the Democratic Youth Scouts campgrounds, were all torn apart and destroyed by the Singularity, in a striking blow that dealt incalculable loss. Immediately afterwards, the President of {{Super Earth}} announced a Galaxy-wide mourning period of 24 hours.