| “ | A crimson algae has propagated wildly across this entire planet, coating its rocky hills with a constant red that masks the spilt blood of the heroes who defend it from tyranny. | „ |
| ~ Official Description |
Charon Prime is one of the five planets that reside within the Andromeda Sector.
Topography[]
History[]
Second Galactic War[]
Automaton Invasion of Cyberstan[]
Charon Prime had been a peaceful planet colony of Super Earth for around a century after the First Galactic War, its colonists thriving among the lush fields of its distinct crimson algae. However, the Automatons, programmed to destroy Democracy and hate freedom, would prove incapable of appreciating their lifestyle.
On April 3rd 2184, a mere 2 days after their righteous extermination after the victory at Malevelon Creek, the Automatons returned with a massive fleet, larger than the one seen months before. From deep space, they would first take over the Valdis Sector and conquer Cyberstan, then would begin to slowly spread their filthy mechanized socialism all over the Western Galactic Rim, one planet at a time.
While the Helldivers had managed to stop the Automaton advance at the Menkent-Lesath Line, the Automatons had decided to push southwest, towards the location of their previous occupations. After switfly capturing Matar Bay and Martale, the Automatons lunged at Charon Prime while the Helldivers, now split between the crisis produced by the failure of the TCS Towers and the Automaton invasions, were occupied defending other planets. Charon's colonial defenses put up an excellent fight, but would inevitably collapse to the robotic onslaught, allowing Charon Prime to be occupied and allowing the Automatons to spread towards the Trigon Sector through Choepessa IV and into Charball-VII, from where they'd later attempt a return into the Xzar Sector.
Operation Andromeda[]
Charon Prime would remain occupied from May to July, with the Helldivers unable to help it and its colonists having to resist their socialist occupiers for months in order to avoid capture (and, almost assuredly, guaranteed execution). It seemed that all hope was lost but, as Liberty would have it, a chance would glimmer from the horizon.
After a series of key victories at Varylia 5, Wasat, Vernen Wells and the Xzar Sector, the Automatons' iron grip upon their odious fief, now spanning a vast expanse of planets from Vandalon IV to Merga IV, had revealed itself as a great weakness against the righteous, steadfast force that were the Helldivers, unshakeable in their convictions despite all the adversities they had faced so far. With this weakness fresh in the mind, Super Earth High Command would issue an order asking for the capture of Matar Bay, Martale, Marfark and the recently fallen Aesir Pass, said planets being in a line formation that could split the bot forces in half, leaving all of their western domain disconnected and ripe for liberation.
After successfully liberating Aesir Pass on the 14th, Matar Bay on the 15th and Marfark at the early hours of the 16th, Martale would be captured right before the midnight of July 17th, successfully severing the Automaton Forces in half, leaving the Ymir, Trigon and Andromeda Sectors completely disconnected from Cyberstan, which would cripple the garrisons in all of their planets, leaving them unable to reverse any progress done towards their liberation.
Operation Righteous Expunge[]
The campaign to liberate Charon Prime began immediately after the liberation of Martale and, shortly after, Super Earth High Command would issue a major order for its liberation, alongside with Choepessa IV and Charbal-VII. On the midnight of July 18th, Charon Prime would be liberated.
Operation Ink & Thunder[]
Ever since the crimson world's final liberation in July 2184, the planet would remain untouched all the way into the new year, with the Automatons mainly focusing on gaining ground both to the east and closer to Super Earth. Then, with the shocking return of the 
Illuminate in December 2184, most SEAF West efforts would effectively be shut down while there was relatively little action on the bot front, with the bots launching a few, successful invasions into the new year while the Helldivers claimed a massive tactical success against the bots in early February.
On February 8, 2185, High Command would immediately order all Helldivers to the galactic south as the Illuminate were shockingly harvesting Dark Energy to move the Meridian Singularity close to Super Earth, with its current trajectory headed for Angel's Venture. This rapidly unfolding disaster would buy the bots time to begin reclaiming ground out West which they would abuse, as expected of their vile socialist mechanized programming.
In the early morning hours on February 10, 2185, the Automatons of Martale launched an invasion of Charon Prime, sending 9 invasion fleets to the bloody red planet. For the first 10 hours, the defense of Charon Prime looked to be a lost cause. However, the Helldivers did not lose hope. In order to save Charon, the Helldivers would have to allow the Illuminate to escape at Emorath by allowing the Democracy Space Station to relocate to Charon Prime despite the orders from High Command being to focus on quashing any and all Illuminate invasions.
This sacrifice would not be in vain as, in just 4 hours, the Helldivers managed to quickly gain an advantage over the Automatons before the Illuminate then resurfaced again at Shete. With the advantage on their side, the Helldivers were able to comfortably split again to tackle the alien aggressor while having assurance that the devious robots had been contained and that Charon Prime would remain free. With 2 hours before planetary defense collapse, the Helldivers successfully crushed the invading Automatons and secured the residents of Charon Prime once again.
Following the liberation of Fori Prime after a grueling 6 day battle against an overwhelmingly formidable Gloom-infused 
Terminid presence, the Automatons of Matar Bay assaulted Meissa once more in tandem with an attack on Charon Prime by the bots at Martale. Both attacks would be repelled with ease.
Operation Good Samaritan[]
However, the Automatons would prove that their two previous attempts at taking over the planet were mere scout forces. Less than a day after their small invasion fleet was routed, the bots of Martale sent a massive 18 Automaton Battalions toward Charon, showing to Super Earth just how far their unquenchable socialist thirst for claiming the crimson world would go. The attack was timed simultaneously with a massive level 19 invasion of Bekvam III in the previously untouched Nanos Sector, while the attacks also came roughly 7 hours after the Terminids sent 17 million broods toward Grand Errant.
With the Helldivers facing Orders stating that only one of Julheim or Duma Tyr could be saved, the majority of the Corps opted to take on the robot force at Bekvam with the planet connected to both targets of the Order. This left the massive assault on Charon overwhelmingly underdefended, and the bots would grow an insurmountable lead against its colonial defenses less than 16 hours into the campaign.
By around 5 PM-SEST on February 26, Charon Prime would fall to the Automatons, but not before the DSS with its active Orbital Blockade made it to the planet. Yet, this would not be the end of the story. While the Orbital Blockade prevented the Automatons at Charon from advancing towards Charbal-VII, the Automatons at Marfark quickly capitalized and sent another invasion fleet towards Bekvam III, forcing the Helldivers to relocate to Bekvam III to defend it. Then, once the DSS Orbital Blockade was deactivated following resource depletion, the Automatons at Charon Prime immediately moved to attack Charbal-VII. For 17 hours, the Helldivers fought as hard as Managed Democracy allowed them. It looked as if all was lost.
However, it was not Liberty's will for her bravest heroes to be defeated. The Automatons would then mysterious see their entire military capabilities collapse, giving the Helldivers a massive opening for them to stage a successful counterattack. This opening would be quickly capitalized on, as the Helldivers managed to both repel the attack at Bekvam III and liberate Charon Prime, which in turn ended the attack at Charbal-VII, in a miraculous victory that many had not even anticipated.
Following this miracle, all of the ongoing Galactic campaigns would be halted by order of Super Earth High Command until further notice.
FTL Lines[]
- Bekvam III - Nanos Sector (Established on February 25, 2185)
- Charbal-VII
- Choepessa IV - Trigon Sector (Established on April 20, 2184)
- Martale
FTL Timeline[]
- February 8th, 2184: Charon Prime is connected by FTL to Charbal-VII and Martale.
- April 20th, 2184: New FTL line to Choepessa IV is established.
- February 25, 2185: New FTL line to Bekvam III is established.
Trivia[]
- Charon Prime shares the name of Pluto's largest moons.
- Charon is the greek mythological psychopomp, the ferryman who would give passage across the River Styx.