| “ | A blazing-hot desert planet, its rocky mesas are the sole interruptions to the endless sea of dunes. | „ |
| ~ Official Description |
Keid is one of the five planets that reside within the Akira Sector.
Topography[]
Similar to Heze Bay.
History[]
Second Galactic War[]
Return of the Illuminate[]
Keid was, much like all of its neighbors, a peaceful colony of Super Earth that had been settled after the First Galactic War. Like many others in the Southern Galactic Rim, Keid's history was relatively uneventful, with its economy being robust enough to allow for the construction of urbanized settlements in order to house the growing populace. However, a resurgent foe was staring in envy, waiting for the moment to strike.
On December 26th, 2184, the 
Illuminate would send a raid onto Keid. Since the Helldivers had been given complete operational freedom for the Festival of Reckoning, they would immediately dispatch a fleet towards the planet in hopes of repelling the raid and mitigating the damage.
Despite battling the invaders for 12 hours, the raid could not be repelled, leaving Keid in ruins, its resources plundered and hundreds of thousands of colonists missing.
Yet, the nefarious invaders weren't to even allow the innocent citizens of Keid even a moment of respite or redress as, 3 days later, they would return to Keid for a second time. And much like the first raid, the Helldivers would be unable to repel the raid in time, as they now had been issued new orders to fight the Automatons in the Marspira Sector, which consequently left Keid's defense to fall.
Operation Democracy Delivered[]
Keid was left in ruins. Keidish families lamented the loss of their loved ones and the deaths of their compatriots; both those who died during the invasions and those abducted, as it was pretty much guaranteed that they would never be seen again. The citizens of Keid would spend New Years eve in mourning as its aggressors continued to plunder the Southern Galactic Rim and inflicting horror. But soon, a chance for retribution would come for Keid. On January 16th, 2185, the Illuminate suffered a disastrous defeat at Emorath, as the Helldivers now had their best weapon, the Democracy Space Station, not only back in their hands but also upgraded and better than it was before.
Having been given orders to repel the Illuminate raids, the Helldivers would use the Democracy Space Station to inflict one devastating defeat after the other onto the invading aliens, razing hell and destroying warp ships by the hundreds all across the Southern Sectors. And it would be in the midst of this operation that the Keidish found their chance for justice to be dispensed.
The Illuminate began to see their success unfold, as their defeats after Emorath had inflicted massive losses while their victories since had come at too great of a cost to really help recover them. As such, the Illuminate would begin to undertake bold multi-planet attacks in hopes that the Helldivers wouldn't be able to defend all of them and, consequently, they could at least plunder one planet without as many losses. However, this approach also meant that they had to spread their forces thin and bide for time until the Helldivers couldn't feasibly turn the situation around.
On January 20th, 2185, Keid and Asperoth Prime were both attacked by separate invasion fleets shortly before their prior triple attack at Brink-2, Canopus and Genesis Prime came to an end. Having been barely successful at Canopus and largely obliterated in the other 2 battles, the Illuminate would focus on these 2 planets where they had previously won comfortably. However, the Helldivers would not allow Keid's defiling to continue any longer and immediately moved all of their available forces towards Keid. After some 5 hours of fighting, the Illuminate fleet at Keid was destroyed, allowing the Keidish to find peace and their dead to be properly avenged.
FTL Lines[]
- Asperoth Prime (Re-established on October 27th, 2185)
- Karlia - Omega Sector (Established on October 27th, 2185)
- Shete - Xi Tauri Sector (Established on October 27th, 2185)
FTL Timeline[]
- February 8th, 2184: Keid is connected by FTL to Asperoth Prime.
- June 13th, 2184: FTL line to Asperoth Prime are destroyed.
- October 27th, 2185: FTL Line to Asperoth Prime is re-established. Lines to Karlia and Shete are created.