| “ | You ever run into any equipment issues, let me know. I've got your back. | „ |
| ~ Service Technician |
The Service Technician, as per their own voicelines, is in charge of maintaining all the machinery, gear, weapons and equipment aboard the Super Destroyer with the exception of the Eagle fighter and the Pelican transport, both of which are served by a separate crew that can be seen on the (currently inaccessible) lower deck.
General Notes[]
| “ | Nobody back home can believe I get to talk to Helldivers every day. I don't blame them—all of us had Helldiver posters all over our bedrooms growin' up. I still have to pinch myself sometimes. | „ |
| ~ Service Technician |
Judging by their voicelines, the Service Technician comes from civil society, most likely having enlisted into the 
S.E.A.F. by the 18 years of age. While they admit to not having any children, their marital status is never made clear.
Most of the voicelines that the Service Technician gives, whenever there aren't game-altering events such as the Supercolony Crisis going on, serve to give players insight into what civil society looks like in the Federation, as many voicelines have the Service Technician reminisce about their childhood, festivities or other customs back at home and their individual hopes and dreams in regards to their military service.
Alongside the Ship Master, the Service Technician is one of the 2 NPCs on the Super Destroyer confirmed to not hail from Super Earth, but rather from an unknown planet colony.
| Trigger | Subtitles | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| Be idle near them | "Proud to serve by your side, sir." | |
| "You're doing Democracy's work." | ||
| Interact with them | "I can't believe I'm here for the first real Helldiver activation in a hundred years. Of course there were the patriotism parades and anti-dissidence operations, but this—this is the real thing." | |
| "Helldiver! Every day you put yourself at risk to defend freedom and liberty, and I just want to say... thank you." | ||
| "Hey there, Helldiver. I know you put your neck on the line for regular folks like me every day. It's not much, but I donate 15% of every one of my paychecks to the war fund. It's the least I can do." | ||
| "You ever run into any equipment issues, let me know. I've got your back." | ||
| "When I need some motivation, I like to read The Helldiver Ethos. Picks me right up. Sometimes I read too much and get overly motivated and kinda jittery and need to put it down." | ||
| "Nobody back home can believe I get to talk to Helldivers every day. I don't blame them—all of us had Helldiver posters all over our bedrooms growin' up. I still have to pinch myself sometimes." | ||
| "I don't know how you do it, Helldiver. Facing off against monsters who haven't got a democratic bone in their body. If they even have bones." | ||
| "I remember when I was a kid, they sold stickers in the Freedom Catalogue that were these little squished Bugs. You put 'em on the bottom of your boot, and it was like you were squashin' bugs every time you took a step. Everyone is collectin' 'em, tryin' to get the rare ones. Man, those things were cool." | ||
| "Back when I was a kid, the local Loyalty Officer would give us sweets for telling him what was goin' on with the adults around town. Things they were sayin', where they were headed, that sort of stuff. Nice to look back and know you were helping keep everyone safe, even if you didn't know it." | ||
| "Back when I was a kid, we used to play "Bug Killers" out in the schoolyard. Whoever could kill the most bugs by the end of recess won. Sometimes the teachers will join in, too." | ||
| "When I was a kid, I always loved All Heroes' Eve. The adults would all dress up as Bugs, and ring our doorbells and we'd have to fire 3 shots in the air and say, "No Fascism here, insects!" At the end of the night, they'd re-enact the Battle of Liberty Peak, and we'd all get cake." | ||
| "Oh, I can't wait to get home again. It's the little things you miss, you know? Like sitting in candlelight on Heroes' Day, chanting with my family, and renewing our vows of Citizenship together." | ||
| "If I had all the Super Credits in the galaxy, I'd try to find some way to convince our enemies to embrace Freedom. Maybe print a trillion pamphlets, or build a billion interplanetary radio stations, something to break through whatever propaganda they're feedin' 'em. (sigh) But that's just a pipe dream. We gotta kill 'em all." | ||
| "I heard that some dissidents wanted us to select our own candidates instead of using the algorithm. Great idea. Everyone'll just become a political expert overnight. Treasonous morons." | ||
| "I heard dissidents set another weapons factory on fire. They didn't take responsibility, of course. Tried to blame it on "working conditions." Tell that to the 27 dead patriots and their families." | ||
| "I heard the chow hall got a shipment of Purples in today. They're not my favorite fruit, personally, but it's nice just to have something different." | ||
| "It's fish fry night at the chow hall. I don't know what planets they get these fish from, and I don't care. It's all fried, and it's all good." | ||
| "I just set all the ship's clocks back an hour for freedom Savings Time. I'm gonna spend my extra hour doin' another round of maintenance checks. It's nice, cuz today I won't have to work overtime to get 'em done." | ||
| "I earned a few more Citizenship points the other day. All it took was reportin' some unpatriotic talk I heard in the barracks. Now there's one less dissident, and I get one more doctor's visit every year." | ||
| "I'm hoping to raise my Citizenship level by the time I retire. If I ever have kids, I'd want them to be able to purchase a small pet someday. Like a goldfish, or even a hamster." | ||
| "Long ship deployments are great for savin' up. You get the family separation bonus, which more than makes up for the bunk and chow fees. Course, I don't qualify for the bonus since I haven't been approved yet. But once I am, I'll have a nice nest egg saved up." | ||
| "Whenever the war gets me down, I try to remember that at least I'm a free citizen. It's up to me how I serve Super Earth. Can't take that for granted." | ||
| "You know, if it weren't for Super Earth, I couldn't even afford these high-tech tools I use every day. They lease 'em out to me so I can do my job. Pretty low interest rate, too." | ||
| "When I face Super Earth for the Vow of Allegiance every morning, I can almost always feel where it is. Even in a brand new part of the galaxy." | ||
| "Super Earth really is the best place to live in the entire galaxy, isn't it? Sometimes when I can't sleep, I imagine what it would be like to live there." | ||
| "Before I joined the service, I'd never left my home planet. Now I see a new planet almost every day. Makes me appreciate what a beautiful Democracy it'll be once we finish stamping out those Fascist bugs." | ||
| "I still remember filling out my very first Democratic Preferences Ballot—what a rush." | ||
| "I wonder which candidate will be selected for me in this upcomin' election." | ||
| "As much as I hate the bugs. I hate dissidents even more. They were handed Freedom and chose to spit in its face. Death is too good for them." | ||
| "Democracy is kind of like these machines I work on. It needs regular maintenance to keep running smoothly. And the Bugs are sort of like if... bugs got into one of these machines. The only thing to do would be to exterminate them." | ||
| "If I were a Helldiver, I think my favorite enemy to kill would be the Bots. I bet watchin' 'em spark and explode really lights up your Freedom-lovin heart." | ||
| "If I were a Helldiver, I think my favorite enemy to kill would be the Bugs. It's got to be real satisfying, hearin' 'em crunch under your boot." | ||
| "You know, sometimes as a technician, you gotta realize when something's beyond repair. When it comes to these Automatons, there's no fixing 'em. Only solution is to wipe the slate clean." | ||
| "Sometimes I almost feel bad for our enemies, livin' without Democracy. No say over their own lives, just believin' whatever they're told. It’s sad." | ||
| "Flag-forsaken bots. They just won’t accept Freedom, no matter how hard we give it to them." | ||
| "You know these actually aren't exactly the same bugs we fought during the Great Galactic War? Yeah, 100 years of rapid evolution, not to mention all the genetic modification they got on the E-710 farms." |
Trivia[]
- The Service Technician is voiced by Sarah Elmaleh
- While the Service Technician is always female, there are up to 3 variants that the player can get of them.
- Following Patch 01.001.201, the Service Technician was no longer mourning the death of their beloved pet goldfish “Goldie” and could now be interacted with again. Goldie received a dignified funeral and was laid to rest gracefully in a waste capsule, ejected towards the nearest planet's atmosphere where the friction between the air and the capsule caused it to heat up, violently explode, and disintegrate.
- Following the 01.003.000 update, the Service Technician has disappeared from their station, though they have left their hat hanging from the nearby railing. The Ship Master will say that they are away on Professional Development Training.
- "You might be wondering what happened to the Service Technician. They're attending Professional Development Training. Standard procedure."
- Out of universe, the service technician's voice actor Sarah Elmaleh is a member of the SAG-AFTRA union, which is on strike for fair wages, AI protections, and transparency, with her character likely being removed for the duration of this strike -- which is also hinted at in other dialogue.
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