| “ | This world teems with ethereal, boundless, and peculiar plant life that spreads silent and uninterrupted across its entire surface. | „ |
| ~ Official Description |
| “ | Those who study Terminid behaviour, ecology and E-710 potential gather here for cross-disciplinary research | „ |
~  Xenoentomology Centre Description
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Turing is one of the four planets that reside in the Umlaut Sector. Its general landscape consists of heavy forests and rocky plateaus, with occasional large lakes. The planet is also home to the Galaxy's leading Xenoentomology Centre, where Super Earth's leading Terminid experts and FTL engineers from across the galaxy converge to begin development of High-Efficiency Alcubiere Drives.
Topography[]
Turing is characterized by its vibrant, colorful plant life. Much of the planet's surface is covered in purplish grasses, which release large amounts of pollen into the air. Its trees are divided between taller purple varieties and shorter red varieties. Citizens are reminded that recreational photography is restricted on the Barrier Planets, as of Statue C-30817.
History[]
Special Military Operations[]
Deployment of the Terminid Control System[]
Turing was briefly a frontline planet from the 14th of February to the 23rd. A Terminid outbreak occurred in the area on March 6th, causing fighting to resume until the 14th of March. Fighting ended with the establishment of the Terminid Control System on the planet. Turing was not considered a strategically important world at this point, allowing the fascist Terminid pest on her surface to persist unchecked for far too long.
Failure of the Terminid Control System[]
On April 29th, Operation Legitimate Undertaking was interrupted by massive Terminid outbreaks in the Umlaut sector, including on Turing. A malfunction in the TCS allowed the bugs to reproduce at a much higher rate, turning the neighboring planet Meridia into a Supercolony. The Helldivers were quickly deployed to deactivate the TCS throughout the Umlaut Sector. On May 3rd, the TCS on Turing was shut down, preventing it from meeting the same tragic fate as Meridia. However, its close proximity to the Supercolony left it at constant risk of assault.
Second Galactic War[]
On May 21, 2184, after the declaration of the Second Galactic War, the Terminids launched another brutal assault against Turing. The Helldivers were dispatched here and heroically routed the enemy by day's end. On May 24th, another assault was launched. Unfortunately, with Helldivers' attention being split between Varylia 5 and Angel's Venture, local defense forces were overrun by the tyrannical bugs, who quickly re-occupied the planet. The very next day, Operation Enduring Peace was announced to retake Turing and establish a foothold toward liberating Meridia.
Operation Enduring Peace[]
To properly deal with Meridia, the SEAF retook and defended Turing, along with Angel's Venture and Fenrir III. On June 1st, with progress on destroying Meridia well underway, the Terminids launched an opportunistic strike on Turing. The Defense of Turing began on June 1st, with ~10,000 Helldivers being dispatched here, and another ~3,500 fighting on nearby Acamar IV. Though the Terminids' tyrannical methods allowed them to gain the upper hand, the SEAF was able to control the planet for long enough to provide a temporary foothold toward Meridia. Operation Enduring Peace came to an end with the collapse of Meridia into a black hole using Dark Fluid technology.
Operation Destiny Manifested[]
With the Meridia Supercolony being permanently destroyed, the SEAF was ordered to take back nearby contested planets: Turing, Erata Prime, Acamar IV, and Phact Bay. Turing was the first planet to be liberated in this successful operation, allowing Super Earth citizens to finally resettle the lands they had been forced to abandon.
Operation Glorious Xenocide[]
Turing was briefly attacked on July 21st. The Helldivers held the line valiantly and turned the Terminid assault around, now forcing them back to Acamar IV and then, on July 23rd, back to Gacrux.
Operation Alcubierre-II[]
Following the last assault onto Turing, it spent the rest of the summer of 2184 in relative peace, as the Terminids shifted focus towards the rest of the Jin Xi Sector. With the apparition of the Gloom, most threats to Turing's security were gone, as the planets within the Gloom that could have posed a threat seemingly stopped attacking its neighbors. However, the threat at Gacrux still remained. After Acamar IV fell on September 25th, Turing would immediately be attacked by the Terminids, just as Super Earth ordered the construction of a new Xenoentomology Center on the planet.
As such, the Helldivers were ordered to defend and hold Turing while construction was underway, as this new center would help make the Alcubierre Warp Drive of the Super Destroyers more efficient in its E-710 consumption. As such, the Helldivers deployed en masse once more onto the planet, holding the line from September 27th to September 29th, successfully driving back the insectoid menace.
Turing would be successfully defended on September 26th. However, due to its newly found relevance in relation to the Democracy Space Station, the Terminids would make huge efforts to invade the planet in order to impede the construction of the Xenoentomology Center. After they amassed their forces following their defeat at Achird III, the Terminids would launch a second final assault from Acamar IV once more on October 2nd. However, this time, the Helldivers would not only successfully rally at Turing and deliver a crippling blow to the fascist bugs, but they would also wind up liberating Acamar IV, cutting off a nearby source of terminid spores and setting up a defensive perimeter around the planet that, for the moment, safeguards the planet and its new xenoentomology center.
Meanwhile the other side of the galaxy, the Automatons attempted to capitalize on our noble scientific efforts by assaulting Mastia intending to cut off the DSS Logistics Hub from the DSS itself. But the Helldivers quickly organized a daring counterattack, saving Mastia and liberating Shelt in the process.
Thanks to these valiant efforts, ground has been broken on the new Xenoentomology Center on Turing. Super Earth's leading Terminid experts and FTL engineers from across the galaxy have converged on the planet to begin development of High-Efficiency Alcubiere Drives. These new drives will enable the Democracy Space Station to warp between planets at the Helldivers' direction, dispensing Freedom wherever it is needed. Research and development of this new technology will take weeks, during which time the center must remain safe from Terminid infestation, or our research progress will be lost. Thanks to the valiant efforts of the Helldivers, all of humanity will soon step forward into a more prosperous, energy efficient, and peaceful future.
Operation Spark of Liberty[]
Turing would remain free of any Terminid presence after the construction of the Xenoentomology Center concluded. It would seem that, after all, things hadn't come to boil, even after the severe tactical miscalculation at Gacrux during Operation Crossroads. But the seeds of fascism had already been sown on the Terminid Research Preserve, and it was only a matter of time before their bore their nefarious fruits.
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.
After 16 hours of fighting, Turing was saved, at the expense of losing not just Acamar but also all the other planets connected to it except for Turing. With the Jet Brigade approaching Mastia, the final nail in the coffin was put, with 3 months of sacrifices being lost as the Borgus Sector fell back to Terminid control, while the Jin Xi sector's liberation was pretty much undone.
Operation Impending Gloom[]
On the 25th of January, 2185, the brilliant scientists stationed at the Xenoentomology Center on Turing would report a new major discovery, one with huge implications for the future of citizen prosperity and Managed Democracy itself. Recent experimentation on Terminids using collected Gloom spores indicated that Gloom-induced mutations may dramatically increase Element 710-yield. In lab conditions, some specimens yielded up to 10x more E-710 compared to the control group.
The implications of this result are monumental as the Gloom may represent a vast, untapped source of new energy. It's exploitation could enable FTL travel beyond military and colony settlement operations-expanding to trade and research sectors, as well as to more military and colony settlement operations. Of course, many challenges must be overcome to realize this potential future. These early results had to be substantiated and verified, and the Gloom itself remains impenetrable to all observation or travel within. Therefore, development of Gloom-resistant technology is now a top-level priority.
The Xenoentomology Center would be directed to halt all other research projects and focus on this singular field. The Helldivers meanwhile were directed to support these efforts by collecting as many scientific samples as possible from Gloom-adjacent Terminid planets. However having learned from the counterfeit samples debacle, new detection measures had been put in place and strengthened since such samples were received the last time the Ministry of Science made such a request. It is anticipated that such measures should be sufficient to prevent history from repeating.
Indeed, the Helldivers quickly proven themselves specimen retrieval experts and stalwart allies of scientific progress, in addition to Democracy's most elite defenders by retrieving the required samples several days of ahead of schedule AND putting down a Terminid outbreak on Fenrir III. After innumerable scientific expeditions, the Xenoentomology Center has more than enough Terminid specimens to progress development on Gloom-resistant technology.
Almost immediately, the samples collected by the Helldivers allowed the Xenobiologists to achieve promising results. Gloom-like environments could now be artificially created in laboratory conditions, allowing testing of filtration systems and spore-resistant materials. Extremely low frequency (ELF) electromagnetic waves in particular have proven effective at penetrating dense Gloom, and may enable orbit-to-ground communication and long-range radar astronomy. Much work remains, but thanks to the Helldivers, the first expeditions into the Gloom -- as well as the subsequent acquisition of its potentially vast E-710 reserves -- may soon be within reach.
Operation Sushi Bar[]
In a desperate attempt to destroy the repulsive gravity field generator, the illuminate would launch attacks into the Umlaut and Atlus sectors in an effort to destroy critical research infastructure. Turing would fall victim to an attack on April 21st. It was defended but attacked yet again on April 23rd, when it was defended yet again, and liberty remained free on Turing.
But peace wouldn’t last long as Turing would be attacked for a third time on April 21st, this time being one of three targets targeted by the illuminate during their targeted incursions into Super Earth Territory. With the Helldivers spread thin between Turing and its galactic neighbor, Fenrir III, it was too late to save either even with the last minute activation of the DSS eagle-storm.
During this, the Illuminate would unfortunately discover the Xenoentomology Center, and craving more carnage than they had already caused, let the captive 
Predator Strain on the planet out of their enclosures. The bugs rapidly reproduced and with the planetary defenses already down, the situation was far outside of the scientists’ control. Turing fell to the Predator Strain shortly after the Illuminates departure, with the hard working scientists left slaughtered by both Squids and Bugs in cold blood. All opposition of Democracy shall pay for the tragedy that happened today, both Squid and Bug alike.
Indeed as the Repulsive Gravity Field Generator neared completion, High Command would order the Helldivers to thin Illuminate forces and defend vital planets. At the same time, the Helldivers were also ordered to gather E-710 by containing the Predator Strain outbreak on Turing. Victory here will represent a cosmic confirmation of our citizenry's industriousness, Freedom, and unassailable righteousness.
Operation Omens Undone[]
Turing designated as liberation target on April 25th. Predator Strain attacked Veld, then Slif, only leaving Acamar IV as a viable access point. Liberation started at 2.5% resistance, then went down to 2% on April 26th, then 1.5% on April 27th. Someone help me write the heroics please.
Update: Liberated on April 28th before it was attacked exactly on the early hours of April 29th, only an hour before the operation ended. Operation failed. SOMEONE WRITE THIS UP!
Operation Damage Control[]
Designated as Major Order target. Was liberated already and no attacks ocurred
FTL Lines[]
- Acamar IV - Jin Xi Sector (Established on May 8, 2184)
- Achird III - Borgus Sector (Established on September 28, 2184)
- Veld - Orion Sector (Established February 13th, 2185)
FTL Timeline[]
- February 8th, 2184: Turing is connected by FTL to Angel's Venture and Meridia.
- April 29th, 2184: FTL line to Meridia is destroyed.
- May 8th, 2184: New FTL line to Acamar IV is established.
- May 30th, 2184: FTL line to Meridia is re-established.
- September 28th, 2184: New FTL line to Achird III is established.
- January 31st, 2185: FTL line to Meridia is destroyed.
- February 13th, 2185: FTL line to Angel's Venture is destroyed, new line to Veld is established.
Trivia[]
- Turing is named in reference to mathematician and computer scientist Alan Turing who developed the Turing Test which is a test of a machine's ability to exhibit intelligent behaviour equivalent to, or indistinguishable from, that of a human.
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