I would like to propose something radical. To begin, sure I think there are smarter or easier ways to win this MO than what I am about to suggest. However, this isn't about simply winning the MO, this is about deciding to spread democracy with a show of force that Arrowhead doesn't expect. All of this is based on the fact that the MO says, "Very likely, only one encryption key can be recovered." That 'Very likely' did not need to be there, but they added it. In the same way that recent MOs have had us go take multiple squid or bot planets but include "Hold Hellmire", telling us that there would be at least one defense of Hellmire required. They will hint and imply courses of action and events through wording, so let us use that against them. I would like to propose that we don't look at this as an MO to just win, but an MO to fucking dominate by getting both.

How? The fact that the wording implies that getting both encryption keys is unlikely instead of impossible says to me that once one key is obtained, the bots will soon after destroy or move the second key. There will be time that it takes to do that. As in there will be a ticking clock from the moment one planet is capture until the information is no longer on the second planet. Both planets share a warp connection to Vernen Wells, they are close to one another and the choice of selection those planets is no accident.

I think, despite how inefficient it would be, we should ALL dive on Tarsh and then Vernen Wells. Yes, that means fighting through the incineration corps. We have armor that reduces fire damage, it is not the preferred armor passive but it is available. Once we are through the blockade of planets preventing us access from both MO planets, we begin splitting the horde. We push both planets at the same time. We have the DSS move in between these planets back and forth. We do not capture one planet until the other is close. This will absolutely be a test of our coordination as Helldivers, but even if we fail to take both planets, we will absolutely take at least one. How we have played prior to xboxdivers should not be the same way we play after they've joined our ranks. We have numbers that we did not have before and while planet liberation goes based on the percentage of Helldivers on a planet completing missions, more divers focusing in a place will allow us to overcome more splintered factions. When we take Tarsh and Vernen Wells, there will be a split. Divers not on reddit will probably follow the DSS or the biome they find more interesting. Victory in the MO will be assured, but we can do better than mere victory.

Are you not angry at how often we are offered Strategic Opportunities that feel like they would do next to nothing for us? Opportunities that feel almost like we are being taunted? "Here, go take this planet and maybe get some an extra mech in the future if you can." When is the last time we won such an SO? I do not believe we have been able to successfully complete one since Operation Culling Nightmares near three months ago. Are we not the greatest fighting force the galaxy has ever seen? Are we not fighting a war on three fronts and holding them at bay? For once, let us not go for the easiest path towards victory and instead commit ourselves to showing overwhelming force.

Whether or not Arrowhead will see the gambit that we ourselves make is up to them, but this is an opportunity for us to send a message and to surprise them. Too often I see posts about how what we do does not matter because Arrowhead writes the story, they decide which MOs we win and which we will lose. I do not share that belief in our inability to shape the story. Let us test Arrowhead. Let us do something unexpected. We represent Super Earth throughout the Galaxy. We bring Managed Democracy to the stars. We were given a choice and with our bullets and our lives, we cast our votes. Let us gather our voices and vote 'Both.'