While Helldivers 2 has no regular story mode, it does have a progressive narrative that Arrowhead Game Studios continually updates. The arrival of the Illuminate is the game's recent way of showing that, as the faction's actions since its return seem to indicate many interesting things to come. But as entertaining and exciting as that may be, one has to wonder about a previous plot device that was also meant to have huge implications for Helldivers 2 but has yet to amount to anything.