Rudiger will spot the money case Vaughn handcuffed to himself and calls his fellow bandits to him. RudigerВ notices they are Hyperion and claims that they ruined Pandora. On Pandora, Rhys and Vaughn ask for directions to the World of Curiosities. Regardless of Rhys' actions, he'll walk out and tell YvetteВ and Vaughn about Vasquez's phone call regarding him buying a vault key and the three decide to go to Pandora to buy the vault key before Vasquez can with Vaughn obtaining the required ten million.

Rhys can act threateningly towards Vasquez, which will cause Vasquez to punch him in the face. He promotes him to Assistant Vice Janitor and then reveals he threw Henderson out an airlock. Vasquez is ordering a black car from a guy named Jerry before informing Rhys that his promotion is coming. Rhys goes inside and is surprised to see Hugo VasquezВ is the new boss. Vaughn helps his friend get ready for his supposed promotion by Henderson. Rhys claims that Handsome JackВ was the baddest guy of them all, and that he wanted to be just like him. Rhys talks about his life at Hyperion, and his friend Vaughn. The kidnapper orders him to start at the beginning of his involvement with the Gortys Project. After regaining consciousness, he realizes that is being dragged through the desert with his torso tied. He looks around and sees a mysterious figure appear walking towards him. He calls out for Fiona, claiming that they can work something out. The episode begins with RhysВ walking around in a desert. AВ hologramВ of Handsome Jack appears to Rhys and announces they have found the Gortys Project, which will lead them to a Vault. The others discover the Gortys core inside a secret chamber in the Atlas base. He triggers the briefcase's explosive lock, either dying or escaping depending on Fiona's choice. Ultimately, they locate the money near a secret Atlas facility, and Felix takes it for himself.

Rhys installs a Hyperion ID chip he retrieved from the dead body of Professor Nakayama into hisВ cybernetics, hoping it will help locate the briefcase he loses consciousness, but nothing else happens. The money is stolen by Bossanova, and Rhys, Vaughn, Fiona, Sasha, and Felix form a reluctant alliance to recover it. However, Rhys, Vaughn, and August discover the Key is a fake created by con artists Fiona and Sasha and their mentor Felix. Overhearing that Vasquez is purchasing a Vault Key from August, Rhys and Vaughn take a stolen briefcase of money to Pandora to buy it first. Rhys, a Hyperion employee on the space station Helios, is demoted by Hugo Vasquez. The game opens in medias res: a stranger kidnaps Rhys and Fiona, and forces them to tell their shared story of the Gortys Project.

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